Seacoast Mazda

Went there several years ago to buy a Mazda 3. Was looking for a certain price for the car, based on this site's info, and they just wouldn't budge below a certain figure, which I thought was still too high. The car I was looking at had been on their lot so long it had rust on the brake discs, and the battery was dead, so I thought perhaps they might be willing to cut a deal. Not so After my test drive, and waiting to begin negotiations, they had the car parked right outside the window, where I could look at it. Then they pulled the old game of, suddenly, despite that car sitting there for so long, they got a phone call from someone interested in that exact same car. What a coincidence!!! Initially, my heart lept, but once I recognized this game, it had me more convinced to stick to my guns and hold out for my price. They passed me on from the salesman to I guess his boss, and finally a guy who said he was the owner. He kept asking me why I thought I should get this price for the car, and when I kept mentioning how it had been on his lot for a long time, I felt it was a fair price, etc, he finally got extremely irate, said he didn't care how long a car sat on his lot, etc, etc. I finally said, well, I guess we won't have a deal then, thanked the salesman for his time, and walked out, fully expecting them to stop me before I got to my car. But they didn't. later that night at another dealer, I ended up buying this very same car, for just about the same price as they were holding at, so I guess they got the last laugh. Either I was too optimistic in what I thought should be a fair price for this car, or I was just tired, and sick of the wheeling and dealing and just didn't bargain as hard as I should have, I don't know. And while it was their car I ended up getting from the other dealer, I'm just glad it wasn't them I gave my money to. Even if I didn't get the price I wanted, the experience at the other dealership was just far more pleasurable and professional.