Er, no offense Aaron..
Aaron Wyse wrote:
> Being in the car business now for about a year and a half; I find it
> incredible how customers seem to flock to the guy that BS's his way right
> through them; He makes a fortune telling people just what they want to hear;
> he & a couple of others I've met since just disgust me. They are the reason
> that people are so leary of going to a car dealership. We have a few of us
> that are content with making a reasonable comission on each deal and just
> hope the good word will spread enough to get us more repaet business.
> It seems the worse a deal people get; the happier they are and more business
> they send to deal with the ones that rip them in the first place.
> So many people talk of preferring to buy used so they don't take the
> depreciation; yet they want to keep them long term. Used vehicles have much
> more markup than new ones do. If your intentions are to keep the vehicle;
> buy new, you know the complete history, and over the lift of the vehicle,
> that first year depreciation won't matter near as much. IF you trade every
> 2 years, buy used, negotiate a major discount and sell your own trade to put
> the money down. I usually make the same money on all the new cars & trucks
> regardless of the deal; My objective is to simply move a new car; I'm not
> worried about the deal. It's all about the volume. I just want to feel I'm
> being fair enough to people that they'll have they're friends & family see
> me for thier needs.
> So.. anyone down around AL, GA, or FL feel free to look me up; I'll do
> what I can for you, new or used, but I'd just as soon sell new. But. what
> ever you want.
> Aaron Wyse
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry Oliver" <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Drive free, or, what's your car payments?
>
>
>
>>That type of relationship seems to be few and far between...
>>Congratulations. Most everyone I have tried to deal with in the car
>>business has been, er, less than satisfying. How can one form that type
>>of relationship when most dealers try their level best to hose you to
>>death at every opportunity?
>>
>>
>>
>>John Hower wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>The guy has a good plan ... nothing new, but something a lot of people
>>>never think about.
>>>
>>>My wife and I have never bought a new car and it's not likely we ever
>>>will. We've been dealing with the same used car dealer for 25 years and
>>>he hasn't done me wrong yet. If I tell him I want, say, a 2000-2002
>>>Dakota club cab, tell him which options I want and a few color choices,
>>>he'll have it, or something real close, within a month or so. If I tell
>>>him I want a mid-size sedan about 4 years old, he'll have several (at
>>>least) for me to look at in a couple of weeks. And he'll hand me the
>>>keys and let me or my wife drive it for a week to see how we like it.
>>>
>>>I hope he never retires!
>>>
>>>John
>>>'95 Dakota
>>>
>>>At 10:20 AM 2/3/2007, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>This might not be new to everybody, but it is the first time I have
>>>>seen it:
>>>>http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/lms/drive_free/player.cfm
>>>>
>>>>So, what are your car payments? How much do y'all pay a month, and
>
> why?
>
>>>>I paid off my '99 a few months back, and have been liking not having
>>>>the payments.
>>>
>>>
>
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