Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site luke.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!oliveb!bene!luke!itkin 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 Lines: 24 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. -- *** * Steven List @ Benetics Corporation, Mt. View, CA * Just part of the stock at "Uncle Bene's Farm" * {cdp,greipa,idi,oliveb,sun,tolerant}!bene!luke!itkin ***