baum
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- 2015 Laramie
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
so when my laramie stickered at 49.9k and i got it for 35.5k out the door with no trade i did good?
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How does one get said friends and family deal?
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I used Friends and Family on several cars, loved the no haggle, and the deal was great unless the dealer was giving a car away. When shopping for the 2016 RAM, however, I found dealers were offering better deals just walking off the street, did not need to be friends. I was able to save a ton of $$ by just shopping around a bit. But if you don't want to haggle or live in an area with few and far between dealers, the Friends and Family deal is decent.
How does one get said friends and family deal?
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Wow, that was a little mean spirited. You make a thread opening about purchasing a vehicle for the lowest pricing and you never bothered to research how to buy a RAM?
Dennis Dillon sells their inventory below employee pricing. Using their pricing you can make a deal in minutes instead of hours of pouring through a sea of numbers like you suggested. To each there own but I have other things to do besides pouring through hold back numbers, invoice pricing, and fees with a salesperson which in the end, means nothing.
The typical discount from MSRP at Dillon is just over 19% from MSRP plus tax, registration, licensing, and $250 Dillon charges for the documentation fee.
My last RAM purchase, the truck MSRPed for $70,000.00 even, the invoice was $63,096, hold back $2,450, Employee pricing was $60,016, friends and family $62,540. My purchase price was $56,551 (which included $1,500 in factory incentives) plus tax, license, and title. Made the deal in less than an hour and nine weeks later picked the truck up.
So, still want to hold that line, I didn't say much?
Dealers dream of folks getting caught up in all the numbers THEY talk about and throw out - hold back, invoice, incentives, rebates. All I hear is blah, blah, blah, blah. Give me the bottom line.... I don't give a crap how you got there.
FFP is the same thing as CARP, and as you discovered, it is not a good deal.
Same thing as CARP, see original post.
You literally didn't say much. It's not mean spirited, you literally gave no indication of how good of a deal you got or not. According to you, you got 7.5% off invoice, that's a very good deal.
No they don't, they love people who only want to hear the bottom line. If you're comparing between dealers and don't care if both of them are overcharging you but just buy the car from the cheaper one, sure, bottom line is all you should care about. But, if you actually want to know what kind of deal you got, that's not very relevant.
What's the invoice price on it?
Years ago FFP was routinely the best deal, although there were a few internet dealers offered substantially lower pricing until they were shut down. There are exceptions, but those are on trucks no one wants or those that need to be unloaded. For those deals its better to be lucky than on the ball.
And who gives a CRAP about CARP .
And here is the issue. Why does everyone seem to think s dealer is going to hand over the invoice?
.........No they don't, they love people who only want to hear the bottom line. If you're comparing between dealers and don't care if both of them are overcharging you but just buy the car from the cheaper one, sure, bottom line is all you should care about............
I have everything laid out on a one pager. Trade value, % rate on the loan, and number I'm willing to pay them for their vehicle. I calculate all taxes and state fees, including processing into that figure I'm willing to pay. Dealers love that. Negotiated my wife's Ridgeline and my Mini as well. Saves time too. I always get Excellent trade in value and the higher # of KBB or NADA. Nice post.