car buying for cash
following on from the subject of banking, have you ever tried buying a car for cash? you can only go up to about £7000 as a deposit , the remainder is like the Spanish inquisition.
where did the money come from- can you prove it - is it actually your money and so it goes on. So you write out another cheque for the balance and it has to be cleared by the bank after another inquisition.
Ok not everyone can splash out £30,000+ on a new car, but you are treated more as a criminal with dubious means then an honest customer.
Years ago if you went into a car showroom with that kind of money you were treated like royality .
Now when you go in the first thing asked you are buying on the HP this is the interest rate over x no of years. That really pisses me off and shows pure ignorance as to customers finances
every time we have bought a new car it is the same, right back to getting a new Volvo 240 estate many years ago.
Then I was told by the salesman"Come back sunny when you have the money" bloody cheek, didn't even bother to ask if i had the cash, which i did from an inheritance
Having cash now is a dirty word and people don't understand that some of us like to pay "up front" for the goods we buy.
Our motto is "if you can't afford it then don't get it"