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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 10, 2005 7:07 am) If you're quoted a super low price that seems too good to be true, it likely is. Check out the new cars page here first, and price out your vehicle so you'll have a ballpark idea of what to expect. |
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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 10, 2005 7:07 am) From my viewpoint, I am constantly amazed at the pain some people will put themselves through when they buy a car. Most dealers will round can "blast faxes". We get dozens of these a week usually on the same form letter that must be somewhere on the internet. It really doesn't have to be a miserable procedure. My advise would be to ask your family, friends and co-workers for a referral. Ask them how well they were treated, hw is the service department, and if they felt the price they paid was reasnoble. The "fleet manager" is usually just another salesperson with more experience than most. I have often been tempted to ask..." Oh, how many cars will you be needing for your fleet?" It really doesn't have to be hard. It can even be fun! |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Feb 10, 2005 7:24 am) thx for the responses everyone.....i hear what you are saying, and i agree that some dealerships won't want to play this game, but I've got to believe out of 15 dealers, there are 4 or 5 that are willing to trade some profit in exchange for a transaction that will take minimal time, and in order to make this work, I only need a few to play. Am I just blissfully ignorant here? In any event, based on all the invoice/holdback/rebate info available on the net, I pretty much know the price I'm looking for. If I can't get that price via this method (which is much less time consuming for me than dealer to dealer shopping), I can always go with plan B which is the dealer to dealer dance. I'll let everyone know how it works out.
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Replying to: richk1 (Feb 10, 2005 9:10 am) You will more likely find the worst dealers will be the ones to respond to you ... and you'll generally find that they'll get the money from you in other ways ...
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Replying to: jlawrence01 (Feb 10, 2005 9:33 am) |
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| Why hasn't bobst chimed in? | |
| From a dealer standpoint, bobst way of buying essentially gives him all the card and all the power. We like to rib him about it..but with a few twists his method of buying could be a textbook way of dealing with a less than professional dealer. | |
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Oregon, I knew that if I didn't respond that one of my many followers would respond for me. Thanks, Audia. You filled in for me in a commendable manner. You are hearby promoted from the 'Bobst in training' rank to the 'Bobst surrogate' title. Actually, I am going to try the internet approach in a few weeks. I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes. |
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| I think is a good way to go. I bought a car back in 2000, and I knew which dealer I wanted to buy from (I had already purchased a car from them before). I was able to find the specific car I wanted on their web site, contact a salesperson through the email link, and negotiate the sales price in about 30 minutes. I then made an appointment for the following Saturday morning to test drive the car. The nice thing was that I was able to get in and out of the dealership in minimal time since the negotiations had already been done. I imagine this approach might be tough if you were planning on doing a trade-in. | |
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