Companies such as carpoint bring in A LOT of business for participating
dealers. The problem is that you can only get deals on cars that are not in
high demand. I doubt if you can get a RT through them.
I read in the papers last week that a dealer was put on probation for trying
to dupe the buyer out of the car after they realize that it was a hot
selling model and they can sell it at sticker.
Alan
'98 Dakota R/T (JBA shorties, Big K&N;TB & shiftkit soon)
'89 Mustang GT (347, Griggs GR-40 , Vortech S-trim...)
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lambert [mailto:lamberts@sprynet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 10:30 AM
To: Dakota List
Subject: DML: Re: Swimming among the sharks...
>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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