Toy with me, baby! or How to handle a used car salesman?

jimhelm · 04-12-2011, 12:16 PM

If they listed it for $6495, they probably have around $3k in it. They should take the 5k and be done with it.

SamIam · 04-12-2011, 04:27 PM

Using the research I'd done and Jim's VERY helpful information, I went in and made them an offer of $4,800.00 - $50.00 to have my mechanic do the diagnostic = $4,750.00 cash to the dealer IF it passes the diagnostic. After some to and froing, the salesman came back and told me it was my "lucky day"! LOL! If Jim is right, and I'm sure he is, the dealer is $1,750 ahead on a truck that he is lucky to get off his lot.

And I'll get the truck for $1,745 less than the original sticker price. My mechanic can check it tomorrow and, it it passes, I'll have my new truck! I'm taking a calculated risk buying such a high mileage vehicle, but I'm counting on the Toyota rep, and I don't think it will let me down.

I've been stuck out here in the middle of nowhere with no car of any kind for two years now, and it has SUCKED! Now I am very close to having wheels again! YAY! And thank you, Jim!

04-12-2011, 12:16 PM	#1
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	If they listed it for $6495, they probably have around $3k in it. They should take the 5k and be done with it. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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04-12-2011, 04:27 PM	#2
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Using the research I'd done and Jim's VERY helpful information, I went in and made them an offer of $4,800.00 - $50.00 to have my mechanic do the diagnostic = $4,750.00 cash to the dealer IF it passes the diagnostic. After some to and froing, the salesman came back and told me it was my "lucky day"! LOL! If Jim is right, and I'm sure he is, the dealer is $1,750 ahead on a truck that he is lucky to get off his lot. And I'll get the truck for $1,745 less than the original sticker price. My mechanic can check it tomorrow and, it it passes, I'll have my new truck! I'm taking a calculated risk buying such a high mileage vehicle, but I'm counting on the Toyota rep, and I don't think it will let me down. I've been stuck out here in the middle of nowhere with no car of any kind for two years now, and it has SUCKED! Now I am very close to having wheels again! YAY! And thank you, Jim!

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