Agreed to take a instock silver/latte 2005 AWD SL Touring for 31500 from Nemet Nissan. Carsdirect has it for 31802. I wanted to see if I could I get the lowest possible price by paying outright for a car in stock that was fairly close to my ideal. In this case, silver/latte instead of platinum/latte. Plus I get to drive it home today.
Everything seem like a go until I got to the dealership and then they tell me that they won't take a personal check. This was never bought up during the phone conversation.
They tried to get me to put a credit card deposit but they also tried to change the terms of the deal. I had to do it through financing rather than an outright buy. Given their poor track record, eg BBB complaints and also doing a google search for "nemet nissan complaints", I wasn't going to commit money that I thought might be held hostage. Plus I didn't like their general attitude. I had low expectation of Nissan dealers going in and while it wasn't an absolutely horrid experience, I definitely wasn't going to let it get to that stage.
So my question, anyone else use personal check without a problem? It was a Saturday. Would have been difficult to get a cashier check or bank check.
Everything seem like a go until I got to the dealership and then they tell me that they won't take a personal check. This was never bought up during the phone conversation.
They tried to get me to put a credit card deposit but they also tried to change the terms of the deal. I had to do it through financing rather than an outright buy. Given their poor track record, eg BBB complaints and also doing a google search for "nemet nissan complaints", I wasn't going to commit money that I thought might be held hostage. Plus I didn't like their general attitude. I had low expectation of Nissan dealers going in and while it wasn't an absolutely horrid experience, I definitely wasn't going to let it get to that stage.
So my question, anyone else use personal check without a problem? It was a Saturday. Would have been difficult to get a cashier check or bank check.