I was looking at a Mazda6 there, was exactly the car I wanted. I was there after work in late winter so it was getting dark out early, probably around 6pm or so, so not too far off from closing. Took it for a test drive and when I got back I was kicking the tires so to speak. Salesman came over and told me if I bought it tonight, AND I QUOTE, "his manager would take $2500 off the price of the car". I said ok that was a pretty good deal and lets do it. He started doing the paperwork and I told him that I wanted the 0% interest that Mazda was offering at the time. He told me he'd have to check with him manager and that he'd be right back. He came back and told me it wasn't available to me because I took the $2500 discount from Mazda. I told him no, I took the $2500 from the manager's offer and that I wanted 0% Mazda offer. It became a whole thing and the manager came out and tried to fight me on it. After I wouldn't back down he said "well we don't have to sell this car to you", so I got up and walked out.I really dislike the Mazda dealership in Merrillville. I wanted to buy a Mazda3 back when I was driving 110 miles a day. I pointed at a car and told them, "I want that car in this car's color.) Both were Mazda3's. One was a hatch and the other was normal, same trim package, just different colors. Didn't even argue on the price. Told them I wanted to put 8k down that day and would wait till the car I wanted arrived. They would not do it. The manager told me, "Sorry, we sell what is on the lot." I told him that they had 30 minutes before I bought a Jetta at the VW dealer. They called me an hour later with a better offer on the car of the color I didn't want. Told them I was already filling out paperwork on a VW.
Wife said the guys at Mazda in Valpo were great and she did everything over the phone. The owner ended up driving to CP to pick her up in order to complete the paperwork at the dealership and she drove the car back home to surprise me.