Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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My husband looked at a new Hyundai yesterday. The dealer was asking $14,000 over MSRP - SMH
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What is forgotten in what is mentioned in your economic analysis of car sales the 454 billion stimulus money for the car industry. Where did that go ?
This is the problem for the consumer when there is no supply and demand effecting the economics of car sales . Almost a 1/2 a trillion. |
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There is no supply and demand when the auto industry receives
1/2.a trillion from the tax payers to not go bankrupt and then turns around and makes less cars and charges premiums on cars sold . |
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This doesn't have anything to do with today's pricing, it's all about timing. In January of this year I went to a small Chrysler dealership in Inverness I found a new leftover 2019 Pacifica with a sticker of $39k, it was above my budget and I let the sales rep know that. He said you won't pay $39k we'll knock $9000 right off the sticker. I also had a Town and Country to trade in and based on price offer from Car Max the day before I knew $6000 was a fair trade in allowance. The dealer offered me $5k I said never mind I'll sell it to Car Max for $6k. As it turns out they met the $6k offer so I drove away from the dealership in a brand new 2019 for $24k. Just as a frame of reference in 2013 I bought the Town and Country that I traded in with16, 000 miles on it for $25k. I tend to doubt I'll ever get another deal like the one I got this year. It was all about timing.
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They get paid a lot of money to perform. Yet The Delights go out into to crowd begging for tips! This is very unprofessional!
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Trying to buy a car.
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I understand that different dealerships may need to charge different prices. Although, I think Best Buy's pricing is pretty consistent at every store. The problem is that car dealers use dishonest tactics to get higher prices from uninformed buyers, but they will sell the same car to an smart buyer for a much lower price. Most retailers do not use these tactics.
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“Many people think that car dealers are dishonest, and they often feel intimidated and cheated by them”…. The truth hurts, eh? |
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Car dealers depend upon LOYAL CUSTOMERS ..... So when they jack up the price of a car ten thousand dollars over MSRP, they are dissolving their customer base. Do you think that the customer will forget getting porked when times were tough? When and if things get back to "normal", do you think that the "loyal customer" will be that forgiving?
Before jacking up the price of a car, maybe the dealer should give up passing out the free doughnuts and coffee, hot dogs and pop corn. Maybe lay off a few salesmen too. They most likely are on commission, and would probably make more on unemployment. Also, the "how was our service" surveys that include postage.... they could dump them too (at fifty cents postage for each one). So all the reasons about the supply shortage and backup at ports just don't cut it for me. |
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Finance Guy; you are missing one huge point. The current low inventory levels of new vehicles are being caused by the global semiconductor shortage. I'm in the automotive supplier industry and all U.S. assembly plants are suffering from this shortage, the only plants running anywhere near normal levels are pick-up truck plants and high end SUV plants that produce the most profitable vehicles. Most plants that produce cars or lower end SUVs and Crossovers have been down most of the year; thus the shortage in new vehicles for sale. It's supply and demand at this point, demand is much higher than supply now and it will probably be that way into well into 2022.
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New car prices
We just purchased a replacement for our 2013 Sienna. We looked at all brands that manufactured a midsize SUV. Hyundai immediately told us there was a $2995 markup on the MSRP on all of their vehicles. We told them see you later. Lot inventory was low at every dealership we shopped at. We were able to strike a deal for the exact SUV we wanted with Toyota at a fir price. Doing research before shopping we were armed with the knowledge of what a fair deal was. GM is currently releasing trucks to the market that were waiting on chips. COVID is still creating havoc with the supply chain in out of the far east. Toyota cut Southeast Toyota's allotment 40% in September due to a factory in Vietnam being shut down for 2 weeks due to COVID. The facility manufactured wiring harnesses. Another thing to look at when pricing a car is dealer add ons. Many dealers add on a list of 5 or 6 items at a cost of $1995 and up. These items allow the dealer to make money they are low cost but are billed at a premium price. We attempted to delete them from the deal at 2 dealerships they said no, we walked. The biggest ripoff is the $799 documentation fee charged across Florida.
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Fixed prices for autos
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Don't buy a new car until the shortages are resolved. There are plenty of used cars on the market right now. Yes, the used ones are overpriced, too, but not anywhere near the crazy prices dealerships want.
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