Just got gypped for a few hundred bucks while trying to buy a car.

The only thing my fragile ego is holding on to by a fine thread is the fact that the @#@# salesman was "honest" enough to say straight off the bat that he was adding a ridiculous fee ("environmental protection package") only because he would make very little money off of me otherwise (since I'd walked in with a price guarantee for a specific car and financing and interest rate already set up) and not because that stuff actually makes a difference to the car. Of course, a part of me is sure that was all part of the sales pitch as well.

Really pissed at myself for being so weak and not walking out -- have only myself to blame that I left the whole buying process to the last minute and had time only today to buy it. So, doubt I could've staged a grand exit while fuming without screwing myself over. Argh.

Oh well....now the car is "environmentally protected" I suppose (apparently tree sap is the ultimate bogeyman for these things).