tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post8597960612420471386..comments2023-11-24T03:33:55.979-05:00Comments on ECONJEFF: Buying a careconjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15500904082539595860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-27779330970955499522013-08-05T09:40:43.580-04:002013-08-05T09:40:43.580-04:00I had not seen the HuffPo piece or the ad to which...I had not seen the HuffPo piece or the ad to which it refers. I have seen the economic literature which, last I looked, shows that women tend to pay more for cars than men. In our case, my wife and I played "good cop, bad cop". I was the grumpy bad cop. It seemed to work well. On their side, our man Evan was the good cop and the manager was the bad cop. What a lot time and energy wasted on transaction costs.econjeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15500904082539595860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-21723834726124655712013-08-05T08:53:30.859-04:002013-08-05T08:53:30.859-04:00Congrats on the new car, professor! I hope you...Congrats on the new car, professor! I hope you're happy with your purchase. I noticed you didn't talk about how TrueCar played into the gender dynamics of your negotiations. Have you seen <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/23/truecar-ad-sexist-women-buying-cars_n_3636242.html" rel="nofollow">this ad</a>?Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05742897710611316753noreply@blogger.com