150 over dealer invoice thats great, I negotiated them down $3500 dollars and I bet they still made a small fortune out of me.Barry
Any dealings with car dealers out there
by barry 12 Replies latest jw friends
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CoonDawg
What I've found is important is to first...go to dealers and study on the internet. Narrow things down to what you want to buy. Try going to dealerships when they are closed so you can look at their window stickers, etc. with no sales guy breathing down your neck. DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Many times, because of study, I have gone to dealerships and known more about the car I want than the sales guys do. When you test drive, don't baby it. Drive it like it's your car already. I had a dealer about crap on himself. When we hit the bottom of the ramp to the interstate, my wife was driving...(we were shopping for her new car) and we hit interstate doing about 115 mph. I do this too so I can get an idea of its REAL performance. I also find a time to jam the brakes on just as hard as I can...again to check real-world performance.
I recently was shopping for a new motorcycle. I applied the same principles. One of the dealerships I went to, I told them the bike I was interested in and asked them about their price. I was at a dealership in Bowling Green, KY...not far from where I live in Nashville, TN...
The dude punches on a calculator and looks up and tells me "Well, we can get you that bike for $7,400 plus tax, tags, and title." He looked like he was proud. I told him "Hmmm...that's strange. I have had 3 different dealers quote me $6,499...and the MSRP on the internet says it's $6,700. Am I missing some special modifications on YOUR bike?"
The guy turned red and mumbled something about how that must be the dealers in Nashivlle's cost, not their selling price...and "I can't even buy that bike for that price." Obviously I left. I bought the one I wanted with some add ons for $7600, taxes etc. included.
They will try to put one over on you. Just go in knowing what you want and what you'll pay for it.
At the moment, I'm inqiring about getting a new Lotus Elise, but I don't expect any price breaks on it as it's pretty rare here in the states at the moment.
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simplesally
I am in the business. I think the best thing you can do is research. I knew there was an additional rebate to customers and told my mom, she told the salesman, who said NO WAY. There was a rebate plus a rebate to former GM owners ......... anyway, I found out invoice and she offered about 200 over invoice minus the 6000 dollar rebate............she got it.
I got my Tahoe for invoice, minus a $3000 employee rebate, minus $5000 factory rebate so it was about 10-12 minus sticker. Oh and I am not a GM employee.......I knew someone who said I was his sister.