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Originally Posted by ckelly78z
There is nothing in a car add that turns me completely off on looking at a a car like a Price of $5000 "FIRM". If I can't get a car for 10% less than asking price, I usually pass. I don't think anyone in 30 years of dealing, who has ever bought a car from me paid the asking price.
I don't like going to a dealership and dealing with a salseguy, and then the manager , and invariably several back and forth offers. I just want to talk to someone that can say yes or no, and not take two hours of negotiations to come to a deal (or not).
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What's that saying, "Everything is worth ONLY what someone is willing to pay for it!"
For me, anything above a certain dollar amount (somewhere around $5k) is "price negotiable." So that would include cars, homes, furniture, services...etc.
That said, I treat buying a car as a game -- if the other side is willing to play the game - great! Everyone wins. I have left a brand-new car on the lot for a difference of $25 between my final offer and the dealer's ask. Wound up buying the same model car (1987 Mustang 4 cyl LX) for less money but more options at a different dealer. When I bought my wife's Beetle Turbo, I low-balled, and since it was a left-over and I happen to be there on their year-end close, they accepted my offer (provided I took the car off the lot that night!).
In the American culture, negotiating a price is not as popular in other countries -- but maybe we should learn the value of the deal...
If you watch Shark Tank - you will see that the investors on the show will always negotiate the deal. They got where they are by doing that - and not by just paying the asking price... Much can be learned and applied from their way of doing business...
By the way - the art of the deal / the art of negotiating applies not just to buying a car or house. Need to add another couple of people last minute to the reservation at the always-full restaurant? You can always persuade the matre-de with 'added value' like asking for their wine list ahead of time, or inquiring about future events. At one restaurant at a resort in Mexico, I managed to adjust a reservation for a table of 4 to two tables of 8 people each! I promised the guy I would do the dishes, wipe the floor...etc. Never had to wipe the floors, but he knew I was willing to deal, and so was he. (Slipped him a tip at the end of the affair). Most people are willing to deal - you just have to know how to influence them.
My $0.42,
-Z-man.
PS: I have willing to drop my $0.42 down to $0.38, if you accept this deal in the next 20 minutes...
