Confessions of a Car Salesman

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Vic
Yawn... use a broker or a buying service, be educated, never worry about that BS again.

How much would a broker or buying service charge?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Cyberian
How much would a broker or buying service charge?

Brokers vary. I used AAA's Autosource car buying service to buy my last car, and AFAIK they charged me nothing for getting the car to me for $500 below invoice (I received a copy of the dealer invoice). It's my opinion that they split the holdback with the dealer of record (every car has one, even fleets).
The best part is that it was a true no haggle/no hassle service. I did my research, exploited a few dealers to do some test drives (call in advance and set an appt. for the test drive, then decline to go inside the dealership after the test drive is over), called a few brokers and buying services to see what I could get, AAA met my price on a car outfitted exactly as I wanted it, and provided the easiest and fastest service.

 

[Lithium381]

yes, it was a repost, but it was a good(but long!) read

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Cyberian
How much would a broker or buying service charge?

Brokers vary. I used AAA's Autosource car buying service to buy my last car, and AFAIK they charged me nothing for getting the car to me for $500 below invoice (I received a copy of the dealer invoice). It's my opinion that they split the holdback with the dealer of record (every car has one, even fleets).
The best part is that it was a true no haggle/no hassle service. I did my research, exploited a few dealers to do some test drives (call in advance and set an appt. for the test drive, then decline to go inside the dealership after the test drive is over), called a few brokers and buying services to see what I could get, AAA met my price on a car outfitted exactly as I wanted it, and provided the easiest and fastest service.

AAA sounds good - Thanks!!

 

[Mermaidman]

Well written article--thanks!

 

[RossMAN]

Bump for the REPOST n00b's

 

[ItsPat]

Originally posted by: stso

Originally posted by: Millennium

Originally posted by: AngryPirate
Repost or not it was a good read. Thanks for the link!

 

[opticalmace]

thanks

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: ItsPat

Originally posted by: stso

Originally posted by: Millennium

Originally posted by: AngryPirate
Repost or not it was a good read. Thanks for the link!

 

[RossMAN]

Bump for a great read and to avoid reposts.

 

[TheAudit]

That is a great article!

 

[radioouman]

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[wyvrn]

Great read.