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Old 02-28-2012, 09:10 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by Spaceywilly View Post
I can't really blame them. If you told me I was only getting 2 cars until November I'd try to get the most I could for them too. I don't see what the incentive is for them to sell them cheap.
Key word: repeat transactions. Selling cheap - probably not happening either way and it's understandable, jacking up price over MSRP -different thing and an obvious d/b move - tends to screw up dealer reputation unless the dealership already known locally as complete scumbags.
If my dealer tries to rip me off - I'm bleeding them dry on my and wife's next DD and they are never getting my spec.b on trade-in. So there are some incentives for them to behave. How strong they are - depends on local customer base and existing reputation.
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