Why Americans Buy Cars From Dealerships

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  @Mich_-mu7fz · 6 years ago

  Thumbnail: &quot;Why do Americans Hate Car Dealerships&quot;<br>Title: &quot;Why do Americans Buy Cars From Dealerships&quot;<br>WTF

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• JE

  @jermainemyrn19 · 5 years ago

  I feel scammed as soon as I walk in

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• SA

  @Sanginius23 · 5 years ago

  When you buy a brand new Volkswagen in Germany, you can go to Wolfsburg (Home of Volkswagen), spend a day or Weekend in Autowelt (Carworld), a kind of Themenpark and also visit the largest car factory in the world. <br>You can watch your car gets build in front of your eyes and drive it out of the factory. Amazing experience

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• FR

  @freddytang2128 · 5 years ago

  My first year business prof told us “when you buy a car, the salesperson will ask you about your last car or driving habits. You think they’re being friendly and making conversation, but they’re actually gauging how informed you are so they know how much they can rip you off”

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• SU

  @sumobowler3790 · 6 years ago

  car dealerships do not sell cars, they sell financing. &nbsp;Dave Ramsey is 100% correct about money and personal finance

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  @narrativenationUFC · 5 years ago

  These scammy, up-selling dinosaur dealerships can&apos;t go extinct soon enough.

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• MR

  @Mr-Chris · 6 years ago (edited)

  I walked away when I got to Financing. The Dealer was charging me a &quot;Recondition Fee&quot; of $3,000 that they kept hidden until I went to &nbsp;Financing. &nbsp;I feel like Financing people at the dealer are worse than Sales people. They try to rush me into signing and enticed me by having my car being cleaned and prepared right outside the Financing window, they even moved my kids car seats out of my old car into the new one. They got very upset with me that I wouldn&apos;t agree to pay the Recondition Fee. I made them give me my old car back and take my kids car seats out and walked away. My advice, don&apos;t be afraid to offend people when it comes to your money. <br><br>I have awesome Credit, but I needed a Minivan ASAP. I ended up getting a great deal at another dealer a week later by getting preapproved financing through my bank and only presenting my preapproval after I negotiated the price. I pretty much walked in and out. Finance guy didn&apos;t even try to upsell me on anything.

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• NE

  @nevrock1 · 4 years ago

  A car salesman told me, “a hybrid can go forever with no gas because the wheels charge the battery and the battery turns the wheels” and he was dead serious too - a perpetual motion machine. This experience was in Elizabeth City, NC in 2006.

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• CH

  @chessdad182 · 6 years ago

  If I had to choose between going to a car dealership or the dentist, I would definitely pick the dentist.

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  @8000RPM. · 6 years ago

  How to tell when a car salesman is lying to you: his lips are moving.

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• SA

  @SaltySparrow · 6 years ago

  The last time I bought a car I spent 6 hours there. They&apos;re literally wearing you down. Its awful.

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  @TheJMBon · 5 years ago

  I loved it the last time when we bought my wifes Rav4. I went at the end of the month when they were scrambling to meet quotas, talked them down from $32k to 28k. Then got them to agree to price match Carvana which was $24k for the exact same make, model, color and gadgets. Then, after some back and forth, got them to give us $8k for her old Civic that KBB valued at $6500. They hesitated at the end so I got up, told them I&apos;d take my money elsewhere and that not only do they have to compete with other dealers for my money, they now have to compete with companies like Carvana. The seller got up to go talk to his manager and I stopped him and said, &quot;I&apos;m walking out that door and you have 15 minutes to call me. If I don&apos;t hear from you, I&apos;m assuming you don&apos;t want my business.&quot; They called 5 minutes later abd agreed. I told my wife, &quot;The key to any negotiation is you have to be willing to walk out at any time. The second you are unwilling to do that, the other party has control of the negotiation and terms.&quot;

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