Flex and Frooms Flex and Frooms. This is the Flex and Frooms catch Up podcast. One of my favorite Internet hobbies. It's not just watching content but living in the comments. Seeing how people are just responding to stuff on the internet unprovoked really interests me. I read a lot of news and a lot of news articles and the same thing comes up where the comment's like, oh my god, how could this person do this thing? What would drive someone to do something so terrible? And it reminded me of a situation a couple of years ago, maybe like three years ago. I was trying to buy a used car and being the big girl that I am, the one who insists on doing everything by themselves, I thought I'd go alone. Yeah, I love that. I thought I go alone. I now know better, but you know here we are. So I went there, and I'm I also want to do things alone, and I love to do things as soon as I want to do them. And so when I went to this used car dealership, I wanted to drive home today with a car not going to happen. It's not going to happen. Why because it takes time, Like there's so much paperwork, and like, did you want one on the lot. It needs to get red jo needs to get warranty, he needs to have a detail, et cetera. Yeah, well the ones that I was looking at came with Reggio and warranty and I was paying cash, so it's good to go. It was good to go. So it was well, here's the thing. So I'm looking around. I'm looking around and I come across this car brand that will not be named, and the price was okay. And I had texted my friend at a time who had some experience working at an automotive startup, so she had some like residual car based knowledge, and she was like, m why do I know that brand name? Like what year is that car? And I was like, oh, like a twenty fourteen. She's like, something's clicking. And so anyway, I'm talking to this used car salesman and I'm like, yeah, like I want it. But I'm talking to my friend has experience in cars, and she's saying that like something like something's not clicking for her. And he's doing the thing he does, you know, this is the best that we can get. You get it today, like la la lave you pay cash, will take off this much money you know, get it. Now, we've done all the background checks. It's perfect, it's good to go. There's nothing wrong with it. So now I go back to my friend and she's like, I swear that this is the car that had the recall issue because it had the faulty breaks and faulty power steering. And I was like, what what do you mean this guy says it's fine. She was like, I just think you should get a pre purchase inspection. If you really want this car so badly and you you love it so badly, literally, wait one day, get an urgent pre purchase inspection. It'll cost you. And who does that? An independent, an independent person I think it's government businesses as well, but independent to the used car dealership. And so they come in, they'll inspect the car for you, give you this huge report about everything. They can see whether or not the car's been crashed before, and if they've detailed it, they look at the engine, all of this stuff, just real stuff. It was like four hundred dollars, was like, and then in zil and I want it now. She's like, I'm telling you something's off about this car. Oh, I hit up this business for a pre purchase inspection. I say, am in a rash, I want up tomorrow, Like, we can do it today if you want. I say yeah. I go to the car salesman. I'm like, they'll come today. He's like, oh, better, they'll come tomorrow. I was like, okay, cool, they'll come tomorrow. I'll come tomorrow afternoon. So they go do the inspection in the morning, and then I get a bunch of miscalls. I'm like, what is that. I get emails Urgent, Urgent, open this email. I get text if you were Lilian and you are the person who booked for a pre purchased inspection, I need you to call me back asap. This person's freaking out. So now I'm freaking out. I call this guy back. He's like, whatever you do, do not get that car. Not only has it been recalled for faulty power searing, faulty break, this car has an engine problem, had leaking fluid. It's already been total before all of this stuff came out. I was like what He's like, I promise you. He's like, he's like, I hear your voice. Now you're remid me like, you could be my daughter. She's your age as well. I know she's super enthusiastic. La la la, And then he just wanted to this whole spiel and he was like, you should have had someone go in there with you. These things are not saved. People do anything to make a sale. They don't care about your well be And I at the time, I was like, I just want a car, and so I call the car dealership. I'm like, I'm not getting the car. And this man was like, this pre perchaing inspectrum guy is trying to scam you. They've already taken four hundred dollars for me, what else would they take from me? I was like, this is all too much anyway, So I started my own research. Not only is this pre purchase inspection guy so right, but this guy could not see me as a person. He could only see me as a sale so much so that God for Beds something happened to me, there'd be no remorse because even when he sent him the report as well, he's like, yeah, they're taking you for a ride. I said, even with the evidence, you were trying to do a fast one on me. What time of the month was it? What time of the month, like, what what date was it? On the month. Oh babe, I don't know. It was years ago. If it's late in the month, they're gonna be desperate. Yeah, but this is not this is this is not you. Worry you. You started to think about, like where where does this rhetoric come from that you shouldn't trust to use card deals? And I was like, what are you guys talking about? Like, let's just like, don't paint everyone with the same brushstroke. Do it? Paint everyone with the same brushstroke for your safety if you need to anyway, wild based on that experience buying you every time, and the price is for used cars in twenty twenty three. It's been bad since COVID, but it's really bad now. You've been listening to The Flex and Froom's daily podcast. For more, tune Indicater on DAB or stream it on iHeartRadio.

Flex and Frooms Flex and Frooms. This is the Flex and Frooms catch Up podcast. One of my favorite Internet hobbies. It's not just watching content but living in the comments. Seeing how people are just responding to stuff on the internet unprovoked really interests me. I read a lot of news and a lot of news articles and the same thing comes up where the comment's like, oh my god, how could this person do this thing? What would drive someone to do something so terrible? And it reminded me of a situation a couple of years ago, maybe like three years ago. I was trying to buy a used car and being the big girl that I am, the one who insists on doing everything by themselves, I thought I'd go alone. Yeah, I love that. I thought I go alone. I now know better, but you know here we are. So I went there, and I'm I also want to do things alone, and I love to do things as soon as I want to do them. And so when I went to this used car dealership, I wanted to drive home today with a car not going to happen. It's not going to happen. Why because it takes time, Like there's so much paperwork, and like, did you want one on the lot. It needs to get red jo needs to get warranty, he needs to have a detail, et cetera. Yeah, well the ones that I was looking at came with Reggio and warranty and I was paying cash, so it's good to go. It was good to go. So it was well, here's the thing. So I'm looking around. I'm looking around and I come across this car brand that will not be named, and the price was okay. And I had texted my friend at a time who had some experience working at an automotive startup, so she had some like residual car based knowledge, and she was like, m why do I know that brand name? Like what year is that car? And I was like, oh, like a twenty fourteen. She's like, something's clicking. And so anyway, I'm talking to this used car salesman and I'm like, yeah, like I want it. But I'm talking to my friend has experience in cars, and she's saying that like something like something's not clicking for her. And he's doing the thing he does, you know, this is the best that we can get. You get it today, like la la lave you pay cash, will take off this much money you know, get it. Now, we've done all the background checks. It's perfect, it's good to go. There's nothing wrong with it. So now I go back to my friend and she's like, I swear that this is the car that had the recall issue because it had the faulty breaks and faulty power steering. And I was like, what what do you mean this guy says it's fine. She was like, I just think you should get a pre purchase inspection. If you really want this car so badly and you you love it so badly, literally, wait one day, get an urgent pre purchase inspection. It'll cost you. And who does that? An independent, an independent person I think it's government businesses as well, but independent to the used car dealership. And so they come in, they'll inspect the car for you, give you this huge report about everything. They can see whether or not the car's been crashed before, and if they've detailed it, they look at the engine, all of this stuff, just real stuff. It was like four hundred dollars, was like, and then in zil and I want it now. She's like, I'm telling you something's off about this car. Oh, I hit up this business for a pre purchase inspection. I say, am in a rash, I want up tomorrow, Like, we can do it today if you want. I say yeah. I go to the car salesman. I'm like, they'll come today. He's like, oh, better, they'll come tomorrow. I was like, okay, cool, they'll come tomorrow. I'll come tomorrow afternoon. So they go do the inspection in the morning, and then I get a bunch of miscalls. I'm like, what is that. I get emails Urgent, Urgent, open this email. I get text if you were Lilian and you are the person who booked for a pre purchased inspection, I need you to call me back asap. This person's freaking out. So now I'm freaking out. I call this guy back. He's like, whatever you do, do not get that car. Not only has it been recalled for faulty power searing, faulty break, this car has an engine problem, had leaking fluid. It's already been total before all of this stuff came out. I was like what He's like, I promise you. He's like, he's like, I hear your voice. Now you're remid me like, you could be my daughter. She's your age as well. I know she's super enthusiastic. La la la, And then he just wanted to this whole spiel and he was like, you should have had someone go in there with you. These things are not saved. People do anything to make a sale. They don't care about your well be And I at the time, I was like, I just want a car, and so I call the car dealership. I'm like, I'm not getting the car. And this man was like, this pre perchaing inspectrum guy is trying to scam you. They've already taken four hundred dollars for me, what else would they take from me? I was like, this is all too much anyway, So I started my own research. Not only is this pre purchase inspection guy so right, but this guy could not see me as a person. He could only see me as a sale so much so that God for Beds something happened to me, there'd be no remorse because even when he sent him the report as well, he's like, yeah, they're taking you for a ride. I said, even with the evidence, you were trying to do a fast one on me. What time of the month was it? What time of the month, like, what what date was it? On the month. Oh babe, I don't know. It was years ago. If it's late in the month, they're gonna be desperate. Yeah, but this is not this is this is not you. Worry you. You started to think about, like where where does this rhetoric come from that you shouldn't trust to use card deals? And I was like, what are you guys talking about? Like, let's just like, don't paint everyone with the same brushstroke. Do it? Paint everyone with the same brushstroke for your safety if you need to anyway, wild based on that experience buying you every time, and the price is for used cars in twenty twenty three. It's been bad since COVID, but it's really bad now. You've been listening to The Flex and Froom's daily podcast. For more, tune Indicater on DAB or stream it on iHeartRadio.