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Originally Posted by whaap
Just a thought to keep in mind. I have a friend that is a retired car salesman. He sold Toyotas. Since I have USAA I was curious to get his thoughts on their buying program they offer members. He told me that USAA and others, including Costco are good for people that have no idea how to negotiate but a person could get a better price if they negotiated. Another thing he told me that was quite a surprise is they have an agreement with USAA, Costco and others. That agreement is that once you mention one of those programs and they give you the agreed price under the guidelines of that program they can not negotiate with you any further. It then becomes a take-it-or-leave-it deal.
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Hmm, that's interesting. I've negotiated 3 new cars myself and used USAA once. I thought it was nice to just be able to walk in and get a decent price. I mean, I used the USAA price quote to try and negotiate with dealers that weren't a part of the USAA program (therefore not under any agreements) and they couldn't even match the price. My USAA price had me driving 100 miles away and I hit up 3-4 dealers closer and nobody could even match the price. I dunno, that's just my one experience with it though. Good to see another perspective on it though.