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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Honda CR-V Prices Paid and Buying Experience
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I don't think you will ever be happy if you only judge the "deal" you get based on what other people say they paid on an internet forum. Now I am all about saving money and getting a good deal, but you never know what other issues were involved in someone else's deal. Maybe they got 300 under invoice and paid a higher interest rate on the loan. Maybe they got had on the trade. MAYBE they paid cash and had no trade. Maybe they bought a bunch of accessories at a high markup and didn't know it. In short, although it is nice to see what kind of deals people saying they got in different areas, and it is very helpful to get leads on decent dealers and inventory, you have to take some of what you read with a grain of salt. The only way to know what your market will demand for the vehicle is to get out there and find out. Expand your market via the internet sites of any dealer you can reach via email that you are willing to travel to. Send them an email or call and tell them what you are looking for and how much you are willing to pay. If they don't bite, move on. Eventually you will find out what the market will bear and that is what you will have to pay for the car. Car dealers are in business to make money, so I personally don't believe that they will dip into holdback to sell a popular selling model in the middle of the month in the middle of the model year. I don't even worry about what the dealer paid, other than to have an idea of where to start with my offer. I determine what I think is a fair price and I make that offer to any dealer who has the car that I want (and I am willing to travel far and wide to find that dealer, hundreds of miles if need be). They either take it or they don't. If I visit enough dealers and nobody will take my offer, then I consider upping the offer or waiting a little longer for the market to change. I am usually able to get what I consider to be a good deal by using this method. Sometimes a good deal is MSRP, sometimes its 1000 below invoice, but the only way to truely know is to get out there and make some offers. If all the dealers that you are talking to are at about 500 over invoice, I would say that you have found out that the local market is 500 over invoice. For a CR-V, that is still a very decent deal because of the vehicle and the prices of the competition. If YOU are happy with the deal, it is a GOOD deal. You seem like you have the info and have done the homework, now just make a deal and enjoy your new ride! Good luck. TB
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Paid $21,700 excluding title, tags and tax at Herb Chambers Internet Sales in Boston, MA. This price included the $500 dealer cash incentive which expires this month. That purchase experience was excellent. I test drove the car and 3 hours later drove it home.
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Replying to: brandloyal (Apr 15, 2006 4:11 am) 
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Replying to: tcasboy (Apr 14, 2006 8:44 am) Some people obsess over how much evil profit a dealer may be making more than anything else! Just amazing! |
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Replying to: brandloyal (Apr 12, 2006 11:51 am)
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Replying to: js253 (Apr 21, 2006 6:14 pm)
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Replying to: brandloyal (Apr 21, 2006 6:58 pm) I appreciate any feedback, positive or negative, thanks 
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Replying to: hondabuyer3 (Apr 23, 2006 8:40 am)
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Replying to: northwest1 (Apr 23, 2006 10:02 am)
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Replying to: hondabuyer3 (Apr 23, 2006 4:40 pm)
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