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In reply to the discussion: I have a question about buying a vehicle... [View all]sdfernando
(4,935 posts)When I bought my last Liberty I did a ton of research online. Took the tips a gleaned. Figured out exactly what model and accessories I wanted and what the dealership cost was. Then I found all the Jeep dealers in a 100-mile radius and first called asking for the Fleet dealer...Sometimes I would get it sometimes not. Anyway I ended up sending emails or fax to most of the dealers in the 100 miles with my exact needs asking what they can sell to me for. Some said they didn't have what I wanted in stock, some ignored me. The offers I did get back I played against eachother...as luck would have it one of the dealers quite near me had their "internet" salesman reply. He took my lowest offer and bested that. He also didn't work off commission so that probably helped. So I ended up getting the exact Jeep I wanted, model, color, accessories, everything I wanted and nothing I didn't and got of for a little less then dealer invoice.
Some weeks later another dealership called me up...they were hard sell when I visited and test drove. I told then up front when I visited that I was NOT buying that day. Well, they turned up the pressure...so I had my test drive and left after telling the manager the only way I was leaving with a car today was if they gave it to me for zero dollars. So weeks later I had the joy of telling them I got what I wanted at the price I wanted to pay and I didn't have to deal with a lot of their sales bullshit, which lost them my business.