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Then, an hour later, as my father was about to sign the papers, he hesitated, pen in hand, looked up, and said to the salesman, “OK, let’s have that twenty dollars.” </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.believermag.com/issues/200909/?read=article_cohen"><P> “What twenty dollars?” </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html" href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.edmunds.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html"><H1>Confessions of a Car Salesman</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="100%"><FONT class="small"><B><A href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962//page010.html">Glossary to "Confessions"</A></B></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%" valign="top"><A href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/78387/article.html"><IMG width="160" height="101" border="0" alt="Quality Pre-Owned Vehicles" src="http://www.edmunds.com/media/advice/buying/tensteps.used/10steps.sign.3.175.jpg" /></A> <FONT class="bodytext"><A href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/78387/article.html"><STRONG>10 Steps to Buying a Used Car</STRONG></A> The following steps will tell you how to locate, price and negotiate to buy the used car you want.</FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%" valign="top"><A href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/78388/article.html"><IMG width="160" height="101" border="0" alt="Cars" src="http://www.edmunds.com/media/advice/buying/tensteps.right/10steps.cars.3.175.jpg" /></A> <FONT class="bodytext"><A href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/78388/article.html"><STRONG>10 Steps to Finding the Right Car for You</STRONG></A> The following steps are devoted to helping you select, price, locate and test drive the vehicle that is best for you.</FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%" valign="top"><A href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/article.html"><IMG width="160" height="101" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.edmunds.com/media/advice/buying/confessions/msl.profile.175.jpg" /></A> <FONT class="bodytext"><A href="http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/article.html"><STRONG>Confessions of a Car Salesman</STRONG></A> What happens when a veteran automotive writer goes undercover as a car salesman? 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