Went to dealer looking for a car and now they won't stop calling me (best, truck)
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Just tell them you already bought a new car. That always stops them.
I did tell them that once and they asked what I bought. I told them it was non of their business.
I went to a dealer last week to look at a car that was advertised. I sent their internet rep an email and she said they just received the car and it's in the shop as they get it ready. I go in the evening and the car is on the lot but it's a different color than what they advertised.
While I was there, I test drove a couple of cars but was not interested in either (one had too many miles and the other was the wrong color).
So now they apparently have the same color car that was advertised on their site. The salesperson has called me three days in a row and left a message.
First question, do dealers normally gather your personal info as soon as you hit the lot? When I arrived, the salesman couldn't wait to get me inside to get my name, number, address, etc. Unfortunately I didn't have my Google voice number memorized so I gave him my regular #. Next question, I changed my mind and want a different model vehicle so I am not interested in the vehicle he is calling about. Should I call him back or just let him keep leaving messages until he gets tired of it?
Do you know a foreign language?
Although I don't speak fluent Italian, I know enough to answer the phone "pronto". They would proceed to rattle on with whatever garbage that they are selling and I would interrupt "mi dispiace" "non parlo Inglese". Meaning Sorry, I don't speak English. At that point they don't know what to do so I manage the only English word that I know "Goobye".
One woman said I will have someone call you back in Spanish.
+1. I've done that a few times with pushy guys, both used car salemen and not. Suddenly I'm remembering the used car salesman scene from True Lies I even did this to a guy when I was a teenaged IHOP waitress, working the graveyard shift, and he grabbed my behind in a drunken stupor. I didn't do any damage, except to my career as a server, which ended abruptly that night. That was fine by me. I'm not cut out for waiting tables anyway.
Back in the 90s I had a dealer call me for 4 months. It happened to be a woman sales rep, she pushed a lease which would have been 225 a month. I ended up buying not leaseing from another dealer for 210/month. I was out often and the messages were always on my machine when I came home, about 2-3 a week. Decided to see how long she would persist, I bought in April it went on all thru summer.
Well that didn't happen with me when I bought a new car last fall. I went for a few test drives without that leave your license with me crap--I took him with me on the test drives. Even after I made the purchase, I didn't give our email address. I told him We emailed you was something I was never going to hear.
"So now they apparently have the same color car that was advertised on their site. The salesperson has called me three days in a row and left a message."
I'll tell you what's worse than that. When a dealership gets the prospective buyers number wrong and keeps calling someone else. That happened to me. After the first barrage, they called weekly for nearly two months.
I bought two trucks last year over the internet .Basically I used the makers site to see inventory at dealers close by and the hit button asking for a quote by e-mails. Some called and first thing I told them was I asked for e-mail quote and hung up. The best dealer with first offer did just that with complete list of everything on vehicles. I returned my offer to him which he accepted and went next day and took about a hour to out the door including test drive. Then I got e-mail form others I return saying I had already bought. The key to me is to know what you want and what you will pay by researching.
The main question is this: is this a normal practice for dealers to get your personal info right away? He wouldn't even show me any cars, saying that they need this info to do business.
This is not a normal practice with decent dealers. If they won't show you any cars walk off the lot and go to a different dealer. Then tell everyone you know not to go there either.
Maybe check Yelp next time for car dealer reviews so you can avoid the worst of the scumballs.
I'm going to side with the salesman on this. You told him what you wanted. He's got it now, and he'd be doing you AND his dealership an injustice if he didn't follow up to let you know. Just tell him the truth, that you've changed your mind and will be buying a different car.
Salesmen can be pushy, but they can also be helpful. So far, it sounds like he's trying to be helpful.
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I even did this to a guy when I was a teenaged IHOP waitress, working the graveyard shift, and he grabbed my behind in a drunken stupor. I didn't do any damage, except to my career as a server, which ended abruptly that night. That was fine by me. I'm not cut out for waiting tables anyway. 
