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Anonymous wrote:VW gives huge discounts, I wouldn't use costco for this. Always buy at the end of the month. Email all of the local dealers with the car you want including all options and ask for the out the door price. Then email the lowest one and say x dealer will do it for $500 less, can they match it?

They won’t match unless they see a written quote. I’ve had some dealers get upset if I try to take quote with me, and one make you come into dealership to get a quote. Just saying “I can get it cheaper” only works on cars no one wants or already have huge markups

I like the services because they give me a list of dealerships that should be willing to negotiated over email (though I did have some duds that kept pretending they would match the quote but would never send actual out the door price quote on paper). But when I cold call or email dealerships, they just say you need to come in half the time so this saves some of that step.

I think the advice about emailing all the dealers and then trying to get a price match is no longer as helpful as it once was. This advice from 2010 and probably earlier when people were still going into dealers and less likely to try and negotiate through email. It was also a time when they didn't want to lose a single sale. Now I think they know that if you don't buy there will be someone else and people are now used to pay MSRP or close to it so there is less room for negotiation.

NP. Worked for me in 2021. I suspect it doesn’t work for highly in-demand models, but when they have inventory on the lot that they want to get rid of, it’s a good tactic. Saves them time, too, right? Like, if I am trying to move inventory, why wouldn’t I want to do a deal by email with a willing buyer? Time is money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s for people that don’t like to negotiate and don’t want to feel like they got ripped off. Since you know what you wanf, you’re better off playing a couple dealerships off each other.

Also, the finance guy will know you don't like to negotiate and will give you an even harder sell. I used to use USAA when they have the service and had to get up and leave when the finance guy wouldn't shut up.

That’s so interesting , I used a service and the finance guy went through his whole spiel about warranties and prepaid this or that, I said no thanks, and it was no big deal. Would they have preferred I save time and just tell them there is nothing they will say that would make me buy an extended warranty or what not, or do they get in trouble if they don’t at least run the script completely?

We were financing with a interest rate promotion from manufacturer— was there a chance to negotiate further down from there (I didn’t have any other financing l could find that was cheaper, so it would have been just saying I’ll pay cash which I’m reluctant to do because then they think you are loaded).

They went through the pitch, we said no, they kept pressing try to come up with examples of how we'd be ruined forever without their over priced warranty. We even asked why they were so set on telling us how unreliable and expensive the car was to repair, it didn't work, he kept going just pricing out other extended warranties. After about a half hour of warranty pitch we just got up and left.

I tell them that I make mid seven figures and if the car breaks I can buy a new one.

[Anonymous]

Email dealerships, say exactly what you want, and ask for a complete "number to put on the check" price. For not wasting their time, they'll give you a "get it out the door" price.
Forward the best offer to the 2nd best offer place, and ask if they want to beat it.

Then heck that the best price is reasonable, and buy it.
Confirm that you can bring a prewritten check with that amount, and go in. If they don't take your check, walk out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VW gives huge discounts, I wouldn't use costco for this. Always buy at the end of the month. Email all of the local dealers with the car you want including all options and ask for the out the door price. Then email the lowest one and say x dealer will do it for $500 less, can they match it?

They won’t match unless they see a written quote. I’ve had some dealers get upset if I try to take quote with me, and one make you come into dealership to get a quote. Just saying “I can get it cheaper” only works on cars no one wants or already have huge markups

I like the services because they give me a list of dealerships that should be willing to negotiated over email (though I did have some duds that kept pretending they would match the quote but would never send actual out the door price quote on paper). But when I cold call or email dealerships, they just say you need to come in half the time so this saves some of that step.

I think the advice about emailing all the dealers and then trying to get a price match is no longer as helpful as it once was. This advice from 2010 and probably earlier when people were still going into dealers and less likely to try and negotiate through email. It was also a time when they didn't want to lose a single sale. Now I think they know that if you don't buy there will be someone else and people are now used to pay MSRP or close to it so there is less room for negotiation.

Doesn't matter. They can give a high price if the car is in demand. Market price is whatever the best offer is.