Why wouldn't they call back? I'd give them a final offer with my phone number - then walk away if they won't do it there and then.SamirD wrote:They won't call you back, so you'll have to keep checking.
Hey all. Thinking about coming back to the club.
Because dealerships are stupid like that. I've never gotten a callback from a dealership about one of my reasonable offers except one time--and that was when I was on a plane to buy another car I sourced for the price I was willing to pay.murcod wrote:Why wouldn't they call back? I'd give them a final offer with my phone number - then walk away if they won't do it there and then.
Besides, in a world when companies generally don't call you back (even when they say they will), and applying that to the world of used car sales here, which isn't exactly and industry full of integrity, and I highly doubt he'd get a callback about his reasonable offer. Hence, why I would just 'eyeball' the car from a distance (or online) to see if they've sold it.
Then I'd pick a day around the end of the week an hour before closing and walk in and repeat my offer waving a check in their face. They'll take it.
I got a call back within 1/2 hr of leaving the dealership - that's how I ended up with a Kizashi.
I assume the USA is like here, where the sales person gets a commission on each vehicle sale? It's in their interest to try and make a sale happen.
I assume the USA is like here, where the sales person gets a commission on each vehicle sale? It's in their interest to try and make a sale happen.
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yeah, no...... I agree with SamirD. I've left several decent offers on the table and been told no. Then i kindly leave my number and wait be the phone. I left an offer on a car once for $10,500. A week later, A friend of mine unknowingly bought the same car from the lot for $10,000 even. i don't understand..... But they are more than willing to lose a customer if they think they can sqeeze a few hundred bucks out of someone else, then scramble and take less money later because it's the end of the month and they have bills to pay.
It is, but they're only calling you back here when they're going to make a lot of money. Otherwise, they'll wait for someone else.murcod wrote:I got a call back within 1/2 hr of leaving the dealership - that's how I ended up with a Kizashi.
I assume the USA is like here, where the sales person gets a commission on each vehicle sale? It's in their interest to try and make a sale happen.
That sounds about right. The good dealerships forecast their inventory and move inventory to keep holding costs down and profits up via the reduced holding costs, not necessarily high margins. Other dealerships try to squeeze people for every penny and then take a hit on cars when they can't, just dumping them.sx4rocious wrote:But they are more than willing to lose a customer if they think they can sqeeze a few hundred bucks out of someone else, then scramble and take less money later because it's the end of the month and they have bills to pay.
I offered $14,500 out-the-door on a Kizashi that was listed at 15,994. The saleman brought the manager and we talked very frankly. I told him that it's going to lose value in just 3 weeks, while he said that he can't go lower than $16,500 out-the-door (or something like that as I don't remember the exact numbers now). The same car today is listing at 13,994.
And I can see them dropping it another thousand at the end of January. I don't understand the various strategies in used car sales, but this particular case doesn't seem to be working.Over here most dealerships have monthly sales targets - so near the end of the month they're keener. A vehicle sitting on the lot is also costing them money. I'd be pushing the point Suzuki's are not wanted due to leaving the USA. (But perhaps they know you're really keen so are sure you'll pay the price they're asking? I made out I was looking at other vehicles and said I'd need to think about it at their asking price; I'd actually signed a contract at the price I offered, subject to the manager accepting it.)
David
They do here too, but still do some silly things. Buying a car here is such a hassle unless you know how the system works and how to get around the sales gimmicks.
Im going to try to squeeze them for 200 more dollars and then call it a success if they do that. The car is in the body shop today having a scrape touched up and some oxidation on the wheels taken care of. I told them that I wasn't going to say yes or no to the car until I saw the work. They weren't going to fix any of these things until I came along so I think that it gives me some leverage to get the extra two hundred bucks. Im confident the work they do will be up to par. I have actually purchased two cars in which minor cosmetic damage was adressed before the sale so its not an unfamiliar path for me. They should be sending me pictures of the completed work today, I highly doubt they will send them, but I am looking to take delivery on Tuesday. I won't agree to come back though until I get pics of the work.
2011 6spd. Kizashi Sport SLS. Azure Gray Metallic.
