help with buying a car

[Oppa]

I know a lady who bought her last two vehicles at Car Max. They have set prices and there's no negotiating. She's been happy with the deal both times.

I've found Car Max to be on the high end of the used market. They charge a premium for the "pre-owned certification" that a good mechanic will do for next to nothing (need one to trust? I have one I've used for 10 years).

delites brings up some very good points, especially about the fleet pricing and the warranty protection.

My favorite car buying story was about five years ago. I had a price I wanted on an SUV that was before TT&L, negotiated with the salesman, and he gave me an offer sheet that was for that price. He said "OK this is all in...total." I said, "By that, you mean TT&L?" He agreed, and noted it in writing on the offer sheet at my request. Because of the time of night, we agreed to close the next day, but I left knowing I was over $1k ahead. The next day when I went to close, I had the manager of the dealership acknowledging the guy had made a mistake and begging me to give them back the $1k+. I knew what dealer price was on the car from kbb.com, so I agreed to give them back $200 so they wouldn't lose money on the sale. Six months later, I went back to the same dealership to help a friend buy a car, and I saw the salesman that had screwed up...he had been demoteed from the new car lot to the used car lot. I figured he would be pissed but he came over to shake my hand, and told me that me giving back the $200 was the difference between him staying on and not getting fired. I only felt kind of bad lol

[1Jannessa]

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Originally Posted by 7th is Heaven

I've found Car Max to be on the high end of the used market. ......

I agree. I find Carmax buys cheap and sells too high. I know a lot of people love them, and they offer some conveniences, but I have never done business with them personally, and don't expect I ever will.

I don't know that I ever saw if this is a new or used car question?

Sadly, I can tell you that most ladies get taken advantage of when they buy a car. (Lot of guys too.) Sales staff get hours and hours of training on how to take advantage of the buyer, they get to practice on dozens of victims a day, and the buyer buys one vehicle every few years on average.

[Oppa]

Sadly, I can tell you that most ladies get taken advantage of when they buy a car. (Lot of guys too.) Sales staff get hours and hours of training on how to take advantage of the buyer, they get to practice on dozens of victims a day, and the buyer buys one vehicle every few years on average.

I think they get to the same training that those salespeople do for the time shares lol. I have never had a new car negotiation that lasted less than four hours. The more they try to wear me down, the more stubborn I get.

[Kaci Snow]

I purshed a car from an affliate of Car Max and i was screwed around big time. I paid 5 payments and had proof of the payments made to the lending company and they had NEVER posted the payments to the accounts but the checks had cleared my account all 5 months. This made a huge mess as they tryed to repo my car and i have to spend extra money on legal fees and all just to get my car back it was a huge mess that i could have stood not to deal with . Just be very careful !

Try DriversSelect i bought a car from there a few years ago and it was a very easy to get. No mess no BS and the sales guy that was working with my husband I even took money out of his pocket to buy us lunch while we were waiting on then to handle everything. It was a great experience ! Good Luck looking !

[cptjohnstone]

Originally Posted by Kaci Snow

I purshed a car from an affliate of Car Max and i was screwed around big time. I paid 5 payments and had proof of the payments made to the lending company and they had NEVER posted the payments to the accounts but the checks had cleared my account all 5 months. This made a huge mess as they tryed to repo my car and i have to spend extra money on legal fees and all just to get my car back it was a huge mess that i could have stood not to deal with . Just be very careful !

Try DriversSelect i bought a car from there a few years ago and it was a very easy to get. No mess no BS and the sales guy that was working with my husband I even took money out of his pocket to buy us lunch while we were waiting on then to handle everything. It was a great experience ! Good Luck looking !

I got a car there at very interest rate, then I had some cash flow problems and they were calling me 8 times a day. So I googled debt collection and found out if I send them a fax that all communication had to be in writing, that shut their ass up

[durango95]

Ladies have an advantage when buying a car. Trust me on this. If a lady will take some time to show up at a dealership wearing a modest but revealing outfit, show off those legs and smell great, the salesman and salesmanager will give up everything just to spend time with the lady. And if that does not work, complain the sales manager touched you in a sexual manner, they might end up just giving you the car.