the 2014 trivial drivel thread

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So I went to this car dealership to test drive a unique car they had that I liked. I drove it, loved it, and sat down with the salesman to buy it.

I took out my checkbook to write a check for it, while the salesman is taking out a loan application. I said I won't need a loan, I'm paying cash.

Now comes the crazy part. He says, I have to take out a loan with them, for me to buy the car, it's company policy. I said, no I don't have to take out a loan, keep you car, that's my policy, and walked out!

(Apparently, they wanted to make a ton of $$$$ on their high interest loan)

That's insane. In the old days they'd give you a better deal for cash.

We financed my last car only because the rate was so low, 0.1% or something, my financial manager husband said he could make more money on the dollars leaving them in our account as opposed to paying out the cash. It's not always better to pay cash.