This pricing game is weird too. If I go on Kelly Blue Book, I get a private party retail value of $19,300 for "Good" condition. If I do Edmunds, I get $17,315 for "Good" condition. That's a pretty big gap. Anyone know of another one?
On 10/23/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty much the reasons why I got out of the business :) > > The sales closing techniques were the worst, some of those are fiendish. > > On 23/10/2007, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ahh, one of the million reasons I hate going to buy a used car. so much > > dishonesty, pressure, double talk, and swindling. > > > > I have owned many used cars in my life, and still have yet to buy one off > > a > > lot. always private party for this guy. > > > > On 10/23/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I used to be a car salesman so here are a few insider secrets. > > > > > > Rule 1: Always drive the car first and drive as smoothly as possible, if > > > the > > > customer gets first go then they are likely to make some errors due to > > > differences in gearboxes/brakes/controls/driving position etc. If they > > > have > > > already experienced the car at it's best they blame themselves for not > > > being > > > used to it, otherwise you start to hear "I don't like this gearbox", > > "The > > > brakes are too sharp" etc. > > > > > > Rule 2: Plan your route. The outward journey (when you are driving) > > should > > > be slightly uphill if possible so that when the customer is driving back > > > downhill the car feels faster than it actually is. Also make sure that > > the > > > return route is as easy as possible - no complicated junctions etc. > > > > > > There's a lot more I could tell you, but I'd risk a contract being put > > on > > > my > > > head for breaking the salesmans vows... > > > > > > On 22/10/2007, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I would go with him unless he has the $$ in hand that you are asking, > > in > > > > which case I would hold onto the money. > > > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > > > > I've got my truck listed for sale and there's a guy coming to see it > > > > > in an hour or so. How do you handle test drives? Do you ride with > > > > > the guy, or do you let him take it alone? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244888 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
