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My girlfriend Carrie is in the market for a car. She recently accepted a job offer that pulls her out of DC and over to Tyson’s Corner. Oh the humanity! (says the DC snob)

So, being the great guy that I am, I sit down to help her research new and used cars, both for purchase and lease. We hit the usual suspects, including cars.com, craigslist.com, autotrader.com, etc. Yesterday, I went to Edmunds to check invoice prices for the 2007 VW Rabbit. On the site, there was an option to receive price quotes from dealers in your area by simply entering in some contact information. You also had the option to indicate if you only wanted to be contacted by email (even though phone number was a required field). I decided to give it a shot.

Big mistake. I received no fewer than 15 email responses from various dealerships, some automated, some from sales flunkies. You know how many quotes I received? NONE! And then, of course, my phone starts ringing. 703 and 301 numbers that I don’t recognize.

Thankfully, a day later, they’ve given up. Just be warned, people.