Imagine the image of a used car salesman. Picture the comb-over and plaid sports coat. The painful sound of a sales pitch about the specific benefits of a certain model. For the past two weeks, I have been searching for my first car. The experience was not what I was expecting, but I have learned several key lessons about buying a car. I did my research and decided on the Ford Focus as the car for me. My car buying experience started out well. We went to a local dealership and drove the car. It wasn't the right model, but I wanted to see how the car felt. After the test drive, I decided the Focus was the car for me. Searching for the right car wasn't much trouble. I scrolled through the local listings and created a list of the cars that I was …show more content…
The problem was, he wouldn't budge. I tried a number of negotiating techniques, but none of them worked. It seemed like he didn't want to sell the car at all. Our correspondence stopped, and I started to look for other cars. Over the rest of my search, I realized that the price offered by the first dealer was very good and I decided to give it another shot. Once again, the salesman didn't budge. I crumbled and offered to buy the car for the price he offered. He asked if I was trading anything in, which I wasn't. After learning this, he told me the car had sold. I went back through the dealer's inventory and picked an almost identical car. I offered the same price we agreed on before, but the salesman told me that the price we were talking about was a Black Friday deal and he couldn't offer it to me before. This was crushing, not only because I lost the car, but because he was not budging at all. We realized that this was the dealer's play. We thought that the prices they advertised online were only valid if they wanted to rip you off on a trade in. Maybe he didn't even sell the first car, instead he just became disinterested when I told him I wasn't trading in a
Have you ever been watching TV and seen a car commercial that says, “ Come on down to your local Ford Automotive, and you can get a car of your choice for just $129 a month (Spitzer, 2003).” Some have even used lines like, “Do whatever you have to do push, pull or drag your car in, and drive away in a brand new car” (Spitzer, 2003). The commercial may never stop to give you the details of the qualification requirements for the cars. So making those push or pull journeys to the dealer ends up costing you more money than you expected. This type of TV commercial can be confusing to many consumers, and end up misleading the consumer into a deal they did not expect.
I was assisting Vince in a deal with a new potential buyer. He offered a structured deal stating that he would authorize his company to pay a higher price, if we report selling the product for a lower price. I don’t want to get caught doing this, because I know it is unlawful. Vince reassured me it was not an uncommon deal, and that the product would still be going for a good price. We even had a solid plan on what to say in the event that people suspected us of doing such a thing. The buyer could get half the money, Vince and I could split the other half and no one would ever know.
dissonance, I decided to store the car at my parents house and only drive the car infrequently. I
When I turned twenty-two I was excited to purchase my first car, I had been saving for 5 years in order to obtain the car of my dreams. I knew exactly what I wanted, all the “bells and whistles”, and I knew exactly what I was willing to pay and not a penny more. I thought I had a strong knowledge of the sales and pricing of the particular car I was hoping to buy, because I had done my research for weeks browsing and comparing the Sunday car ads. I was assured that my knowledge of the sales would get me a fair price and a great deal. However, my overconfidence and naivety, in the “creepy” sales tactics used by the dealership, made me unaware of the three hour nightmare that was about to ensue; leaving me brokenhearted, angry and vowing to never step foot on a car lot again.
really neat car that not many other people had. Than the next thing I would do
Blue Book price range of buying this model of car in good condition is from $5500 - $5800. Fiedler estimated he could sell the trade-in car at an auction as is at $5000.
The plaintiff firm of surveyors bought a second-hand Rolls Royce from the defendants which developed serious defects after 2,000. It was held that the firm was acting as a consumer and that to buy in the course of a business 'the buying of cars must form at the very least an integral part of the buyer's business or a necessary incidental thereto'. It was emphasised that only in those circumstances could the buyer be said to be on equal footing with his seller in terms of bargaining strength.
There are many different automobile companies providing buyers with many styles of cars, trucks, SUVs, and motorcycles. Toronto Star January 14, 2005 present ways to approach the automotive buying process. There are many different surveys, crash reports, and rating systems comparing different companies and their vehicles. Things you should look for when reading these published articles are who conducted the study? Who paid for it? Who gains from it? Who loses? These are all things to keep eye on as some automotive companies will run their own surveys making their products seem overpowering against the competition. Some prove their products are safer then the competition where the competition has been proven time and time again to make that survey seem inaccurate.
their best price for a certain car, most people would not believe the price quoted to be the actual
We decided that we would not tell the buyer about my exhaustion (wife) or that we needed the money to sail around the world. We were afraid that he would use it against us.
We understand the emotional and grueling process of selling your car while trying to get the best price. In some cases, your car isn't in the best condition either. This can make selling the car even more difficult. We pay the best price for cars that aren't in the best condition too.
We all dream in the day we get to purchase our first vehicle. The day we stop asking our parents to take us here and there. Some may say buying a vehicle is a pain in the you know what. It can seem like a stressful situation if you're not familiar with the process. However, working in the car industry has taught me valuable tips and tricks that will help me teach you to save money when car buying.
The problem is blue is a rare color for any car... especially for this expensive vehicle. And only a handful of dealers stocked this car's color. And they knew it. So they would not discount the car much. As a result, he got lease worksheets that was at least $2,600.00 more than expected.
He said he just need a tune up and some work done on the carburetor. It was a little older car, but it too, like my Camaro, was very nice. He was a busy man and asked if I would pick it up directly from his house and bring it to my father’s shop for him. I complied with his request and set off for his house. Once I got there, I climbed into his car and tried to start it. It didn’t start, and was making some weird noises. I got out of the car and began going through a checklist on why it wouldn’t start. The car had enough gas, and the battery was at full charge. I decided to check the oil. I opened the hood and pulled the oil dipstick out of the tube. I just about passed out. The car was out of oil! I just ruined this mans car. I committed this mistake, which means I was responsible to fix it. I called the owner of the car and told him what happened. He was not happy to say the least. He used some very harsh and inappropriate words, and I promised him that I would fix his car within the next week. Now fixing a car that has been run out of oil is a very time consuming and costly task, so I was a slight bit
Finally it passed through the other side followed by an eerie screeching sound. The dreadful sound was emanating from the dry rotted tires that were rubbing against the rails. After the car emerged from the exit of the car wash, it was then wiped dry by the co-workers of the car wash. Watching the employee’s wipe the car I could hear the boy my age say, “I feel bad for who ever owns that car”. The car was fully washed and ready to go as one of the staff members approached the benched and asked which one of us the owner of the vehicle. Again the muttered another comment, “sure isn’t mine”. The comment from the boy made me hesitant, but for a moment I realized the only person I was fooling was myself. So I picked myself up and as I was about to leave, the man in his mid forties stated to me “it could have been worse, my first car barely ran”. With that comment I was a little more encouraged to get into the car and leave with some dignity.