I don't see how anyone can put up with all the BS when trading in a vehicle for a new one at a dealership. Incentives, Employee Pricing, lug nuts.....Really? Charging you extra for lug nuts, and the air in your tires?
And then there's the ripping you off on the value of your trade in.
Most people don't have the patience to save their money and pay cash. But if you want to know what you're actually paying, and want the best deal, Cash is still King. If you can make payments, you can save.
It's not hard to sell a vehicle on Craigslist. I've done it several times, my old Dakota, and several motorcycles.
And under no circumstances do you get suckered in on an extended warranty!
I move at the speed of cash. I'm too cheap to get ripped off.
Or you just don't put up with their BS and walk away. If you're weak, sure you may fall to their ****** ways, but if you know what you're doing and won't put up with that crap, you can do reasonably well. That stuff is for the suckers and they get plenty of people that way, but not all of them. At times I've fought for up to a week to get the deal I wanted, clearly they didn't want to do what I wanted at all but eventually they do (or they don't, and I find another truck). Just emailing them back and forth so not too big of a deal, and also anytime I've stated "you can either take off those bs fee's (like the lug nuts/nitrogen etc..) or lose the sale, they've taken them off. It's really not that difficult, I do this every 2.5 years or so and I think I'm actually beginning to enjoy the process of it.
Same thing with the trade in value, be prepared to walk if they insult you. Never done bad on a trade in on any of my rams, had my fair share of low ball trade in offers though. However, always fought for and eventually got more for it. My last trade in I got 22k for, I would have been lucky to get 20k privately for it. Not to mention, I would have to pay taxes on that additional 20-22k, so trade in all the way. Also, that dealer had my truck for over 6 months after I had my current 17 and the last I saw it they had it listed at 18.5. I'll take the lack of frustration of personal sale AND the savings in tax every time. I'd have to get such an insulting trade in offer to consider selling privately with those things factored in, if it's a wash or anything close to it, might as well just trade it in (providing your state has sales tax trade in credit).
Extended warranties, I don't buy them as I do trade in so frequently. If I wanted to keep one long term I might look into one, I trade my rams in as soon as I start to have to put money into them for multiple somewhat high dollar repairs. So far that was at 53k and 70k, not a great confidence builder in the trucks. Another reason I trade them in, I don't want to dump an expensive vehicle with problems, off on some private buyer. I'd much rather give that to the dealer to either deal with or not.
