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Nothingman54
Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
My wife and I are wanting to trade our cars and have just one. She told me I need to hagel the salesman down and not just settle for the sticker price. My question is....can you do that? does it work to talk the sales person down? Is that what people do??? Will the salesman go down?

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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    Nothingman54 wrote:
    My wife and I are wanting to trade our cars and have just one. She told me I need to hagel the salesman down and not just settle for the sticker price. My question is....can you do that? does it work to talk the sales person down? Is that what people do??? Will the salesman go down?

    Thanks

    a long time ago, they did. there's ways that you can find out their "invoice" price if you want to use that little tidbit to fight them.

    good luck!
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Nothingman54 wrote:
    Will the salesman go down?

    As a salesman, I can honestly say it depends on how good looking the girl is. Oh wait, I guess that's not what you meant. ;)
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  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    mookie9999 wrote:
    As a salesman, I can honestly say it depends on how good looking the girl is. Oh wait, I guess that's not what you meant. ;)


    Thats funny. I thought about that after I typed it.
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  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    what kind of car are you looking at? I might be able to get he invoice for you


    also, you can basically work dealers down, but remember that profit isn't a dirty word. If you go in expecting to buy a car and not give any profit to the dealer then you are basically WalMarting the dealer. You will be the one that expects them to stay open and hire good employees to service your vehicle or to assist you with questions, but it's not fair to them if you expect to buy it at invoice. No store can stay open without making some profit.


    My family owns 2 Chevy dealers so I see a different side than most people do. We normally ask our customers to give us $500 over invoice and just flat out tell them why we need that. We are a small town dealer though and don't pull any of those bullshit games alot of people do.
  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    thunderDAN wrote:
    what kind of car are you looking at? I might be able to get he invoice for you


    also, you can basically work dealers down, but remember that profit isn't a dirty word. If you go in expecting to buy a car and not give any profit to the dealer then you are basically WalMarting the dealer. You will be the one that expects them to stay open and hire good employees to service your vehicle or to assist you with questions, but it's not fair to them if you expect to buy it at invoice. No store can stay open without making some profit.


    My family owns 2 Chevy dealers so I see a different side than most people do. We normally ask our customers to give us $500 over invoice and just flat out tell them why we need that. We are a small town dealer though and don't pull any of those bullshit games alot of people do.


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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I always liked the George Costanza approach. As the salesperson walks up, have your first words to them be, "I WILL WALK OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW!" You should be able to dicker a little after that...
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,784
    well if it's a sales woman most likely she has gone down j/k but anyway the wife's are allways saying that ...go ahead talk the sales guy down ....
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  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Nothingman54 wrote:
    08 Honda CRV

    I can't get that invoice for you sorry
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,164
    I think Dan said it.

    you need to know the dealer invoice price (price dealer paid)

    then you can negotiate the price

    edit:
    and always ask them to throw in an option or two (special floor mats, mud guards, etc.)
  • jimdietrich
    jimdietrich Posts: 42
    Nothingman54 wrote:
    My wife and I are wanting to trade our cars and have just one. She told me I need to hagel the salesman down and not just settle for the sticker price. My question is....can you do that? does it work to talk the sales person down? Is that what people do??? Will the salesman go down?

    Thanks
    Go to edmunds.com and look at tmv(true market value) It will give you what a car is worth and what a trade car is worth. Invoice will just tell you the dealer cost, a fair deal is what others are paying. If you can get a deal within $500 either way stop killing yourself and make a deal.
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  • jimdietrich
    jimdietrich Posts: 42
    http://www.edmunds.com/new/2008/honda/crv/100933615/prices.html
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