I ended up buying a Saturn because they were the only dealership that was honest with me. Even though Saturn's cars are only average, I will probably continue to buy them because I don't want to hassle with other dealers. Perhaps other dealers should learn from Saturn. Dealers recognize that women purchase a very large number of new cars and most likely either purchase or influence the sale of a majority of all new cars and trucks sold. Most dealers have embarked on training programs for existing sales people and have hired women sales people to professionally market to this growing number of women buyers.
Dealers recognize that the growing number of women in the market are essential to their success.
Any dealer not treating women buyers with the same or better respect and professionalism as they do men buyers, will lose out in the long run. But I don't notice any dealers refusing to do business with buying services. It is interesting that cars and trucks purchased through buying services are not always at the lowest price. I know of many instances when the dealer may be overstocked with a particular model that the dealer is willing to sell one of these cars to an individual buyer lower than some people would pay from a buying service. Everyone thinks you always get a lower price from a buying service, but that simply is not the case.