[GSlob]

I have a hunch that Saturn car salesmen would probably score half a point higher than the rest of their profession, due to the lack of haggling.

[Jason Kauppinen]

Supplimentary:

Accounting profession recovers trust rating:

http://www.aicpa.org/sarbanes/poll.asp

[Oreo Kookey]

Maybe so, I really don't know but from what I've seen through friends, that's where it ends for Saturn. The "Service" department is exactly as unreliable as any other car make.

[DugwayDuke]

"I have a hunch that Saturn car salesmen would probably score half a point higher than the rest of their profession, due to the lack of haggling."

I'm not sure what the 'lack of haggling' has to do with it. You do realize that you can buy a car at any dealership without 'haggling'?

[q_an_a]

this is really a bogus deal on Car Sales people. The only reason they score low is not because of something they do, but that the industry still allows people to negotiate the price. Any ordinary citizen can get a good deal on a car and there are 10 PBS specials a year devoted to car pricing.

The real is that the media is hiding Reporters in this story. One local CBS 5:00 news showed the data but left out that reports are below car sales. More bias alert.

[ccmay]

I have a hunch that Saturn car salesmen would probably score half a point higher than the rest of their profession, due to the lack of haggling.

I actually like the haggling.

I'm a real pest, getting bids from four or five different dealers and playing one off against the other for weeks. I always car shop in December when they are trying to meet their yearly quota, and I'm never afraid to laugh in a guy's face and walk out the door.

I never finance, lease or trade in other cars, so they have no opportunity to finagle me. I just beat the hell out of them on bottom-line cash-on-the-barrelhead price. For most makes and models, you can get 10% off sticker price with minimal effort, and I have received discounts as high as 20% on certain models.

-ccm