Bosak Auto Group

My dad and I drove down from the Kalamazoo area (Michigan) to check out a used Tacoma. The drive was a little over 1.5 hours there, and I spent around 30-40 min extensively examining bushings and frame rust etc. All OEM suspension parts, no leaks. It looked great, and drove well. 4hi, 4lo both engaged immediately. No weird noises. Very promising. My dad was looking to trade in his SUV. When they talked numbers Mike was unwilling to negotiate on both the Tacoma price and the trade in price, he misquoted the Tacoma price as being $1000+ more than it was posted to be online, and he tacked on around 3000 dollars of extra fees. This might be common practice in sales, I'm not sure. I know about fixing cars, not buying them.
At one point Mike mentioned that the dealership's mechanic might be interested in the truck. My dad was unwilling to sell at the stated trade in value, and we left for under 5 minutes before returning to buy the truck without doing a trade in. In the short time that we were gone Mike sold the truck to the shop mechanic, and my dad was unable to even accept Mike's firm and steep offer; something he was prepared to do given the quality of the truck and the length of the drive out and back. Earlier in the day my dad had called in to make sure that the truck was still available. I have a suspicion that the mechanic caught wind that we were looking at the truck later, and asked Mike not to budge on the truck in order to buy it himself. The idea of Mike allowing my Dad to drive over 3 hours round trip knowing full well that he was going to stonewall him and ultimately sell to the mechanic is disgusting, and is shady business practice. I cannot say that this is what happened, but what I can say is that my dad called ahead to ask about the truck, he was given a low offer for the trade in, a high price for the truck, Mike was unwilling to negotiate, and then within 5 minutes of leaving and returning Mike had sold the truck to the shop mechanic.

Not quite Arnell. Maybe a customer service class is in order. A smile could go a long way.