My tactic is to sell my car to Kaleb, and only buy the new car from the dealer. If I'm buying a used car, I get it from an individual.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net>wrote: > Thats a popular misconception with people, they think either negotiate the > trade first, then negotiate the price on the new car, or vise versa. > Either way, you are just dragging things out making the process take > longer because no matter what you do you will end up at the same place in > the end. And that pisses off the salesman as well, that is not their first > rodeo, they have seen this before. If you want to get in and out quick, > just tell them what you are looking to do and go from there. > > > On 8/16/2012 3:52 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > >> Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> writes: >> >> you don't care what the price is AND you don't care what the trade in >>> value is. The only thing you should be worried about is the >>> difference between the two. >>> >> At least in Indiana, there is some benefit to getting a high trade-in >> value because you don't pay sales tax on the trade-in portion of the >> purchase. That's effectively an extra 7%. >> >> Ideally you are supposed to negotiate your trade-in then negotiate the >> price of the car. I've never found a dealer who would seriously talk >> trade-in values without a specific car on the purchase side already >> identified. >> >> Don't get caught up in those numbers, because the dealer is better at >>> playing that game than you are. >>> >> This is why I don't buy cars from dealers anymore. >> >> Allan >> > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 2012 Passat TDI DSG 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
