Yes effects of the big recession On Jul 27, 2014 9:59 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Used truck prices are stupid right now. 4 years old you're looking at > $20-24k, for $4,000 more I can buy brand new. > Toyota is the worst, 8 years old is $16-18k. I think few people were > buying new from say 2008 to about 2012 so there just isn't that much > inventory in used trucks. When I bought my Dakota there were a bunch of > used trucks, same when I bought my Ranger. Now every dealership has a few > but not that many. > > Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: How is this game played exactly? > > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > They tried to tell us that when the 2015s come out (with the new > > aluminum body panels) that the 2014s will get scarce and they'll stop > > the incentives. That seems to not make sense to me, surely the 2014s > > get cheaper. This is my first time looking at new and I feel like I'm > > flailing in the dark... > > BS. Last year's models ALWAYS get discounted when the new year models > come out. Dealers do not make money hanging on to last year's inventory. > > I would recommend buying used from a private seller. Dealers do this > every day and they know every trick for getting you to pay more than you > intended to. Watch out for dealers masquerading as private sellers. Or > maybe look at a place like CarMax. I wouldn't trust them either but > people I've talked to are happy with them. > > Allan > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
