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https://www.npr.org/sections/m...nomics-of-car-buying
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
Ugh. We want to get a new car, but this is exactly the reason we're waiting. When we do start shopping, I think we will definitely say that we're not trading in our car, for starters... And I'm going to have to learn how to be hard-assed haggler. Which is not at all in my nature.
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I come from a long line of hagglers. Was taught haggling methods as a child. I think my sister was the best haggler of the three children. I shop online for a while. Then i decide to keep the truck and buy the gas. Then the cycle repeats.
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I choose make model and options I want, contact 4-5 dealers and ask for internet sales department. Invariably 1-2 will jack me around and try to get me to come in. I stop dealing with those. The others I give them the specs and ask for their best ‘out the door’ price. I stipulate no trade and no financing (two places they do their mischief). I also let the. Know I’m buying lowest bid, not shopping it around, so they are incentivized to come in as low as they can. I’ve done well with this method.
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
This might be a method I can actually do. Thanks!
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Great way to work it. Thanks Will do this when they get some stock.
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I do similar. Determine what car and model I want, then visit dealers with the offer of I will write you a check for X dollars out the door. No license fees, no add insurance, no plus taxes or fees. They then have only two answers - yes or no. If it’s anything else we walk. But my offer is always fair.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Tell them you want an email response. Don’t let them tell you to come in for the price. That’s when they start their ****. Also look at the quote carefully to make sure it’s an “out the door” price.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
I have bought cars from the same dealership for 12 years now. The current general manager is the guy who was a straight arrow in selling me my first car from that dealership in 2009. It was actually a car for European delivery. We tend to return to them, and get honest deals. Rare, I know. | |||
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
In 1992 I bought a Saturn. It was a good car. Not a luxury car, but a decent basic car. But the experience was outstanding. Walked in, drove a car, looked at the price list, told them what model and color I wanted, and that was it. I’ve had more emotionally challenging experiences buying vegetables. I owned it for 11 years. First, last, and only new car I’ve ever owned. I would buy another brand new 1992 Saturn for $8195 (even adjusted for inflation) in a heartbeat. GM killed Saturn because their customer satisfaction was so high that they were making every other GM division look bad, especially Cadillac.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
Wonder if any of that article applies to piano dealerships. I have been thinking about trading in my concert grand for a smaller one.
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It used to be simple. You found the invoice price. You found out if the car sold for invoice. If not, it sold for invoice + x. You found the value of x. You went to the dealer and said take it or leave it. I bought my Subaru this way. I negotiated a deal for my grandfather when he bought a Honda this way. I figured out the price we would pay for our Audi down to the dollar On a tangent, if I could, I'd buy a new Honda Civic, an Audi A4 S, and a Ford F150. Edited to add-- I agree with Mik. The key is to force the dealership to say yes or no and to be willing to walk. | |||
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Without a doubt.
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