[husker boxster]

I have never in all my years seen a dealer NOT want to sell a car until now. It's no wonder they have 2 left over 06 987s in their inventory.

I saw this car on AutoTrader about 1.5 mo ago. Sent them an email via AT to see if they still had it. No response.

Over Thanksgiving w/e I saw it was still listed on their website. Sent them an email via their website a week ago Mon. No response.

Call them last Wed. Asked the salesman about options, build date, Katrina issues (the car is in NO), etc. He called me back with the info. Then asked if I'd seen it on the internet. I said yes. He gave me his direct dial number and hung up. No "what can I do to get you into this car" jive or asking about trades, etc.

A good sales person would call back in a day or two, but he didn't so Sat AM I called the Sales Mgr and left a msg. No response. Called again in the PM and left another msg.

A different salesman called me. We had at least 5 phone converstions between him talking to the Used Car Mgr. The salesman and I came to a number on what it would cost to trade my 01, but the UCM wanted to low-ball me because he couldn't commit to a price w/o seeing my car. He wanted me to come down and let him look at my car. According to NADA, trade-in on my car is $20200. That's what I was willing to take for it, so I didn't think I was being outragous. The UCM said $16K. I suggested they call the Service Mgr at Woodhouse Porsche here in Omaha and get a description from him on the cond of my car. They said they'd call him on Mon and get back to me Mon evening. Sent the salesman a pic of my car.

Called the SM at Woodhouse yesterday morning to give him a heads-up on the call. He was happy to talk to them. Got home last night, no call. Called the SM this morning and he said he never got a call either. Got home tonight and there was an email from the salesman who said the car has been sold. We'll see, they told me that once on Sat. Got a feeling they just want to blow me off. I'll keep an eye on their website.

I bought my Box over the phone from Boardwalk in Plano, Tx. We had a deal made in 3 calls and that included my trade. Woodhouse moves lots of inventory via the internet. These fools in NO don't have a clue. If they only want to sell their cars w/in a 100 mi radius, they shouldn't advertise on the WWW.

Sorry for the long post, just needed to vent a little. How stupid are people when you want to hand them a wad of $$$ and they don't want to take it?