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- From: gary203@aol.com (Gary203)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.marketplace
- Subject: How to buy a car from a dealer for the right price
- Date: 10 Aug 1995 08:32:37 -0400
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- Go to your local library - they should have in reference department
- book(s) published annually which list car's invoice price & options'
- invoice price.
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- Offer $200 over the invoice telling them that you arrived at your offer
- based on the invoice + $200.
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- The dealer will respond in three ways:
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- 1. Tell you that the invoice price you have is too low. When this
- happens: Show them a copy of the page from your source & tell them that
- the only way they can convince you their cost on the car was higher is to
- show you the original invoice. If they refuse to show you invoice &
- insist their cost was higher - you walk.
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- 2. Tell you they paid additional costs to the manufacturer. When this
- happens: Same response - their original invoice will list all costs they
- paid.
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- 3. Tell you $200 is not enough profit for them (e.g. "we have to pay rent
- on the building and we offer buyers so many services, we can't afford to
- sell a car for only $200 over cost"). When this happens: offer more if
- you wish. Decide beforehand how much you aere willing to offer over
- invoice. If you reach that amount, WALK. I would pay no more than $750
- over cost. There are plenty of Honda dealers out there.
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- If you see the original invoice - LOOK FOR AN ITEM LISTED AS "HOLD BACK"
- or some similar term. This will be usually be printed in a random place
- on the invoice (lower left, etc) not in the costs column. The number
- printed, usually with no "$" symbol (e.f. "Hold Back 350") next to "Hold
- Back" is an amount the manufacturer will reimburse the the dealer after
- dealer sells the invoiced car. DEDUCT THE HOLD BACK from the invoice
- price after you see the original invoice.
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- I write such a lengthy posting I recently spent time researching to arrive
- at this procedure. I bought a car this way successfully (I walked from
- 1st dealer & bought from 2d dealer). It was much easier, quicker &
- cheaper than traditional purchasing - no artificial dickering because the
- dealer knows you are armed with as much info as is she.
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- Good luck!
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- Gary203@aol.com
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