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How do you buy a car over the internet/phone?
I’m in the market for a new car and I’ve narrowed my choices down. I’m ready to buy, but I really don’t want to spend hours haggling. I’ve read many, many, many posts and articles where people have gotten great deals, quite a few times paying less than invoice by email or over the phone. Things is, they just say they did it, but not how they went about doing it. I’ve tried sending out for quotes using websites, but when they email me back, they just give details about the vehicle and tell me to call for an appointment to come in and talk face to face. Can anyone give me any tips and/or hints being able to perform a transaction like this with out geting screwed over?
Very carefully.
Assuming it is a brand new car, try finding the invoice for the car and then email a dealer saying that you had received a price to buy it for whatever $$$ amount invoice is and ask them if they can do better.
Another thing to keep in mind is that some people think they are getting a car $3000 below invoice, but in reality they bought it for $500 over invoice and had a $3500 rebate.
Dealers are really good at this. Also buying an ‘08 model 4 months into 2009 will motivate a dealer to take a larger loss when selling a vehicle, so that’s something to look at too when reading about the “great deals” people are getting.
I’ve seen many a customer think they were buying a current year new vehicle for a great price, when in reality they bought a “last years” new model.
Hope this helps,
Justin