Car Buying Tips for Women
Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
by Geoff Cudd
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Car buying can be a very intimidating process for anyone. But for most women it can be especially daunting. Many women feel obligated to take a boyfriend, husband, or father with them to the dealership in order to get a fair deal.
However, there is no need to feel intimidated! Follow these tips to negotiate a great car price.
- Be Empowered! Negotiating is simple if you are not face to face with a pushy salesman. Get car quotes online and negotiate with dealers via email. Anyone can do it.
- Educate Yourself. Research cars online and figure out what you want and can afford.
- Wait to Negotiate. Feel free to shop around and do a few test drives, but avoid the impulse buy and do not negotiate anything while you are at the dealership. Do it at home over email with multiple dealerships!
- Avoid Temptation. Don't get lured in by incentives, gifts, or even sweets (dealers love leaving donuts and brownies around the showroom). Keep a calm head and wait until you are home to negotiate. When dealers give you a total price, they'll be forced to include any applicable rebates to beat their competitors, and you can go out and buy as many brownies as you want with all the money you save.
- Turn the Other Cheek. If you are talked down to, patronized, ignored, or treated poorly, don't get mad, just walk away. They just lost any hope of a commission!
- You are Not Obligated. Do not feel obligated to buy from the salesman who showed you around. You can always ask him to beat your best price later after you get a good price online.
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)the best experience we had was not letting them know we had a trade in until we were into the negotiating process. The salesman was also trying to make a weekly quota and got a bonus for that and was willing to take no commission from us to get the bonus (we found out later when we bought other cars from him)My hubby had some sales back ground and always beat this guy to the quote with the next technique on the list. Then we mentioned the trade in parked at a nearby restaurant. We got the truck at a really good price with little hassle.
Interesting article with lots of good information Geoff. Welcome to Searchwarp.
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