Originally Posted by Akers04Coupe
NOPE...real money is what a car is can be bought for with cash, RETAIL is what a BANK will loan on a car. If someone is paying CASH this is what the car will sell for, lets get real if someone is paying cash and has CASH (i also like how some people come and say "i am paying cash", then take a deal sheet to there credit union
) they will be going to or having a friend in the business buy them a car at an auction. Retail is NOT real money, no one buys a car at retail unless there a laydown...to be perfectly honest with the internet and aggressive advertising by dealers retail sales NEVER happen anymore.
I am in the business in the finance side of it and trust me you guys have no idea how hard it is to make people understand these things now....
Well yeah. Especialy since it would seem you have re-invented the definition of the word
"retail."
Perhaps you mean "list price" or Sticker price.
In any event, that is not news. Cars have traditionaly never sold for sticker.
Perhaps your daily experiences with the general buying public gives you this low perspective of consumer stupity but please, don't apply it to folks here.I'm sure there may be a git or two amoung us but most of the guys here are fairly saavy about buying cars
The list you posted if very helpful. But it only gives us a narrow, momentary view into the current wholesale/retail pricing. Every dealer is different, every customer is different, every deal is different.
Buying a car is not exactly like going to WalMart.
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