Used Car Negotiating Advice

[Bullseye 2620]

New Tags?

I hope I am not jumping the gun on this, but if this deal goes down, I am thinking of new tags. . .something like this:

Bullseye

 

[DeathGrip]

Sweet!!!!Ten more characters-

 

[shooboy]

Go in there with $6k (and $500 in another pocket) and don't be afraid to walk if he says no. I like Seabee's answer.
MOST IMPORTANT-do NOT take Shooboy with you.

LMAO !!! Thanks cajunlawyer, I needed that ! Yeah, guess I'm an easy mark. My wife is our negotiator. She got our 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx for a great price. Car listed at $21,000. Somehow she got it for $12,750 and our 2001 Olds Alero with 173,000 miles on it !!! Go figure..... Shoo

 

[BarbC]

Beautiful car, excellent low mileage example. I'd pay up to $7500 for that car all day. If you get it for $6K, you stole it !!!Good luck, great advice here, Shoo

Go in there with $6k (and $500 in another pocket) and don't be afraid to walk if he says no. I like Seabee's answer.
MOST IMPORTANT-do NOT take Shooboy with you.

Right. Buy the Chrysler for $6,000 and sell it to Shooboy.

 

[HCD]

I always use cargurus because dealerships hate the site (which means it is probably really good for the consumer). the average nation wide price for the vehicle you posted was $6164, but the average mileage was 3 times higher.

i think $6k-6500 is a completely fair/acceptable offer.

Thanks for the site, did some looking and this is where I'm going to get my new (to me) truck. Dont care if I have to drive 2 or 3 states away it looks like it will be more than worth it.

 

[Bullseye 2620]

Thanks for the site, did some looking and this is where I'm going to get my new (to me) truck. Dont care if I have to drive 2 or 3 states away it looks like it will be more than worth it.

Very cool site. Thanks a lot for this. I can understand why the dealers hate these guys! This gives me confirmation that my offer will be spot on.


Bullseye

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Is there a sales tax that you have to deal with or is it an out of state purchase?

I have to pay TN sales tax but nothing in GA.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Absolutely correct. A reputable dealer will collect the sales tax for the state it is going to be registered in. Then he should give you all the paperwork along with a check made out to your state DMV for the title(and taxes, fees, and registration). That is the proper procedure. Tom.

That's not the procedure I have ever done. I pay the sales tax when I register the vehicle.

 

[HEAD0001]

Please underline A REPUTABLE DEALER. It costs extra for a dealer to do this. But it is prudent unless they are just trying to save a buck. If the selling dealer does not make a check out to the proper DMV then they could come after the dealer for the sales tax(privilege tax in proper term). The only way the dealer can be sure the customer is going to pay the sales tax is because the check is made out to the state tax department or DMV, and not left up to the customer to pay.

The reason why alot of dealers did this is because foreign buyers were buying lots of used cars and shipping them overseas(South America mostly). And the buyers were not paying the sales tax(privilege tax) because they were not titling the vehicles in America. So the dealers were stuck paying the tax.

So notice reputable dealer is the key word. I sold alot of old Chevies to a buyer who shipped old used Chevies to S. America. Learned this lesson first hand. Tom.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Please underline A REPUTABLE DEALER.

So notice reputable dealer is the key word.

A REPUTABLE DEALER

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