One reason I hold onto my rides. I can not see buying a newer model with lower build quality, when I can use a fraction of the cash to keep what I have on the road.
The yoda guys took the car on trade, so it was pretty much 2/3 the sale price to acquire. The infiniti, acura, and bmw shops had paid wholesale and spruced the cars up. No wiggle room and they farmed out the repairs/updates. The CPO will transfer to the AK dealer if need arises, where the other shops stood behind their cars, as long as they were on the lot. I think the detailing costs were so high due to the flatulance embedded in the seats. It comes out of leather easier than fabric clay On Jul 28, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Toyota seems the least likely to deal. Used sellers of Toyotas seem to think > that every time they've farted in the seats its raised the price $1000. > > I was unhappy at the Ford dealership at first, it was the old school "come in > and lets talk about things." Where what we really wanted was to drive some > trucks but in the end it worked out as we realized that we could probably end > up with a better deal on a brand new truck than a used one. I think spending > $25,000 and running it for 15 years will make more sense than spending > $10,000 every 5 years. > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: clay <redgh...@comcast.net> > To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: How is this game played exactly? > > > > Lies, mischaracterizations, obfuscation and deceit. > > That is how cars are sold. > > SWMBA wants to drive the AlCan to get to her new abode. The korean sedan > will not meet her needs, so she decided a used Rav4 would. No research was > done on her part and she blithely wanders into a few places she found a > suitable example from CL. I had bothered to bone up on the cars and kept my > mouth shut except when it got thick and silly. We wasted a weekend test > driving the things and having mouth breathers bloviate about the wonderful > deals they would make her. I told her it was her decision, as I would not be > driving the thing. > > Last Friday, after I had to field calls from sales critters (she did not > want to divulge her corporate #), I told her to check back with the > persistent feller at the toy oda shop. Most of the places she looked were > selling auction cars and marked up stickers. They thought the cars were > pooped out by the almighty himself and would not negotiate or get close to > her price. The guy at the toad lot got the sweetest deal by having the car > be CPO, dropped closest to her price, and then negotiations hit a bump. No > more room they said. > > She is texting me at work to get my take. I tell her to pit the three shops > with the cars she likes against each other. Call one shop while at the desk > waiting for the critter to get back from chatting up his manager. Pull up > other listings while she waits. Get up and get a cup of tea and snack, then > walk outside for fresh air. An hour later, the rock bottom price they can > offer is stated. No wiggle room for them, and still not making her happy. I > tell her to make them sweeten the pot with goodies, like weather beater > carpet covers, and tchotkes that really will cost them nothing, but would > make her feel she got a deal. > > Now she wants me to fully detail her sedan. That is not going to happen. I > told her to spend the cash for a shop to do it, because I need to spend at > least that much to get supplies stocked to do the job right. > > > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > _______________________________________ > 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.
