i hate car salesmen

i test drove a car yesterday at rusnak audi in pasadena. awesome car, fairly typical/uneventful test drive experience. i told the salesman that i basically needed more time to suss out my thoughts before i made any decision about the car. i got his card and we left it at that - i never gave him any contact information. (i'll leave out his name because karma is a bitch)

so he took it upon himself to use the information on my drivers license to get my phone number from information so he could call and "thank me". totally inappropriate and out of line. what's more, the number he called wasn't mine - it belonged to my ex (totally frikkin awesome) who referred him to my actual unlisted phone number. if this is expected protocol for all of their salespeople, rusnak needs to seriously revise their sales practices. like now.

hey rusnak... if i want you to call me, i'll give you my phone number. period. don't fucking stalk me to say "thank you".

i was really considering buying from this dealership too but this incident has really turned me off to this place. bottom line, best price is best price and if they can give me the best price, i'll buy the car from them.

but they're gonna have to work extra for it - maybe make the salesman dance around in a pink tutu and sing "i'm a little teapot" in downtown pasadena on a weekend night.

but that salesman isn't getting one goddamn cent in commission.

*update: called the general or sales manager and explained to him what happened. he was very gracious and said all the things any good sales manager would say including that they'd work to earn back my business. time will tell.