How do I get different dealers to bid against each other?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complete waste of time. Find your car, do your pricing research online, and go make a deal. Any email offers you get are not going to be competitive.

You're must be a salesman.

Nope. I actually tried this nonsense with my last new car purchase and got lots of 1) non-competitive offers, 2) lots of bring us your best deal and we’ll beat it, and 3) when would you like to come in and test drive so we can make a great deal. I threw it all in the trash, drove to my nearest dealer and cut a great deal right there on the spot, better than anything I got with the email blast. This email “trick” is 20 years old and nobody’s playing anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complete waste of time. Find your car, do your pricing research online, and go make a deal. Any email offers you get are not going to be competitive.

You're must be a salesman.

Nope. I actually tried this nonsense with my last new car purchase and got lots of 1) non-competitive offers, 2) lots of bring us your best deal and we’ll beat it, and 3) when would you like to come in and test drive so we can make a great deal. I threw it all in the trash, drove to my nearest dealer and cut a great deal right there on the spot, better than anything I got with the email blast. This email “trick” is 20 years old and nobody’s playing anymore.

You must be old. At this time and age, nobody drive to the nearest car dealer and get a "great deal," not even when you spend the whole day at the dealer.

How do you throw the emails in the trash?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Email all the dealers with exactly what you want or if they have the model in stock and ask for their best price. Then figure out either the best price or the ones who give you a good price, email back and ask for less.

This. I had a spreadsheet and went through multiple rounds with each dealers. Don't go more than three rounds or they'll think you're wasting their time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Had a friend visit three dealers (not just a call) to meet/greet and tell them what he was looking for, then got all three on conference all and let them fight it out during the 45 min call. Most brilliant idea ever, me thinks!

It's a lie. No salesperson would do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Email all the dealers with exactly what you want or if they have the model in stock and ask for their best price. Then figure out either the best price or the ones who give you a good price, email back and ask for less.

This. I had a spreadsheet and went through multiple rounds with each dealers. Don't go more than three rounds or they'll think you're wasting their time.

Agree and I did this in 2018 while shopping for a forester. Since it's so late in the year you may not be able to get exactly what you want because the 2021s are already in. But I had two dealers offer lower prices after seeing offers from other dealers. I got a great price on exactly the model and trim options I wanted.