I despise being in debt.
I am told I squeak a little when I walk but you know.... I only want the best deal.
Never one to scrimp on luxuries, I am the girl with the most cake.
With it all over my face, likely.
One day when I was shopping, a woman came along with the exact item I had been looking for. I said to her, "Oooooh! That's absolutely wonderful. Wish I had seen it first!" And I winked at her.
The sales woman glared a little at me and said: "Well you know you can't have it all."
What a thing to say. Of course I had a reply.
I looked her squarely in the eye and said loudly:
"Yes you sure can! You CAN have it all!"
I am sure she thought me greedy but what I meant to convey is that there is nothing wrong with having high expectations of your efforts and pursuits; even shopping, as long as you are realistic about your budget. I shop thriftily so of course I can have it all.
And I do.
But cars.... oh how I hate spending money on cars.
I require one for my job so $1200 a year goes in insurance.
Gas for me is about $75 a week.
That is already alot of money. And then there is the maintenance.
My car was an import and it broke down one time too often.
Each time is was $800 or $1300 and I was getting mightily annoyed.
The last time it broke down I parked it. Done.
When I found my next car it was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful and way out of my price range. Never one to let a little thing like asking price deter me, I took it for a test drive. The salesman called after me: "You can't afford it."
I took it out for a spin anyway.
Now I was clever enough to take my Father with me. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Naturally he supported me in my ideals of attaining the best. This support was not financial however so he was more of a cheerleader than anything else. Until.....
We got out of the car and the Salesman who was also the dealership manager said to me: "I am glad you had the opportunity to test-drive it but I am telling you, the price-range you gave me is nowhere near my best price on that car. It's loaded and has low mileage. I can't let it go for under ____$."
----> enter my Father <-----
Dad looked the salesman up and down and said: "I know you from before."
The Salesman shook his head. "No, you don't."
Dad extended his hand and said: "My name is ______, you sold me a few cars."
The man looked shocked.
"That's right I did. I remember you!"
I got the car for the price I wanted.
The man had made alot of money off the sales to my Father.
He told me he sold me the car for cost.
I don't believe it completely, but .....
The sticker price was $19,999 + taxes
I got it for $13,000 + gst only.
Thanks Dad!
Karma.
:)
