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View Poll Results: Have you gotten a good deal on the purchase of your car?
I've never gotten a good deal. 0 0%
I've gotten a good deal with just the incentives offered 0 0%
I've done well negotiating a price. 3 50.00%
I've only owned a used car. 3 50.00%
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Old 07-28-2007, 08:49 PM
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Boomm, Why would I go back to that dealership again? I have an '04 Impala that I paid $12,000.00 for just a few years ago. Have Impala's jumped that significantly in a few short years?
Was it a program car?
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Old 07-28-2007, 08:52 PM
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Was it a program car?
The one I made an offer on was.
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Old 07-28-2007, 09:06 PM
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The one I made an offer on was.

I see. I haven't priced a new one, so I don't know what they retail for. I do know that program cars sell for a lot less than the new ones.
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Old 07-28-2007, 12:25 PM
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Yesturday, I went to look at a Chevy Impala. The sticker price was $21,000.00, I offered 14,000.00. Does anyone think that my offer was unreasonable? Are there any members here that got an excellent deal on a car that you purchased? Please share.
Thats a 7000 dollar difference.....unreasonable? Well if you are the buyer it's very reasonable...unless the owner is a great great great friend of yours or you have kidnapped his daughter...I doubt the owner will think it's reasonable

The price on my car was pre-negotiated by AAA and then the car had a 2000 cashback incentive which was uped another 500 while I was there. I was happy
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Old 07-28-2007, 12:28 PM
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Buying new means you lose money just driving it off the lot. That doesn't make practical sense to me. We buy used.
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Old 07-28-2007, 08:48 PM
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Brother Eastman, you are obviously on the internet. Do some research on what the car you want is selling for.
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Old 07-28-2007, 08:56 PM
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Brother Eastman, you are obviously on the internet. Do some research on what the car you want is selling for.
btw, I have done alot of shopping online and reading reviews on alot of cars. I read the consumer reports and reviews.
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Old 07-28-2007, 08:58 PM
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You should have said you were dealing on a used car to start with. For all practical purposes a program car does not have a "sticker". You can look at what was it's sticker when it was new but it is used.

Now fourteen grand for a used Impala that listed new for $21,000 I can see as being within reason! Back in 2000 I paid about ten grand for a Taurus that listed for probably $18000 new. It was a one year old program car with about
12,000 miles on it.

I also paid $25,000 for a one year old 2004 Lincoln Town Car that listed for $42,000 new.

How many miles does this program Impala have on it?
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Old 07-29-2007, 07:42 AM
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You should have said you were dealing on a used car to start with. For all practical purposes a program car does not have a "sticker". You can look at what was it's sticker when it was new but it is used.

Now fourteen grand for a used Impala that listed new for $21,000 I can see as being within reason! Back in 2000 I paid about ten grand for a Taurus that listed for probably $18000 new. It was a one year old program car with about
12,000 miles on it.

I also paid $25,000 for a one year old 2004 Lincoln Town Car that listed for $42,000 new.

How many miles does this program Impala have on it?
6500
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Old 07-28-2007, 09:22 PM
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I personally don't think ANY offer is unreasonable... if that is what you want to pay..

I recently purchased a 96 Honda Accord (102,000 Miles.Just broke in for a Honda).. the lady wanted 4600.00 I offered 3600.00 Cash and she sold me the car...

It's not a question to me of what the car is worth.. It is what do I as a consumer want to pay...

I purchased in 2005 a Avalanche fresh off the trailer ...sticker price 36,500.. I purchased the truck for 24,300... It didn't matter what they were asking..

It's what I wanted to pay..

I think that is true freedom.. If they don't give you the deal... simply thank them and walk away..
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