If it were a ball python breeder...

[loonunit]

So how about this! A friend of mine is shopping for a new car, and after getting his loan approved he left a couple of messages with dealerships in the area asking for quotes. Most of the dealerships took a few hours to get back to him, but one guy replied immediately: yeah, we've got them, but we only have the one 4-door, and I've promised it to somebody else. But if you can get down here this afternoon before they do, I'll give it to your for $500 over sticker price.

My friend wrote back that he's not interested at that price, and he's definitely not running down there just to see if he can beat somebody to a car. To me he says, "so basically this dealer is telling me that he breaks promises to other customers, and he's hoping the thrill of beating someone to the car will get me to pay more money for it?" And then the dealer kept at him for several more hours, until my friend faked a meeting and stopped responding.

...and all I can think is, jeez. If a ball python breeder said something like that to me---I've totally promised this sweet-looking silver bullet to somebody else, but I'll give him to you if you can pay me an extra $500 before the other guy can drive down here---man, I'd be over at the BoI before you could say "SCRAM."