How to get a Dealer to drop their price?

Deadly Ferret · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:01

Diagro said:
Is there any tips or tricks that anyone can give me? Do you think they would budge on the price by £500? (to be fair i would be ok with them dropping it by £300).

Turn up with £8k in an envelope. At the end tell them you want it and have cash ready for them - show them - but tell them it was a struggle getting that together. Tell them if they won't accept it then reluctantly, you'd have to buy one that's available elsewhere with a few more miles for the eight large. Stay calm, collected and friendly.

If they show signs of being reasonable, then to close the deal you might tell them they can keep the £100 deposit on top.

The Running Man · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:08

Bear in mind they probably want to sell it on finance too. I'm sure the sales guy will have some kpi fpr that. You might be lucky. Might not!

RyanF · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:16

Go there when they're shut and key the paint work a little bit, that should bring the price down.

Dav4 · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:18

If u have cash why aren't u buying private? What's the point in paying highly inflated dealership prices if your not getting it on finance? I've just got a ST Focus for 5k private when the same thing at any dealership would have cost me 5.6k to 6k. The ones I did ring in the past where not prepared to budge much on there prices as i think they actually want people paying finance most of the time

Deadly Ferret · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:21

Dav4 said:
If u have cash why aren't u buying private? What's the point in paying highly inflated dealership prices if your not getting it on finance?

Buying from a trader, you have legal rights to remedy the situation if the car turns out to have problems.

Buying from a private person, caveat emptor. Money down the drain if it's a lemon.

Dav4 · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:40

Deadly Ferret said:
Buying from a trader, you have legal rights to remedy the situation if the car turns out to have problems.

Even that's a minefield most of the time though. I read a story of a guy who's engine went on a car from Evans Halshaw who are a big company and he spent a lot of money taking them to court and lost aswell as ending up with a broken car . And most smaller traders change there ltd company names all the time and shut up shop sometimes to avoid being sued or taken to court.

Diagro · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:49

Not seen many for sale by private sellers. Just seen a nice blue one 2011 with 51k for 8.2k dealer 20 miles away.

Good ammo to take this weekend. And a good second choice

Dav4 · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:52

Diagro said:
Not seen many for sale by private sellers. Just seen a nice blue one 2011 with 51k for 8.2k dealer 20 miles away.

Good ammo to take this weekend. And a good second choice

Have u test drove one yet? As you have a great budget that allows u to look at a lot of good cars before u set your heart on a Mazda 3

Akagi · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:54

As a side note, I went about 200 miles to get a grey toyota with 85,000 miles on the clock. Travelling is worth it for the right car.

40 miles is not far.

Dav4 · 15 Sep 2015 at 23:04

Acme said:
As a side note, I went about 200 miles to get a grey toyota with 85,000 miles on the clock. Travelling is worth it for the right car.

40 miles is not far.

Exactly it's always worth travelling for the right one. I had a 200 mile round trip for my ST Focus that had 1 owner from new who was in his 60's. How many can u find that are like that? And it was priced at 500-1k under the inflated trade prices

Diagro · 15 Sep 2015 at 23:05

Dav4 said:
Have u test drove one yet? As you have a great budget that allows u to look at a lot of good cars before u set your heart on a Mazda 3

Nothing else comes close to the one I'm looking at.
performance, mpg, toys, age, miles.

[TW]Fox · 16 Sep 2015 at 03:10

Deadly Ferret said:
Buying from a trader, you have legal rights to remedy the situation if the car turns out to have problems..

In theory. In practice it often requires legal action and still doesn't guarantee resolution sadly.

I would always take a private seller over the perceived comfort offered by random independent traders.

Rroff · 16 Sep 2015 at 03:34

Given you've put down a deposit and expressed that level of interest you are more likely to get them to chuck in something extra than move on the price unless they are desperate to shift it - but if you don't try you'll never know.

iaind · 16 Sep 2015 at 07:38

Diagro said:
The car is a mazda3 2.2d sport 185 with all the toys.
32k miles 2011 plate.

I want this one based on its lower milage and pristine interior. Plus it's grey and I'm a big fan of grey.

I will see what happens on Sunday, I might try and play hardball.

It may be all my savings, and a family loan (which I will pay back in future) but if it breaks on way home it's all of 7 miles to take it back and I have a 5k credit limit on my credit card which I haven't touched at all. So in case of an emergency I am fine

8000 miles a year in a DPF equipped diesel is a good thing now? The higher mileage car will be a better car.

What's the exact wording of the paperwork you've got? I very much doubt you're getting the deposit back regardless of what they told you

Diagro · 16 Sep 2015 at 08:46

iaind said:
8000 miles a year in a DPF equipped diesel is a good thing now? The higher mileage car will be a better car.

What's the exact wording of the paperwork you've got? I very much doubt you're getting the deposit back regardless of what they told you

It's states " refundable deposit dependant on test drive and car condition"

So... completely refundable.

I plan to remove the dpf at some stage so it's not a worry to me, and I will be doing approx 14k miles in it so also the dpf if I choose to keep it should to a regeneration fine.

Semple · 16 Sep 2015 at 09:01

pepsilol said:
Don't ask any further details but I drove 320 miles for KFC, saying that I was bored and felt like doing something.

I hope you didn't wait till you got home before eating it.

iaind · 16 Sep 2015 at 09:09

Diagro said:
It's states " refundable deposit dependant on test drive and car condition"

So... completely refundable.

I plan to remove the dpf at some stage so it's not a worry to me, and I will be doing approx 14k miles in it so also the dpf if I choose to keep it should to a regeneration fine.

I'd be amazed if that was contractually sound. It doesn't state under what conditions they'll refund it or anything.... so I'd be prepared to write that off

Diagro · 16 Sep 2015 at 09:15

iaind said:
I'd be amazed if that was contractually sound. It doesn't state under what conditions they'll refund it or anything.... so I'd be prepared to write that off

What?

It says what it says.... If I don't like the car upon test drive or the cars condition doesn't meet my expectations I will get a refund...

Why can no one understand this?

Anyway were going off track here.

I just looked at the paperwork, it says in LARGE letters that i am not contractually bound by the deposit or the cars purchase unless i sign the contract, which i haven't.
It also says £8375 to pay, i plan to draw a circle around the £375 and say "knock that off and we have a deal"

What's the worst that can happen?

rodenal · 16 Sep 2015 at 09:18

The worst that can happen is you lose £100 and then need to go buy the car you can actually afford

How was the test drive sir....good thanks

And the bodywork repairs we have carried out....good thanks, but I want you to knock £££ off

LOL yeah, please make your cheque out for the full amount to....

tom_e · 16 Sep 2015 at 09:18

I've had a deposit refunded on a bike before from a dealer, don't know why everyone has decided that it's lost money.