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Henderson,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, May 26, 2008
The salesman discovered his error and mentioned it before the sales process went much further. The best negotiations and resulting sales depend upon both parties involved in the process being happy with the buying/selling equation. I'm sure the folks at the dealership try their best to build repeat business. Heck, word of mouth is the best advertising money can buy and having satisfied customers is worth the effort ten-fold. That said, I think that as decent human beings we should all take a moment to realize that no one is perfect. When I recently bought two sandwiches at a local deli, the gal behind the counter only rang up one of them. Yes, I could have walked out with a "free" sandwich. But the decent thing to do was point out the error and pay for the second sandwich--which I did (to a very surprised young lady.) At the end of the day, I knew that the error would come out of her pocket. What if she was a single mother struggling to make it? What if she had received bad news that morning and wasn't at her best? Would you have felt better if the salesperson had lost his job because of his error? He owned up to it. I suspect he apologized for the misunderstanding, too.