What have you bought lately?

As I said earlier I am a female van owner. Nothing spectacular about that in my mind nor most of yours I am sure.



But when I went to look at my first VW Caddy, the sales guy did not really know what to do with me. I had already done my homework, so I knew I wanted a Caddy, and I knew it had what I wanted, so for me it was just a matter of finding a good one at a good price.



In fairness the salesguy was also the owner, head mechanic and only boss to one other mechanic.



However the sales technique was interesting.



How many of you men were sold a van with the following sentences:



"It is very white. Of all the vans, it is probably the whitest, so it will look nice when polished.



The seats are not plastic, a lot of other vans have plastic seats.



You can put carpet on the floor in the back, and whatever colour you want.



There is a huge cubby hole up top for all your,.,.,.,.,. eh,.,.,.,.,. stuff. [That was my favourite as he went a little pink]



The doors are wide for climbing in.



The mats are rubber so easy clean in the footwells. "Those are the footwells, there!"



I have sold vans to other women."



In fairness he was doing his best, he was very friendly, and he did not ask, or even suggest that I could bring a guy to help me.



He only was agreeable to knocking £100 off though, and that was a £4,000 van.



I didn't buy the van, but it was not because of his attitude, I quite liked him, and he certainly was not actively sexist. He just was not comfortable, and didn't know how to deal with women.