My dad was ruthless when buying a car. When I was a kid we went into a dealer and the young salesman asked him his name. “Jones” said Pa. What’s your first name he asked? “Mr.”
During the negotiation ritual the salesman said I’ll have to run this by our manager and got up. Pa said, I could use a cup of coffee, too. Guy frowned and came back with two cups.
Permission to steal both of those?
It sounds like my dad and yours learned from the same guy. He used to turn the salesmen inside out during negotiations. One of his first jobs after college was as an account manager at a Ford dealership. He saw how it was done firsthand.