That must be a very old joke. Dealerships now HATE it when you pay cash. That’s because they make all their money in the finance office through loan fees and other fees.
I paid cash for my 2020 Dodge Durango R/T but I went through a service that gets them from direct from auctions and checks them out thoroughly. That way I didn’t have to go through any ridiculousness.
The drawback was mine is a destroyer gray color (which I wanted) and that is in super high demand so there was a bidding war on the vehicle. We won.
-SB