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Why are there no Black Friday deals on cars?
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moshquerade
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JulesMaximus
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GagHalfrunt
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They are if you know what you're doing. For anyone with an ounce of brains every day is Black Friday when car shopping.
I don't think Car Dealerships experience the same upswing in sales at this time of year anyway. Department stores and stuff make a lot of their money because everyone's out buying each other gifts. People don't generally buy other people a CAR as a gift. At least, my friends don't. If you do this, will you be my friend? Please?
A car as a gift is the ultimate "get out of gift giving" card for a husband.
Just plan your car purchase around Valentine's Day, her birthday or Christmas and you don't have to worry about getting another gift. If you have to buy a car anyway might as well get some use out of it yourself.
Just plan your car purchase around Valentine's Day, her birthday or Christmas and you don't have to worry about getting another gift. If you have to buy a car anyway might as well get some use out of it yourself.
JulesMaximus
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Well duh...:roll:
I was talking about advertised sales prices. Not what you can negotiate a car down to if you have a little skill.
Fail [insert generic lolcat]. Negotiate up from their cost (being sure to account for holdback and any other manufacturer to dealer incentives & reimbursements) and don't be suckered into fees for so-called "documentation" and "pre-delivery inspection". Essentially, negotiate their profit and make them justify anything beyond which you deem reasonable (without being a prick about it). Using an itemized cost list and communicating via email precludes virtually all of the BS.
GagHalfrunt
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The negotiated prices are far lower than advertised sales prices. What exactly in the problem? If you can't get a good deal on a car take the bus.
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Last weekend I bought a 6 month old car with 2000 miles on it that stickered for over $26k for $15.5k.
And what he didn't tell you was that he bought a Ford..
mugs
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Originally posted by: cobalt
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Last weekend I bought a 6 month old car with 2000 miles on it that stickered for over $26k for $15.5k.
And what he didn't tell you was that he bought a Ford..
Even a Ford would have to have been in a catastrophic accident to drop that much so quickly.
ponyo
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Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: cobalt
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Last weekend I bought a 6 month old car with 2000 miles on it that stickered for over $26k for $15.5k.
And what he didn't tell you was that he bought a Ford..
Even a Ford would have to have been in a catastrophic accident to drop that much so quickly.
Nah. It's a Chevy. A Malibu Maxx. A dead trim level on a model that under a brand new refresh.
There were a couple brand new ones still laying around that stickered for around 26k that I could have walked away with for around $18,500.
But I was looking for a little more value and found the one with 2k miles on it for another $3,000 less.
It's not best looking car in the world, but it's comfortable, safe, functional, and reliability has been decent if you look at objective sources. I needed a baby hauler and it was a good compromise of what I wanted.
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