In Reply to: Car Cartel? posted by Hugh on March 05, 2006 at 17:41:17:

That's right. A cartel. They were probably ringing around each other after you went into the first place just to make sure that they all gave you the same price.

Or maybe there's a standard value which a car of your make/model/age and mileage might be worth, and being car dealers, they know what that number is.