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I posted this idea in the Fit Pricing thread, but with the help of plus_c I thought it might make a good thread on it's own. Here goes:
Here's an idea that might be dead in the water, or might actually work. I got to thinking about this when HashiriyaS14 started talking about going straight to the fleet manager.
There are a number of people here who are in the same general area. For instance, plus_c is in Philadelphia, PA and DewaltDakota is in Richmond,VA. You two could agree to meet at a Honda dealership somewhere in between your locations. You both go into the dealership and talk to the same salesperson at the same time, both wanting to buy a Fit that day. It seems to me that you would have even more bargaining power because the salesperson would sell two cars at the same time. If they choose not to bargain with you, walk away, and go to another dealership in the area. I can't imagine a salesperson wanting to lose a sale, and losing two sales would be even worse. If the sales manager says you both have to deal with separate salespeople, walk away, and go to another dealership.
Sort of like a coop. The greater the number of people in the coop, the greater the bargaining power
Prerequisites would be:
1. The dealership would need to have more than one Fit.
2. The dealership would have the color/options you both want whether duplicate or different.
I'm sure I'm probably not the first person to think of this.
Here's an idea that might be dead in the water, or might actually work. I got to thinking about this when HashiriyaS14 started talking about going straight to the fleet manager.
There are a number of people here who are in the same general area. For instance, plus_c is in Philadelphia, PA and DewaltDakota is in Richmond,VA. You two could agree to meet at a Honda dealership somewhere in between your locations. You both go into the dealership and talk to the same salesperson at the same time, both wanting to buy a Fit that day. It seems to me that you would have even more bargaining power because the salesperson would sell two cars at the same time. If they choose not to bargain with you, walk away, and go to another dealership in the area. I can't imagine a salesperson wanting to lose a sale, and losing two sales would be even worse. If the sales manager says you both have to deal with separate salespeople, walk away, and go to another dealership.
Sort of like a coop. The greater the number of people in the coop, the greater the bargaining power
Prerequisites would be:
1. The dealership would need to have more than one Fit.
2. The dealership would have the color/options you both want whether duplicate or different.
I'm sure I'm probably not the first person to think of this.
Originally Posted by plus_c
crankshaft, not a bad idea actually - in fact, in China this "group buy" concept is well-established. People have been known to descend on Chevrolet dealerships en masse in Beijing to get 10-15% off of an Aveo because of their numbers. Dewalt, who are you working with at Pearson? I might as well buy from a dealer who will be local to where I'm working in future. 
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Oops! Disregard
Disregard.
I didn't know there was already a forum for this subject. Sorry about that.
I told you somebody probably already thought of it.
I didn't know there was already a forum for this subject. Sorry about that.
I told you somebody probably already thought of it.
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