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Not all dealers are the same. If you got the bait and switch you should have walked right then and there. I've had that happen to me in the past. I went no further with discussions. At that point I cannot trust them to do anything right and I don't play games.
The last few cars I bought I mostly negotiated via email. The last one was negotiated in person and I did my research, offered them what I thought was a fair price (that gave them some amount of profit) and the deal was done. No drama. imho most of the problems come when both sides view "the game" as an adversarial relationship. It doesn't have to be that way, and not all dealerships are crooks. You can pretty quickly find out which are and which aren't. imho the major mistake was moving forward once you found out the way they play the game. Any question beyond that is rationalizing your own decisions.
I routinely tell my son, "they all do it" or "the other guy did it first" is not an excuse for his behavior.
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