Report: Car dealer lingo dictionary is filled with gold balls and green peas Are you an aspiring New or Used Car Buyer looking for your dream car? Visit Cars4sa.co.za Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Ownership Every industry develops its own slang - mastering it brings people together as part of a group and makes communication harder for outsiders to understand. Given the less-than-sterling reputation that car salesmen have among many consumers, it should be no surprise that they also have their own insider jargon. Much of the lingo is now finally coming to light in one place thanks to an Ohio lawyer specializing in lemon law cases who keeps a dictionary of the terms on his website. According to Automotive News, the list is the ongoing project of lawyer Ronald Burdge from Dayton, OH. The dictionary reportedly started about 15 years ago when Burdge obtained it from a dealers employees as part of a lawsuit. Since then, hes kept it up to date. The lexicon varies from commonly understood and innocuous terms, including low ball and tire kicker. Beater, iron, sled and toad are all words for a worthless old jalopy. However, Burdge also lists jargon for some lesser-known and often very unscrupulous acts. For example, the five-finger close happens when a sales manager hides a portion of a document with a hand to keep the buyer from noticing that the final numbers arent as discussed. The move is somewhat related to sealing the customer, which involves putting signed papers in a sealed or even stapled envelope as a way to hide things from buyers. Theres also the high penny roll where the finance computers increase payment amounts to a higher number without changing it by a full dollar to keep consumers from catching on. Not everything is quite so negative, though. For example, most buyers might want to be known as want a chiseler - someone who is a hard negotiator. And one of the best terms on the list is a gold balls - a person with a high down payment and good credit. The whole dictionary goes into even deeper detail and is definitely worth browsing, even just for a laugh. Car dealer lingo dictionary is filled with gold balls and green peas originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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