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Replying to: batman47 (Apr 01, 2008 9:08 am)
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Replying to: rhuang (Apr 01, 2008 9:31 am) Could someone explain how a Flee Manager manages to offer prices below Invoice and normal or "poor" internet employees (always consulting to the "fat money" manager in the second floor) if he/she is allowed to reduce the price for $100 for example?
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Replying to: rhuang (Apr 01, 2008 9:31 am) At least in this part of the country (northeast) Mitsubishis are not that common. A "fleet" would be 5 cars  so much for the management!
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Replying to: batman47 (Apr 03, 2008 4:19 am) |
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Replying to: batman47 (Apr 03, 2008 4:19 am) In contrast to rhuang, I never go into the dealership to negotiate. I only go in after I've negotiated the price on exactly the vehicle I want that is in stock via phone or e-mail and am ready to buy it. Once you are there you are on the spot as much as they are and the chance of getting pressured into a sub-optimal deal is just too high. There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to negotiate the best price with Internet or Fleet sales without having to step into the dealership. |
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Replying to: cooljw (Apr 03, 2008 9:24 am) Capitol, Stevens Creek, East bay, San Mateo, Concord, South Coast, Poway, Riverside, Glendale, Sacramento, San Rafael, El Cerrito, Hayward, Viracom, etc My experience with the contacts has given me a better insight about how these “Internet” people operate. The first impression I have received was that around a 100% still think that customers are simply car ignorant and need their expertise and advice to entice you into buying what they want to sell you instead of what you want to buy. This usually happens in spite of the fact that you have clearly specified what car you are looking for (i.e. XLS, AWD, Color, 6-cyl, SUV, etc). When you email them stating the Invoice price of the car you are looking for, around 90% of these “Internet” employees cease to send you email and simply ignore further emails. The other 10% haggle on a future deal telling you to come to the dealership to “talk” as if talking will change the color of the car you are looking for, or the price you are bargaining for, or the year of the car you want (e.g. 2008 instead of 2007). These car salesmen are using methods that are not applicable any more to a new generation of buyers. Perhaps these salesmen are thinking that everybody nowadays behaves like grandpa or grandma. Another of their tricks that is very annoying is to tell you that they accept your proposal if you buy the car inside two days but fail to tell you what car they expect to sell you although you ask them to confirm in writing the exact vehicle they are asking you to buy. All is fuzzy, blurry. When I asked a few of them to be a bit more transparent in their “Out the door price” simply they cease to email. Possible they are thinking that this customer is too clever to make a big profit. Poor the “Internet” employee that gets peanuts with any deal but the big fat money “Manager in the second floor” Look the experience of the 2007 Outlander. You can buy this car with $3000-$2000 below invoice. Dealers are making huge discounts on this vehicle. This is going to happen next year with the 2009 Outlander. Dealers are going to make huge discount on the 2008 Outlander and this will commence around October this year. I have always wanted to know who is apparently “losing” money with this big discount, the manufacturer or the dealers. Without these discount somebody is pocketing $2000-$3000; money that is paid for customers when buying a car. For example nowadays Hyundai is offering $2000 rebate for a 2008 Santa Fe, GMC is offering a $500 rebate for the 2008 Acadia, Honda is offering $2000 rebate for a 2008 Pilot, and so on. As recession is coming people will not have money to buy even with big discounts. May, June and July are going to be very bad time for those “stupid” Outlander dealers. Look the Outlander has to compete with the 2009 Subaru Forester (April), 2009 Kia Borrego (June), 2009 Honda Pilot (June), 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan (May), Dodge Journey (April), and so on. These greedy Outlander dealers will have had it. The more they wait for a reasonable sale the more they will lose money and this very bad strategy will just undermine the stability of Mitsubishi in the USA market. The best quote price for a 2008 Outlander XLS AWD, no options was $24,000 + fees. This price is $300 below invoice
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Replying to: batman47 (Apr 04, 2008 2:39 am) I don't know where the additional monies come from when they make a sub $1000.00 invoice deal. Maybe there are additional incentives they get from mitsubishi? I don't know. They sure aren't going to lose money.. no matter how long the car sits. |
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Replying to: batman47 (Apr 04, 2008 2:39 am) I would go to the lot where they quote you the best price, make the $1500 below invoice offer and they most likely will take it. Even if the holdback is $500 or so, there are other incentives that the dealer gets for selling these vehicles. They work just like rebates, they are called dealer cash. The dealer may get $1000-3000 back depending on the vehicle. That is how they can sell cars and "lose" money. Otherwise, they would never sell a car at invoice or below. It's all a game to make as much as they can.
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