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They want the car buying process to be so excruciatingly painful so people will leave money on the table to "Just take my money and make the pain go away". Wel
by msluyter 13y ago
They want the car buying process to be so excruciatingly painful so people will leave money on the table to "Just take my money and make the pain go away".
Well, this is why I bought my last car used from Carmax. Sure, you probably spend more than you you might spend if you were willing to go to a dealer and haggle, but I found it to be worth the premium.
- recursive 13y agoIs that sarcasm or cognitive dissonance?
- rthomas6 13y agoI don't understand this unless you have absolutely zero tolerance for negotiating a price. Why could I not simply print out a Carmax price of a used car in which I'm interested, then take it to any other used car dealer with a comparable car? "Can you beat this price?" "Yes." --> I just beat the Carmax price. "No." --> I leave with my money (this one won't happen).
- nknighthb 13y agoCar dealers are genetically incapable of giving such a direct answer. You can either deal with their evasive swindling and haggle anyway, or just assume the answer is "no".
- nickpinkston 13y agoIf you can't haggle for a better priced car, have fun trying to close real deals / acquisitions...
- nknighthb 13y agoNot everyone does such things, and I'm sure among those that do, you'll find many who don't care to waste hours with used car slimesmen to save a few pennies.
- nickpinkston 13y agoIt's good practice though!
- mikeash 13y agoNote that it's not "can't", but "don't find it worthwhile". I might pour my heart into a big acquisition while simply walking away at the first sign of hassle when trying to save $500 on a car.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoI don't haggle. At all. I've sold a startup before for 7 figures. You know how I closed deals with Fortune 500 companies when we were selling our product? "Here's the price. Please feel free to shop elsewhere if you're not interested." Same with selling the shop. "Here's the price (based on our fundamentals). If you don't want to buy it, cool, someone else will. Or it can keep printing us cash." Haggling is overrated.
- nickpinkston 13y agoCould've been 8... ;-)
- toomuchtodo 13y agoMeh. I only need so much money.
- nickpinkston 13y agoI'm only kidding dude!
- toomuchtodo 13y agoI know :) I'm just giving you a hard time!
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- austenallred 13y agoJust download the Vinny app and know what wholesale price is http://myvinny.com/ http://myvinny.com/
- rthomas6 13y agoWow, this looks great. Too bad I use Android. I'm in the market for a used car so this would be really useful.
- illuminate 13y agoDo they follow the black book value?
- austenallred 13y agoThey use the dealership feeds, so they have every transaction of the car, and compare that to other prices of comparable cars in your area, and show you all that data.
- illuminate 13y agoThanks! Which "dealership feeds"? What they pay for cars at auction?