>2019
>Buying a new WRX
>Have a trade in that I still owe money on
>Have large positive equity on it
>Finish signing paper work
>Go home
>As I'm parking in my garage get a phone call
>Its the dealer
>They didn't do the calculations correctly
>They used gross value of trade in and not net value
>Go back to dealer
>Sales guy and sales manager waiting for me
>"anon you have 2 options, either return the car and we both pretend this didn't happen or pay the remaining difference because what just happened is fraud"
>Tell him "WE committed fraud. It's your job to make sure the paperwork is correct, as the customer I'm supposed to trust you when you tell me to sign something."
>Stares at me
>Ask if I can be the in the signing room alone for a moment while I think about it
>Both leave
>At this point I'm leaning towards returning it but also want to see how much I can get away with
>They come back in
>Ask if they're willing to meet me half-way as it would look really bad on them if corporate found out
>They leave again for a minute
>"We can take another 1,000$ off"
>Ask if I can step outside for a minute
>Look at my trade in still at the front of the dealership
>Catch the sales manager in my peripheral vision staring at me like a hawk
>Spend more time looking at it than I was originally going to
>Go back in and tell them "I'll throw in 1,000$ . IF you can also lower the APR, we got a deal."
>They actually fucking did it
And that's how I got a new WRX for 26k out the door at 1.88%.
That same WRX later blew its engine around 5,000 miles and the dealer bought it back giving me a discount on a 2020.

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