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Negotiating. Really frustrated

Here is my strategy if the “email dealer for quote” method is getting you nowhere. Often times, dealers won’t give precise numbers over the phone/email, since they fear you will just shop that quote to a competing dealer. They should still give you a quote anyways, but whatever. Make a fake Truecar account (come up with some bogus name and address along with fake phone number and email…all you will use this account for is collecting Truecar quotes from dealers). More on why you want a dummy a…

How to Get Actual Quotes Out of Dealers

I could write a book on the process, but basically you need to do the following: Research, research, research. Become familiar with pricing/incentives on the vehicle(s) you are interested in. A place like leasehackr is great for getting lease information. Once you do your research, KNOW YOUR PRICE. You can’t call up a random dealer, go “Hey, give me your best offer on ______ for a 36 month lease!”. You’ll never get an offer that is close to the dealer’s actual bottom line. Instead of “Can …

PSA...Holiday car sales are a gimmick

Since the question gets brought ad nauseam every single holiday at least once, and usually more, here’s your auto leasing PSA for the week… HOLIDAY SALES ARE A PURE MARKETING GIMMICK TO GET YOU IN THE DOOR. [image] Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

That is not how this place works! (c) 28firefighter

This has become a motto of LH, so here you go - for all new users:

I think that covers it