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Originally Posted by MTUpower
I've done it several times with great success. I bought my wife's wagon that way. I wrote a note and left it on the window stating I was looking for a car for my wife- it's what I always say because if I buy a car and it does not meet her criteria I can't buy it- lol. I think it looks better to the buyer also. The sellers were a Doctor and his wife with two grown kids (+ grandkids). The grown kids were fighting over it so they decided to sell it for $3000. One owner with 125K and a huge stack of repair bills from dealers. I did not negociate as I felt they would be insulted and not sell it. It's still the wife's car now with 180K 7 years later.  |
Never assume negotiating is an "insult"... If you don't at least try to negotiate, it conceiveably is assumed by some sellers they may actually think they're dealing with a stooge or a fool.... Some kid I knew coming up, actually would pay more than a car listed for to be sure the car dealer would sell it to him. His dad was loaded, owned ALL Gibson Discount Centers (before Walmart) so money was no object to him.