After many years of farming and learning how to negotiate, I sized up my opponent, and armed with
intelligence
I made my attack:
Took the whole family to watch also:
Put $2100 in $100's in a little bank envelope. Gave the wife $50 in cash and the son $50 in cash.
started the negotiations that the car has been jockeyed around and you are the 3rd dealer who's had it without selling. (I didn't tell him I am from Mercedes Rescue)
Also, I said, who in their right mind would want a
little 4 cylinder NON-TURBO and STICK SHIFT car with maunal window regulators, no sun roof, no a/c
and with some rust on the rear lower panel???
I said $2100 and put the money on the hood of the car. He said Twenty Three. I went to the wife, said, "How much money do you have?" She said "$50"
Went to my son and asked, "Do you hae $50?"
Took the money, asked the guy, "will you take Twenty two??"
He said yes, and the rest is history. The wife
loves to drive it
and she said she likes this more than the 300d, which she characterizes as a tank. so it goes...