Ow...my head....

Thats right....ow my frikkin' head (or Fracking for BSG fans).....
So, apparently the General Manager guy I've been dealing with has been on vacation or out of town for whatever reason. We've been catching up this morning.... and status for me has gone back to 'Pissed off' rather than 'Patiently awaiting results'.

So last week.....

I have been finding reasonable trade-in options that were in my price range and sending them to him. Now, I was going on the assumption that I was going to be getting the full value of my car that I paid for it. Which makes sense in the scheme of things: I bought a car under the pretenses that the shake in the drivetrain would be fixed. They agreed. They now say its fixed. I still don't like it, they say its 'normal' for a Subaru- so if it had this level of shake when I bought it, I wouldn't have bought it.
So...
I haven't had any luck with the links and leads I've been sending. Finally I sent one that was perfect and was real. It sat around for a week and was then finally sold. So it was a viable trade but they didn't take it.
So I got to asking for some clarification that went something like this: If My car is worth $16k and I would accept this car that is $19k, then my car + $3k would come out equal. Yes?
Apparently.... he has other thoughts on the issue....
First he says that he thinks my FJ quest is doable AFTER the used car market calms down after the Clunkers Era. Fair enough. He then proceeds to send me links to Kelly BlueBook, showing me the values of the Baja and FJs. The idea he's conveying is that FJs are valued at the $25k mark and the Baja is around the $16 mark.
Fair enough.... except theres a fallacy here....
Prices have more flux than a buyer's guide can reflect. Such as that They are willing to give me my value for my car- period. So thats a fixed number. Then there's the FJ price which, regardless of what the book says, has been found in the price range that I want.
So my math makes sense.
His response to my flawless logic:

"According to my calculations, it will cost you about 8k to get into one of the FJ’s you are finding for me…..
In order to make your numbers work, I need to be able to buy the FJ in the 16’s…and based on the current market conditions I can’t find an FJ for that number…. "

Hmmmm.... this is odd. Those numbers don't add up. Maybe he's not including the extra cash I'm willing put out......
I says......
"An Fj in the 16’s for a clean even swap... But with an additional 4k from me would bring up to 20. No?"

Logical, no?

He responds with the kicker:

"No, I’m using your figure of 4kish….I pay 16k…plus whatever work it may need in the shop…your car is worth about 13k….actual cash value"




Ok, hold the phone....... He's planning on giving me $13k for my car I got from him 3 months ago for $16k? And didn't we have an agreement that he was going to give me full value toward my trade? Kind of a Make-Good kind of thing? And in addition... he would be making a boat-load of profit off my misery! So i buy the car... he makes a profit off that....then he trades me into something else, and then makes even more profit off it!
That...is wrong. Just plain wrong. making double profit off my headache.
I'v been trying to ignore the shake in the anticipation of being traded out of it without losing my shirt.
So what to do now? The only advantage with going through them is that I could get auction price for the next car. Which is nice, but I'd almost rather pay more and not give them the satisfaction for bending me over the barrel.... again.

Stay tuned for the continuing drama.....