This may not be so, I recently inquired about an R/T and got a phone call
about four days later from a dealer down in Maryland (I live in PA), he
said he was willing to order me one for $100.00 under invoice.
T. Matt
Harrisburg, PA
At 10:43 AM 1/5/99 -0800, you wrote:
>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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