no discount for cash
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Was in the local citroen dealership today,looking to buy 2 new cars (ds3 and a c1)test drives went well.Part ex value was not bad,so got down to the nitty gritty of prices.Well would sir like finance on the 2 cars ? no thanks.How much for cash ? oh no sir, no discounts for cash !!! buying 2 cars !!!! am i wrong to expect discount ?
Disided to come away carless
Disided to come away carless
bananaman1 said:
Was in the local citroen dealership today,looking to buy 2 new cars (ds3 and a c1)test drives went well.Part ex value was not bad,so got down to the nitty gritty of prices.Well would sir like finance on the 2 cars ? no thanks.How much for cash ? oh no sir, no discounts for cash !!! buying 2 cars !!!! am i wrong to expected discount ?
Disided to come away carless
Hard to get any discount on any ds3 at the moment, I would have thought,... cash is no big deal to them, they would rather sell you a car on finance and make some commission.Disided to come away carless
Try another dealer, plenty of them about.
There's no discount for cash as there's nothing in it for the salesman.
If you buy on credit - even 0% finance with a 50% deposit - you'll find the salesman much more amenable to negotiation.
I don't discuss payment methods until I've agreed on a baseline price - to include the options/packages I want - then I ask what effect paying by card / finance / cash will do to that price.
Ultimately you're the buyer, so if you don't like the price then just walk away.
If you buy on credit - even 0% finance with a 50% deposit - you'll find the salesman much more amenable to negotiation.
I don't discuss payment methods until I've agreed on a baseline price - to include the options/packages I want - then I ask what effect paying by card / finance / cash will do to that price.
Ultimately you're the buyer, so if you don't like the price then just walk away.
Not wrong to expect a discount, but I doubt you'd have been paying list price on two cars would you? Wrong to expect discount for cash I reckon; cash is a pain generally, and they make money on finance deals anyway so wouldn't give it away to change the deal to cash. Sounds like the deal wasn't what you were happy with anyway, plenty more dealers to try.
Hardly any profit in new cars nowadays, used yes, but new no way, as has been said the profit is all in the finance now along with kickbacks from the manufacturer from hitting volume targets.
I would have thought they could be a little flexible with you wanting two seeing as it would help with targets, but cash is no longer king
I would have thought they could be a little flexible with you wanting two seeing as it would help with targets, but cash is no longer king
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