Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts

I'm surprised about all the arrogant high end dealers. In todays world, dealers make a small % off financing options. Car dealers do not like cash buyers...they want to sell the financing as well. 

Before I started Verdant (and this was part of the reason I did), I made the rounds to multiple dealers in NYC.  One I really liked but there wasn't a match in terms of products.  The others....when I asked "why does every track I select on this system sound terrible and the ones you pick sound great?"  Response, "That's because your music sucks."  Evidently it is too much to ask that I can listen to something more than Diana Krall and Nils Lofgren.  Another called me and after I told him I was just about to sit down for dinner (it was 6:15) did his best to keep me on the phone for 20 minutes explaining his philosophy on sound.  A third dealer has a speaker priced $1000 over MAP.  When I asked why it was so much more expensive than what we reported in TAS he lied and told me they took a price increase.  But, he did offer me "marketing credits" he could use to get me back to MAP.

I new I was getting screwed at the time and bought those speakers from another dealer.  Now, I am now a dealer for that brand and am keenly aware of how severely he was trying to screw me.  

Incidentally, fairness and respect are part of my business model.  

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Incidentally, fairness and respect are part of my business model.

That’s terrific. In the country where I live this is quite normal, being a largely egalitarian country.

Conspicuous displays of wealth are actually viewed with some caution, as are those who are blessed with substantial wealth and are just too lazy (??) to bother to even have a sleep and a shower after maybe working straight for 50 hours (the neurosurgeon story).

If they are trying to make some sort of Pretty Woman statement (for whatever deep psychological character flaw reason) then by all means go on social media and vent, should this be cathartic.

On the other hand, people of modest/middle class means generally have the self respect and common sense to at least make some effort into presenting themselves in a decent manner.

The salespeople may be there to serve the customer of course, but it is a two way street - you are a guest on their premises.

From all the anecdotes I have read here and on another similar thread about a month ago it would appear that America is one of the least egalitarian and most judgmental places on earth and one that I probably would not enjoy visiting.

That's not really America you are talking about there. But we aren't allowed to talk about what it is. Not here anyway. Give you a hint though, the vast expanse of America, is not like that at all. 

Most of these jerks are closed. Agree Lyric in NYC hit a new low.