As before, we want to ask for the total price of the product we are interested in. It really is a personal preference whether you want any of these or not. I personally have and never will get any of them even if they do add free oil changes.

I had to be taught a lesson the hard way but I've learned from the experience.

My wife and I went out to buy a new van and were very excited since our last vehicle was very old and decrepit and we had young kids so a nice big van seemed so right for us.

We bought the van and added 'fabric guard' and 'paint gloss guard'. They had to prep the vehicle and we went home. I get a call from the shop and was told "oh, when we quoted you the 'paint gloss guard' we didn't realize it was a van and that has a lot more area and it'll be an extra few hundred dollars." As the OP wrote, we were running on raw emotions and I said sure go ahead.

The dealer now realized that they had an easy eager sucker. A few hours later, I get another call and was given the same line but this time for the fabric. Sure, I'm willing to spend the extra few hundred dollars to protect my precious new fabric.

I didn't realize the errors of my ways until much later when I put the events together.

I made a few other mistakes in my life that the OP pointed out. One salesman actually told me the used car was driven by a 'lady school teacher'. Other statements were lies just for the sheer telling of a lie -- they served no tangible purpose. Some salesmen are so used to lying that they don't how to turn it off.

Eventually I wised up and bought used certified cars in cash (no Finance Manager to deal with) although now you can buy new cars at near zero interest rates.

The OP is right on so many subjects (but I'd wish she would clean up the spelling errors).

Good job OP!