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I have called and talked with two dealerships about two prospective trucks....

 

How do I go after their bottom dollar. As my post mentions below I am looking at Crew Cabs.

 

I have a Short Bed and a long bed that I am looking at.

 

The Long Bed is a 2002 with 25000 miles sticker price 31,235 LS Model Cloth Loaded

 

The Short Bed is a 2003 with 40,325 mlies with a sticker price of 35,400 LT Leather Loaded

 

What would you offer on the trucks. I am looking to have 15,000 cash in hand when I go to the dealer.... Is there any way I could get the 03 down to 30,000?

 

Any Suggestions/Secrets :lol:

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I have called and talked with two dealerships about two prospective trucks....

 

How do I go after their bottom dollar. As my post mentions below I am looking at Crew Cabs.

 

I have a Short Bed and a long bed that I am looking at.

 

The Long Bed is a 2002 with 25000 miles sticker price 31,235 LS Model Cloth Loaded

 

The Short Bed is a 2003 with 40,325 mlies with a sticker price of 35,400 LT Leather Loaded

 

What would you offer on the trucks. I am looking to have 15,000 cash in hand when I go to the dealer.... Is there any way I could get the 03 down to 30,000?

 

Any Suggestions/Secrets :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

Is the 03 a Dmax. If it is it sound about right. My 03 is the same truck(GMC) and it has 30000 in it. It retails for $37,450. It is an SLT fully loaded. The problem with these trucks is that they can sell them for what they want. I would try it at 30K with 15K down. All they can do is say no. That sounds like a good start. This truck has an LB7 and the new ones have an LLY. Most people want the extra torque so use this as leverage. I have a friend who made a hell of a deal on a 99 with a 5.3 because the 00 and up had 15 more horses. We drove all of them and the 99 was the strongest running. Just ratings but the dealers dont know that. They just think higher means they can jack up the price. Besides a programmer will give you the "juice" you need.

soccermom Enthusiast

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Are those D-Max trucks? I recently bought an 02 2500HD CCSB 4x4 with the 6.0l, auto and LT package for $25,100. 28k miles, Line-x installed and basically like new. I think the asking price was $26,900.

bigjeepinyj Enthusiast

bigjeepinyj

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Are those D-Max trucks? I recently bought an 02 2500HD CCSB 4x4 with the 6.0l, auto and LT package for $25,100. 28k miles, Line-x installed and basically like new. I think the asking price was $26,900.

 

 

 

 

Yes they are both DMAX/ALLI 4x4 Crew Cabs Trucks....

 

The 2002 Is NOT loaded with leather Long Bed....

 

The 2003 is loaded with leather Short Bed... I told him that I wanted 15,000 down and a 15,000 note or I wasnt going to make the drive. He said that he would have to see my truck first.

 

The quote above about selling for what they want is true.... I know in the back of that sales managers mind he is saying "Someone will pay retail"....

 

Anyone have some simillar trucks

Ron J Enthusiast

Ron J

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Yes they are both DMAX/ALLI 4x4 Crew Cabs Trucks....

 

The 2002 Is NOT loaded with leather Long Bed....

 

The 2003 is loaded with leather Short Bed... undefined and a 15,000 note or I wasnt going to make the drive. He said that he would have to see my truck first.

 

The quote above about selling for what they want is true.... I know in the back of that sales managers mind he is saying "Someone will pay retail"....

 

Anyone have some simillar trucks

 

 

 

 

 

Above you said you'd have 15k cash in hand. now it looks like you are trying to trade something for 15k. Trading blurrs all the numbers. Would you give me 15k for my vehicle that I appraised at 15k ?

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trading is stupid, for lack of a better word, sell it and bring in cash, ive traded in 2 cars and learned my lesson, i could have gotten 5 grand more for one and 7 for the other, bad mistake looking back, and pressure him with threatening to buy a ford with less miles more options etc, always seems to work, i like "well im sorry we cant come to an agreement this leaves me with dodge/ford" their manager would be pissed if they lost a potential sale :lol:

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All i can say is don't get your heart set on the truck. Dont let emotion take over. You need to walk away right away when you dont get the deal you want. I have bought many ,many trucks and worked at a dealer befor starting at Summit. The salesmen love to put emotion into it. Dont fall for the old take it home for the night and bring it back. I would not even bring up the 15,000 cash. Get your best deal first then tell them your putting 15,000 down. Other wise they will try to confus the situation with the money. Also take note that dealer like to finance rather than cash deals. They get a kick back from the banks.

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Well, what are you trading in? a $15K vehicle or $15K plus trade? I would definately try to trade, the used market is very soft with the rebates on the new ones. Just remember all they can say is no, and remember where you want to end up on the :difference numbers" becuase that's the part your paying.

tmf6902 Senior Enthusiast

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All i can say is don't get your heart set on the truck. Dont let emotion take over. You need to walk away right away when you dont get the deal you want.

 

 

 

 

I agree.....the worst thing in the world is to picture yourself driving it away....if ya don't get what ya want....leave....find something else...somewhere else.....

WileE1 Enthusiast

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This is what I do.

 

Pull into the lot...drive over by the truck...... drive past...stop.....backup......drive past. Come back around and stop at it. all this time the stealership guys are drooling.....get out walk over look at the tag on the windshield.....get back in your rig by then a salesman will be there...roll down your window ask'm if he has a pen and paper.....take it write 30,000 and your phone number fold it over and hand it to him while you tell'm thats what you will pay for that truck out the door and that you are headed to a larger town thats close or another dealer (I say larger town) to buy a truck....and drive off.

 

I did this with the last two vehicles I bought.... one being my 01 Lt Dmax CC (every option) that was 7 months old ....I bought it for 28000 out the door. I wrote down 27500 and he called when I was 5 minutes away headed to Spokane to buy a truck and told me 28000 I said I'll think about it and hung up.... after I looked around in Spokane with Gramps we went back and I bought it for 28000.

 

Never let the salesman get a word in edge wise and tell'm what you will pay and walk away...the key is to always let'm know how to get ahold of you :cool:

 

Works for me everytime hope this helps a bit :chevy:

bigjeepinyj Enthusiast

bigjeepinyj

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Great Idea....

 

I dont think that would have worked on this truck this time but it would have been worth a try.

 

I am going to do that next time...

99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

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Definitely don't be afraid to walk. And avoid the emotional attachment. Obviously as we can see here, there are plenty of trucks out there and available. Do your homework on the net and out on the lots to see what the going prices are. Research the value of what you have to trade. Know what you owe if anything and what you have to put down. Then figure out where you want to be and what your ideal bottom line is. Then it's basically a matter of tossing out a figure and meeting in the middle if they won't go there...obviously if you're going to flex on your initial figure, you want to toss out something you know they won't/can't do.

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Nothing scares them like just walking off. My Dad is a master at buying cars, my Mom hates to go with him. He always sits down and plays the numbers game for a bit and then says I want it for x amount. If they say no, he just gets up and starts to walk away. If you have spent some time haggling they will know you want the vehicle, the walking away scares them enough to really consider your offer. Generally they will go with what you say, or really close. Oh and when you come in your first offer has to be somewhat lower than thew one you give before you walk out, then they feel like they have gotten a little out of you. SO if you want a truck for $30k and it is priced at $35k, ask for $28k first. Also have in mind and toss it out that you were looking at another truck across town or something.

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