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On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Philip Dillard wrote: >To some extent, the difference in the prices paid for cars is >meaningless. I paid $1100 for my '66 squareback, I've spent about $600 on it and I would now like to sell it to one of you for... $1100. Northeast Texas. >What it finally comes down to, I suspect, is that each of us wants to >be regarded as a shrewd bargainer, with each acquisition being the >envy of all who hear our stories. A used car deal is always a compromise between a person trying to commit fraud and a person trying to steal a car. >Contrarywise, none of us wants to >be thought of as having paid "too much" by our very astute >colleagues. I've seen that happen here in my office. Two cow orkers have the same model of Acura. They bought them new from separate dealers in the same town. One paid about $8000 less than the other, and mentioned it casually to them not expecting it to be that big a difference. It was embarrassing for both. It makes me not want the "new car dealer" experience EVER. -- g-r-a-t-e-f-u-l-l-y---[ email:<fishbowl@conservatory.com> ]---l-i-v-i-n-g d-e-a-d-i-c-a-t-e-d---[ http://www.conservatory.com/ ]-----l-i-g-h-t