My friend Kitty has been looking around for a car. She thought she had found one for about the right price so she called the dealership. During the bargaining, and somewhat inappropriately, the car salesman mentioned the fact that his masseuse had quit and he was looking for a replacement, and had asked Kitty if she does massages.

Hahah, alarm bells started ringing right? But never mind, Kitty thought. She’d just say no and carry on bargaining. The sleazoid will not budge on the price but kept on dropping hints about the massage. Like WTF.

Ok, forget it. This was getting ridiculous so Kitty ended the call. Then it got creepy. The guy messaged Kitty to try to close the sale. He was willing to drop the price a bit but it was still not what Kitty wanted to pay for it. He kept on about how he really wanted to sell her the car and that he could drop the price a bit more if there were some side arrangements. *wink wink*

Kitty messaged no and said that she was no longer interested. And you think it would end there. But nope – the guy then toss out all decency and asked for sex in exchange for a lower price even though they’ve never met. As this wasn’t bizarre enough, it got even more bizarre after that. He messaged back and said that he didn’t send the previous message and asked her to not be alarmed. But he was persistent, “Do you still want to buy the car?” Hah!

Anyways, Kitty has now done what any normal person would do – she reported the guy to the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. We hope that the business loses its license.

In order to avoid any possible legal issues, I won’t mention the place or the guy’s name. Suffice to say though, there’s at least one sleazy car salesman in Perth who assumes that women will take him up on such an offer and that it’s ok to ask it like it was an everyday occurrence.

Though I must admit, I found it all very amusing when Kitty first told me the story. :P