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Originally Posted by Veloist
You definitely want to tell them you are coming from out of town......you should be able to ask for a discount..
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I don't follow the reasoning of letting them know they have the upperhand in the negotiations. Why would they lower the price if you ask for a discount
when they know you either buy at what was negotiated over the phone or have to waste money going back home empty handed? In the last few months
since I bought mine, have car salespeople all got together and decided to make less money and do favors for their potential customers out of kindness?
When I bought mine used, I went in there after a new 2015. I found a very low mileage used 2015 on the lot and offered a couple thousand less than what they were asking and got it.
It was immaculate, low miles and even came with great tires and wheels. I didn't make a big deal when I seen it but in my head knew I was getting that car. For all they knew, I could
have instead bought the new one or even just walk away from everything altogether. We were both on even ground. If they knew I came from a long distance I don't see how I would
have gotten that huge discount I got.
I still don't see any good coming from a used purchase from such great distance as you have no idea exactly what you are buying unless it was new.
I had a work truck S10 that blew an engine and I found a replacement less than 100 miles away. It was exactly what I needed except when I got there to get it picked from the other S10,
it was suddenly the wrong year and not running for me to see how it ran as they said it would be over the phone. I had to just take it and get it in with some modification and not knowing if it would actually run.
Unless it's your mother on the other side of the deal where you have to fly to pick up a car and negotiate, I wouldn't trust anybody selling a used car.
And then even then it's not 100% because if she is a car salesperson, you really can't trust her all the way if she is making a commission.
