How about a paid membership or a subscription that provides a searchable database or a wiki of deals done for each make and model, instead of going through a bunch of threads. Also, as part of the subscription service, what about a deal tracker for certain cars we could add in a virtual garage, similar to Honcker. Also, access to free or discounted carfax, all part of our paid subscription.
Free carfax can be gotten easily. https://amp.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/2nf1fn/lpt_get_a_free_used_car_report_using_ebay/
More legit method is vehiclehistory.com but VIN must be in all CAPS.
i would love to see a way to filter out local deals. I am in So. Cal, Boston and Texas deals donāt really interest me. So if we can filter by geographic regions that will be very helpful to the community.
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I agree, that would be a great filter!
But then you wouldnāt be able to compare?
Two suggestions
1)Add location East / West/ North / South USA, mfg brand / model / as drop downs when creating a topic/thread. Hackers can then narrow their view/search by selecting location/brand/model they are interested in.
2) Encourage dealers and sales mgrs like Simpson GMC Buick & chevysalesgirl to post here. They have been extreamly helpful. chevysalesgirl asking for leashackr help. Have you contacted her?
3) Post a ālatest dealā every quarter. What happened to latest deals? Last post was May 31st.
Please add a few moderators to the forum. The influx of newbie trolls has been getting out of hand recently.
I never did get the trusted hacker accolade, but Iām willing to nominate myself to moderate. It would be great if we could assess warnings or temporary mutes to hostile users.
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Adding a current deals page thatās current would be awesome!
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There really isnāt any ācurrent dealsā though. Almost all the deals you see are not guaranteed and need to be negotiated.
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Maybe regional area of this
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Hi @LGrider and @doomtoall81,
Thanks for the suggestion. We did create tags for each state and type of vehicle so users can better filter through the forum, but obviously they havenāt been well-advertised to have an impact. We will work on getting users to tag their posts.
itās a great forum!!!
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Yes, lately it looks like more users joined and the amount of ānoiseā grow with it.
I think by emphasizing real deal threads, it will help a lot to get directly to the point. -
I have a suggestion for a dealership collaboration with users - āPurchase Groupā.
This is how it should work:
- Create a new section that each week, dealers will be able to open a group for a specific (or more) car model.
- Each dealerās group will have a target number of users in order to roll/execute the deal.
- In to open a group, a dealer will deposit $5 multiplied by the target number of users required to execute the deal, to express their commitment to the deal. In case the target number of users have been reached and the deal was canceled by the dealer, the deposit will be split among the group users.
- Each user that wants to enter the Group Purchase will deposit $10 to express commitment to the deal. In case the target number of users have been reached and deal status switch to āExecutingā, and one of the users wants to bail out, their deposit will go directly to the dealer.
- Group deal will have expiration date set by the dealer and cannot be modified. During the deal creation, the dealer will have to approve the prices separately and also confirm the Leasehackr Money value calculation (will be calculated automatically) - to avoid typo mistakes.
- A user the can bailout/exit of a deal and getting back their deposit only if the deal didnāt switch to āExecutingā phase.
- Once the deal reached it maximum target number of users or expired, additional users that wants to join the deal will enter a waiting list that will be shared with the group leader.
- A dealer can add more users to the deal. But cannot change the target number of users (cannot modify a deal).
- If a deal was executed, LeaseHackr will get $1 from each deposit (both from dealer and users).
ā¦ I got more ideas for the business process if you want to pursue this feature,
Please share your thoughts,.
TL;DR Are you suggesting a pyramid? Or some new lease-monopoly board game?
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Suggestion-
Introduction of a deal score cardā¦ total number of ālikesā will show up as deal score.
Interesting concept. This sounds similar to crowdfunding pledges? It is theoretically an attractive concept which has worked in many other industries, but not sure how car dealers would receive this idea since it would disrupt their existing business model?
You are correct.
Why not disturb the industry business model?
Itās enough to have a few car dealerships that really want to have an advantage on top of others (others will come later).
It will reduce their costs and will be more effective and will enhance the traditional user experience.
My response will be, āWhy not?ā
This is a serious question as I think of myself as a car guy - what is the obsession w/ āgroupbuyingā ?
Perhaps Iām biased(which I am to an extent) but āgroupbuyingā really isnāt a thing.
While I can understand the consumer expectation that more sold = more discount; it rarely works that way.
If Iām a dealer, why do I want to want to lose 2k on 5 cars as opposed to the one I needed to get to my ānumberā?
Not a hostile question, just trying to wrap my mind around the theory that I see has become popular on LH.
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Iām with you. My director would rather see 4 loser -$1200 deals then a āgroup buyā of 4 deals at one time.
Sounds stupid because itās the same thing but at end of day the deal doesnāt get better for group buy.
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Exactly.
Weāve all seen the deals posted that stores wonāt recreate or ask the poster to not reveal who they areā¦ there is a reason for that.
I think people donāt understand that most manager pay plans are based on gross and itās hard to kill your month just to move X units.
That and stacking multiple loser deals digs you into a hole that can kill your per copyā¦ something no owner/ship is going to like.
Stores are never short customers, just deals they would take.