suziwong66

I bought my yaris at Cornes Toyota last year and had an unexpectedly positive experience. I had been haggling between 5 Adelaide dealerships and Cornes was the ONLY dealership that treated me decently. Like you, i would recommend them. Once i got down to my lowest price (excluding extras; i was leaving that as my last bargaining tool), i rang a broker in Sydney who negotiated a cheaper price along with all the extras i wanted (headlight covers; floor mats; mud flaps; scuff guards & both weather shields). I ended up paying $17,705 for a 2006 yr auto metallic blue 3 door hatch. The broker was the best $200 i've spent when buying a major purchase. Dealers love women....they try their best to intimidate and rip them off. I felt very vulnerable being a female buyer...and not without cause. i had one dealership behave very unethically by trapping my in an office with the manage sitting in front of me and the salesman sitting behind me pressuring me to sign on the dotted line immediately. they would not give me a price to negotiate with. obviously i didn't buy from them. this bullying tactic went on for 2 hours. I had a city toyota dealer behave rudely and i walked away when he refused to negotiate. for some reason dealers don't understand the term 'ready to buy'...i was buying outright; no trade or finance and wanted their best price and they didn't want to negotiate. i kept getting told to come back when i was ready to buy...helloooooo...if i have the money in the bank; know what i want; then i'm ready to buy!!! it was an awful experience; two days of haggling that was very stressful. i'm a tough dealer at the best of times, but i still hated this experience. my advice; use a car broker.