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Indigo · #6 (**permalink**) 05-29-2008, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Whiterook

It's been like that for a long time.
Back in 1999 I ended up buying a Ford Taurus because no one at the Honda dealership would give me the time of day (that was on a Saturday afternoon). I didn't have any trouble getting a Toyota salesman to speak with me two years ago when I bought my Prius, but I stopped by the Toyota dealer after work on, IIRC, a Wednesday evening.

I had a similar experience with Honda as well. The only reason I put up with the rude/incompetent salespeople and the "big shot" manager wias that I REALLY wanted a Civic Hybrid.

I bought a Scion xD for my domestic partner three weeks ago. We didn't even consider going to the Honda dealer. Over at the Toyota dealer, I cut to the chase. I basically said to the salesperson, "I'm a gay witch. This is my domestic partner. I want to buy a car fom him. Any problems?"

He had no problems!

Actually, he found the "witch" part a whole lot more interesting than the "gay" part. I got treated with a whole lot more respect and honesty this time around, so I think my next car (probably in 2010 or 2011) will be a Camry Hybrid and not a Honda hybrid since cars cost too much money to be treated like crap while buying one.