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New Truck Buying Tactics
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:25 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:25 am
What strategies are the OTers using when buying a new ride these days. I’m about to buy a new truck and have been “out of the game” for a while.
Internet pricing?
Go in and haggle?
Etc etc etc
FWIW......I’m likely going to be buying an F150 in at least a lariat package. I’d like to get a 2018 but would be open to 2017.
ETA: I’ll also be buying in the DFW area.
Internet pricing?
Go in and haggle?
Etc etc etc
FWIW......I’m likely going to be buying an F150 in at least a lariat package. I’d like to get a 2018 but would be open to 2017.
ETA: I’ll also be buying in the DFW area.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 10:28 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:27 am to CBLSU316
See what high volume dealers advertise as a price, that number should be your starting point.
Internet vs in person is just going to depend on the dealer.
Internet vs in person is just going to depend on the dealer.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:27 am to CBLSU316
Go for a 2017 in November. They need to get them off the lot and will be willing to wheel and deal with you.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:27 am to CBLSU316
Negotiate off the invoice price, not MSRP.
Negotiate price separate from financing. Lock in the price you want, then go on to financing. Don't let them try to do both at the same time.
Walk out if you can't get the deal you want. It's your money, you don't have to pay what you don't want to pay.
Negotiate price separate from financing. Lock in the price you want, then go on to financing. Don't let them try to do both at the same time.
Walk out if you can't get the deal you want. It's your money, you don't have to pay what you don't want to pay.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:29 am to CBLSU316
When you walk into the sales offices unzip your pants and slap your dick on the table. This will let them know who's in fricking charge.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:30 am to BigPerm30
Good tactic.......I’ll open with that and go from there.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:30 am to TH03
quote:Have 3rd party financing lined up first.
Negotiate price separate from financing. Lock in the price you want, then go on to financing. Don't let them try to do both at the same time.
Negotiate price separate from financing.
Let them beat the financing you have already shopped and lined up.
Don't trade. Sell your other truck on your own.
I would work the internet first. You can avoid most of the on site games and up sells.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 10:31 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:31 am to CBLSU316
Research online until you've narrowed down the make, model, color, and options you're interested in. Find out how much those specific trucks are going for at dealerships nation wide.
Find a dealership in your area that currently has what you're looking for on the lot. Call and schedule an appointment. Show up on time. Have your pricing research ready. Buy.
Find a dealership in your area that currently has what you're looking for on the lot. Call and schedule an appointment. Show up on time. Have your pricing research ready. Buy.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:38 am to CBLSU316
work a couple different dealerships against each other and do not for any reason let them dick you around for your time. if they start that brb shite tell them youre walking and be prepared to walk. use truecar or whatever to figure out what you want to spend and be assertive. you will eventually find one that will deal with you but you will have to wade through a sea of shitbags first. frick car salesmen. most new car salesmen are every bit as bad as the cliche about used car salesmen.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:40 am to AUTiger45
I wish car buying was like buying a loaf of bread.....go find the one you want and pay the price tag.
I hate haggling with those MFers, I actually hate the whole process of buying a new car.
I hate haggling with those MFers, I actually hate the whole process of buying a new car.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:43 am to CBLSU316
It's ahhhhhmazing how I was just able to save an additional $3,500 from their first offer all the way down to the offer that I finally agreed upon (and many conversations along the way) all by knowing what I wanted to pay without letting them know.
Silence is golden. Contrary to what they will ask in many different ways, you don't have to give a number. It's their job to tell you what the vehicle will cost.
Your job is to either agree or disagree with what they present to you.
The ability for you to be able to walk out is the most powerful thing you can do.
Case in point. After going back and forth with one of the managers of the dealership (I eliminated the sales person right away from taking the lead - he didn't know how to handle me as he was inexperienced in the art of negotiating) and after he told me "I just can't go any lower." I told him, either you can't or you won't. He said he would be losing money on the deal, blah ... blah ... blah ... Well, he ended up getting up from his seat (as a power play), I stood up and shook his hand, thanked him for his time and then the sales person then re-engages me to say, "I am pretty sure that is the best price he can do." I simply told him, "well then ... it's not good enough is it?"
As we were walking toward the entrance for me to leave, I told the sales person, I came here to make a deal and I believe based upon what I presented to you, I have not mislead you. I said, if I walk out of this door, I am not coming back and I am going somewhere else to buy a vehicle today. I suggest you go back and speak with you manager and tell him I want this vehicle for xx this price (which I set lower), but tell him because he was willing to work with me, I'll split the difference with him.
So off into his office he went and back out to meet me ... they accepted my offer.
You have to stand firm. They call a lot of people's bluff. But I wasn't bluffing. I would have gone somewhere else that day and I think he knew it.
In recollecting my conversation, the manager said why should I sell this vehicle to you for what you are wanting it for when I have only had it in stock for two days ... when I can probably sell it closer to my asking price in three or four days, because it will move and it will sell. I said, "you're right ... you could sell that vehicle and you may get more ... or you may not." You have a customer right here in front of you today that is wanting to buy and willing to give you money today. To me that is a sure thing. What you are talking about may not happen.
Just different tidbits of how I handle negotiating with these dealerships.
It may work for you, or it may not. But nonetheless, good luck to you in your quest for a new vehicle.
One other note ... I ended up trading in my vehicle. What they initially offered me was almost $7K LESS than what we settled on. I only made the dealership aware of the trade after I negotiated the price of my new vehicle. They thought they were done with me once we reached a price on the new vehicle and then I let them I know I was interested in trading it in. That's when they low balled me to make it up on what they couldn't get out of me on the new vehicle. But by that time, they were too heavily invested in me and I had the leverage ... even though the manager tried to take control of the situation, which I would not allow to occur.
Silence is golden. Contrary to what they will ask in many different ways, you don't have to give a number. It's their job to tell you what the vehicle will cost.
Your job is to either agree or disagree with what they present to you.
The ability for you to be able to walk out is the most powerful thing you can do.
Case in point. After going back and forth with one of the managers of the dealership (I eliminated the sales person right away from taking the lead - he didn't know how to handle me as he was inexperienced in the art of negotiating) and after he told me "I just can't go any lower." I told him, either you can't or you won't. He said he would be losing money on the deal, blah ... blah ... blah ... Well, he ended up getting up from his seat (as a power play), I stood up and shook his hand, thanked him for his time and then the sales person then re-engages me to say, "I am pretty sure that is the best price he can do." I simply told him, "well then ... it's not good enough is it?"
As we were walking toward the entrance for me to leave, I told the sales person, I came here to make a deal and I believe based upon what I presented to you, I have not mislead you. I said, if I walk out of this door, I am not coming back and I am going somewhere else to buy a vehicle today. I suggest you go back and speak with you manager and tell him I want this vehicle for xx this price (which I set lower), but tell him because he was willing to work with me, I'll split the difference with him.
So off into his office he went and back out to meet me ... they accepted my offer.
You have to stand firm. They call a lot of people's bluff. But I wasn't bluffing. I would have gone somewhere else that day and I think he knew it.
In recollecting my conversation, the manager said why should I sell this vehicle to you for what you are wanting it for when I have only had it in stock for two days ... when I can probably sell it closer to my asking price in three or four days, because it will move and it will sell. I said, "you're right ... you could sell that vehicle and you may get more ... or you may not." You have a customer right here in front of you today that is wanting to buy and willing to give you money today. To me that is a sure thing. What you are talking about may not happen.
Just different tidbits of how I handle negotiating with these dealerships.
It may work for you, or it may not. But nonetheless, good luck to you in your quest for a new vehicle.
One other note ... I ended up trading in my vehicle. What they initially offered me was almost $7K LESS than what we settled on. I only made the dealership aware of the trade after I negotiated the price of my new vehicle. They thought they were done with me once we reached a price on the new vehicle and then I let them I know I was interested in trading it in. That's when they low balled me to make it up on what they couldn't get out of me on the new vehicle. But by that time, they were too heavily invested in me and I had the leverage ... even though the manager tried to take control of the situation, which I would not allow to occur.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:48 am to AUTiger45
also go as close to Christmas as you can. you will have salesmen within the same dealership competing for your sale.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 10:52 am to CBLSU316
Let me go speak to my manager and i'll get back to you.
Can I get a good contact number in case we get disconnected?
Can I get a good contact number in case we get disconnected?
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:05 am to CBLSU316
with the frequency of these types of ThreadsI am beginning to wonder if the people starting the threads are SALEMEN, sort of priming the pump
The Search Engine of the forum is your friend and will bring up 9 gillion threads on this subject
The Search Engine of the forum is your friend and will bring up 9 gillion threads on this subject
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 11:05 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:12 am to CBLSU316
quote:
I wish car buying was like buying a loaf of bread.....go find the one you want and pay the price tag
So does everyone that works in a dealership.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:13 am to PearlJam
quote:Not always the best option.
Don't trade. Sell your other truck on your own.
Gotta figure in the sales tax savings on a trade in. Get them to do a courtesy trade if you're selling it yourself.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 11:18 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:13 am to CBLSU316
quote:
I hate haggling with those MFers, I actually hate the whole process of buying a new car.
You can actually pay someone to handle the process for you. New and used all over the country. Interesting job.
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