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From: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Automobile Brokers
Message-ID: <311@luke.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 14:41:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: luke.311
Posted: Wed Aug  7 14:41:02 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:03:11 EDT
References: <392@kontron.UUCP> <922@druxo.UUCP>
Reply-To: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Organization: Benetics Corp, Mt.View, CA
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Summary: 

In article <922@druxo.UUCP> knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK) writes:
>   To summarize, if you know what you want, you can get a car inexpensively
>and without ever dealing with a high pressure salesman (they already know
>you'resold, so they don't bother to pressure you.) from a car buying service.  
>Note:
>I didn't trade anything in, and this might affect your experience, as I don't 
>know if they give as high trades when they are doing this sort of thing.

Timing of all this (including the discussion of Dodge (Mitsubishi) Colts
is interesting.  My wife and I just bought a Dodge Colt Vista wagon.
Being members of AAA, we found the ads in the front and back of
Motorland magazine interesting (buy any car for no more than 10% over
dealer cost).  We had checked at a local dealership (Pete Ellis Dodge),
and decided we wanted to buy the car there.  I simply told the salesman
(and sales manager) that I could get the car for 10% over cost, and
wouldn't pay more.  They were content.  I now wonder what would have
happened if I'd said 8% or 6%?  Anyway, start out hard and see what
happens.
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