>The sharks I am referring to are the Car Dealers! (They all want to be
>my friend, then stab me repeatedly in the back. Or hand me a jar of
>Vaseline and ak me to grab my ankles!)
I've bought more than 30 cars in the past 30 years, and this too has
always been my experience... but when I bought my '99 Dakota last month I
went to www.carpoint.com where I was referred to an area Dodge dealer. I
don't know if every carpoint.com dealer's policy is the same, but I was
treated courteously, immediately shown the invoice and offered the truck
straight out at $149.00 over invoice- more than $1000 off the $16,000
list price. Add in the $500 Chryler rebate and I was $351 BELOW invoice
or more than $1500 below window sticker. All of this in less than 10
pleasant minutes handled courteously over a complimentary cup of coffee.
A half hour of paperwork later and I was driving home in my new truck. No
hassles. No haggling. No sales manager. No offers. No deposits. No
negotiations. No counter-offers. No vaseline!
The dealer said that their internet sales have gone from nothing to a
significant percentage of their business in less than a year and they
expect a day to come when the vast majority of sales will be pre-arranged
via the internet. The interaction between dealer and cusotmer will simply
be signing a few papers and picking up the vehicle. I will definitely buy
my next vehicle off of the internet. No- I'm not in any way connected
with carpoint.com- just a "happy car buyer"... which is traditionally an
oxymoron.
Steve
'99 Solar Yellow Sport
'97 Suburban 4X4
'95 Miata Triple Black
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