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Replying to: donnielsu (Nov 02, 2008 12:54 pm) Yes the 350 (usually called a doc fee) is bs. Email 20-30 dealers within 200 miles of your locale (chevy website) for a truck of your specs. (about 32000 msrp, etc) for an 08 and 09 version. Ask their best price and that you will buy before nov 3 or end of month. Describe your trade and ask for kbb good (or fair) price (the lowest of nada kbb or edmunds). Set that and let them compete on the new truck.Give the top 4-6 your cell#. Chevy may well be more productive to work with as there are 4x as many dealers. Do 95% of the work by email and phone on your couch. Last week off the month is usually crunch time for about 10% of dealers not making quota. If you are paying cash or other financing your only concern is the lowest difference owed. If you run a 07 version of your $32000 gmc (or silverado) truck you may find it may have a trade in value of about 17000 or so. This is what your 08 will be worth in 12 months. Even 22000 isn't exactly giving it away. Get prices for an 09 version too because you may get a dealer competitive on it as dealers can work 08 leftovers for more dough if supplies are low. Good luck --jjf Good luck --jjf
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Replying to: donnielsu (Nov 02, 2008 12:54 pm) But, as a consumer, all you care about is price out the door. A price of $24K with “charges” included is better than $26K with no charges. That may be kind of hard for some folks to wrap their heads around. Get the final price and make your comparisons from there. |
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Replying to: jfritsch (Nov 03, 2008 7:12 am) |
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Replying to: donnielsu (Nov 02, 2008 12:54 pm) Said he paid 23k OTD. With an add on bed cover (folding) Personally, I don't think a lot of Silverados have been sold since my last post. Two of the trucks I test drove are still on the lot. And that was back in April. |
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ALL the dang dealerships in alaska wont budge on price. they simply wont. i go in, talk for 2 hours, and they wont budge. they tell me they can give me the current offers and thats it, so i say no take something off, they say they simply "cant lose money" and every time i walk out. nothing happens. they call me tell me to come back in, i go in, they show me the truck again, show me the price plus the current offers, they wont even take a penny off because they "cant lose money" and i tell them no again and walk out. im 21 years old, maybe thats why? anyone have advice? ive been to EVERY dealership in alaska. which is about 6 or so. ive been doing this for like 6+ months and i get the same answer EVERY freakin time. any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Replying to: tha_lildude (Nov 07, 2008 1:42 pm) See whats on the net ...say eBay for instance. If there's a truck on there, get the particulars. If its priced to your liking, you might be better off. Shipping might be an issue......or not. |
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Replying to: tha_lildude (Nov 07, 2008 1:42 pm) |
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Replying to: tha_lildude (Nov 07, 2008 1:42 pm) You may have answered your own question noting there are only 6 dealerships in the state.(there are 33 within 40 miles of me). If you are in a captive mkt like hawaii, your options may be limited. If you don't need a truck now, I would try the end of month thing for a few months, especially if you expand it to Ford and Toyota. I also have no idea what prices you are getting. A 07 32000 msrp chev truck barely has a trade in of 17000 (if that) so you would want at least 10k off an 08 Good luck --jjf ALL the dang dealerships in alaska wont budge on price. they simply wont. i go in, talk for 2 hours, and they wont budge. they tell me they can give me the current offers and thats it, so i say no take something off, they say they simply "cant lose money" and every time i walk out. nothing happens. they call me tell me to come back in, i go in, they show me the truck again, show me the price plus the current offers, they wont even take a penny off because they "cant lose money" and i tell them no again and walk out. im 21 years old, maybe thats why? anyone have advice? ive been to EVERY dealership in alaska. which is about 6 or so. ive been doing this for like 6+ months and i get the same answer EVERY freakin time. any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. |
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i dont understand this. dealerships in the lower 48 consistantly sell vehicles for under invoice and on top of that, you get the rebate. say a truck is 32,000 msrp, the invoice is 30,000, and the rebate is 5,000. alaska dealerships right now say 30,000 plus 5,000 rebate. and consistantly say "we cant lose money". ok well how can dealerships down in the states sell a vehicle for under 30,000 plus rebate. example i got a quote from bill pierre, the truck was 1,000 UNDER invoice plus rebate of 7,000. putting the truck at almost 11.5k under msrp. so to jjf, how do i go about getting a truck, msrp of 37,550, red tag plus 6500 rebate on it now puts it at 28,133. how can i get it for 10k off?!? its just frustrating to me. thank you for your help! i know all about dealer holdback and everything. i know when gm says ok red tag on there vehicles, that the dealerships get an additional incentive to sell. and they still simply wont budge.
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Replying to: tha_lildude (Nov 10, 2008 7:05 pm) Good luck GM.
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