No trade-in discount

Thrifty1 said:
Do you honestly think a salesman cant see through that, they know every trick in the book.
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Most salesmen may know every trick in the book but a lot of them do not have the power to offer discounts or even offer you a price on your trade in car before talking to their manager. I know of one dealership with 4-5 different brands of car that for all sales the twelve sales men make they must first run their offer via the manager.

So this means that they cannot even offer you a price on your car to be traded in without approval.
 
skyblue, I'll pm you on that other stuff. But on that "going into meet the manager" that's another trick they use.
 
It may be a trick they use ie my manager will not allow me give a discount to keep the price high. I have shopped around in garages where they have had to ask the owener/manager how much of a trade in they can give as they do not know themselves.
 

Thats why its better to deal with the manager
 
In january I looked at a 03 Volvo S80 priced at 26k. I test drove it and told the salesman I liked it, but not at that price, and anyway I had other cars to view. He knocked it down to 25k there and then. I said it was still more than I wanted to spend. He asked me would I keep it in mind. Later that day he rang me saying he could do it for 22k.

All this was achieved without me mentioning any price. I didn't buy it in the end but felt that there was more room if I had gone in to do a deal. This was a main Volvo dealership.

Ultimately it is you, the buyer, who decides what price to pay for a car.
 
fredg said:
unbelieveable.4k off list price of new car??
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Its not 4K off a new car it is off a 03 car as OP said.

Can Skyblue give us the name of the car dealer he bought his Lexus from?
I can travel anywhere in Ireland or 26 counties anyway.
 
I bought a new car two weeks ago. I went to one dealer, had a test drive, asked a million questions and asked for a quote to be emailed to me. I also discussed trading in my old car in or selling it privately and putting down a cash deposit. There was no difference in price whether I traded in or not.

I went to another (same make) dealer and explained that I am interested, had a test drive, asked the questions, etc. The salesman said 'What do I nee to do to get your business?' and I told him that I wasn't happy that I wasn't offered a discount for not trading in the old car. I was offered €850 cash discount, metallic paint and colour coded door handles free of (without additional) charge, just to buy from them, there and then. List price of my new car is €32k and I got it for €30k.
 
bought a car in january and it is due to be delivered next week.First time buying brand new and the dealer actually volunteered the fact that there was a 2 grand discount for having no trade in! When i asked him how he could do this he said it was factored into the price of a new car to cover what work may need to be done.
 
I'm planning to buy a second hand car in the next few weeks, and my mechanic will look at it first. Should I discuss price before or after he sees it? Do men get better deals then women? I'd rather do my own talking but I could rope in my husband if I thought he'd get a better price.All advice welcome - I haven't bought a car before ( My current car is quite old and was a gratefully accepted gift from a family member!)
 
There is not a 12 -16 week waiting list either as i ordered mine in mid december and it was ready on the 27 January. It is a silver the most popular color. I did not even get this of a lexus garage.
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It was a main lexus dealer in the west of ireland. need to push them hard.
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Did you get the €2k discount off a Lexus dealer Skyblue or not ?
 
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