jdewd250
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- Oct 8, 2015
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- SF Bay area
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- 2017 Aegean blue EX hatch has joined my 2016 Civic EX sedan
For me it's always a big factor. That's why the internet and forums like these are awesome tools. They're the great equalizer in learning about the cars and negotiating a good price. I feel bad for buyers that walk into dealers without having done research online. I mean the invoice prices are posted right in the pricing section. That's invaluable stuff.
It is amazing to me to see people that go into dealers thinking the sticker is what they have to pay, plus whatever mark up or other BS up charges some dealers throw in just to see if they can get it. And sadly they do get it a lot of the time, or make the uneducated buyer think they got a deal because they were able to get some of the dealer mark up negotiated off.
But the dealer has to make money on someone, just not us!
I've been told by sales guys that the sticker is the price, and that no one ever gets below that, "other dealers will tell you a lower price them add fees to get it back to what they want" is what I was told by a guy last year when I was looking around for my CRV. After I purchased my CRV from somewhere else I actually drove it back to see the guy that made that statement, ( it was right next to where I was working that day) he wasn't there.
I got my CRV for $1000 less out the door that the MSRP on the sticker he said he wouldn't budge off of. No sale for you mister.
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