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From: paull@hplabs.UUCP (Rob KA6SFV)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: RE: Blue Book experience
Message-ID: <937@hplabs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 14:34:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: hplabs.937
Posted: Thu Oct 11 14:34:41 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 03:15:56 EDT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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   About a year ago I went to a Chevy delear in the Silicon Valley
area. When we couldn't agree on the price of the vehicle I was 
interested in, I cited the 'Blue Book' (maintained by our credit
union) dealer cost vs list prices. The sales manager said the the
prices in that book were a 'figment of someones imagination'.

   To make a long story short,I ended up at a Nissan/Datsun dealer.
He showed me the invoice price of the vehicle I was interested in.
Lo and behold the invoice was within 2% of the blue book figures.
 
   In my opinion the 'Blue Books' at my credit union were accurate
enough to go dealin' intelligently. I think the dealers prices were
a figment of his imagination. The books are updated every few months
so they attempt to track manufacturers price increases.

                               Good dealin',  Robert Paull  (ka6sfv)