Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Of the three Honda dealers in my area two acted like God- you know what I mean.
They would throw a fit and get insulted if you even tried. This is over 30 some years they have been around.
You just go elsewhere.
In the old days 80's VW around here was the worst. The sticker was the price. But they always remained a non seller here. Of course today it is totally different.
The bad Honda dealer took a dive when Hyundai mowed across the street a few years back.
The Honda dealer in DE. would get bent when I said I'm checking out VW- this was back in 2013- they hated VW. You mention it and they got straight up bent........ lol
I bailed on Honda in 2013. QC fell to building to a price plus I could no longer stomach their nonsense like no standard roadside assistance. Our cars never fail they said
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
When you can lowball Honda you did good. I actually had management tear up several times because i dared to pay less than MSRP. Good for you.
People threw us lowball numbers all the time when I was selling them. If they were in the ballpark we'd take many of the offers. It amazed me how many people were shocked when we said yes to their lowball offer. Many of them left scratching their heads wondering if they could have done better. Many high volume dealers like to move metal. The logic is to get better allocation, and increasing the possibility of more customers bringing in vehicles for service. Which in the long run generates more revenue than the sale of the car. Some of the low volume dealers are looking for higher profit per unit, we wanted to roll more metal.
We have dealers like that too, it depends on the owner and how he wants to run his dealership. The owner and GM of one of the Honda dealerships I worked for wanted to roll metal. IIRC we were the #1 Honda dealer in the US at the time, moving 1000+ cars a month. Their logic was go for gross if you can get it, if not don't turn away any reasonable offer. He wanted the warranty work, maintenance, etc, customers coming in for service. That's like I said a long term money maker. When you think about it putting 1K+ cars a month will bring in a lot of work for the shop, and repeat car buyers because of the low pricing. They'd try and hammer a customer on the back end of the deal and make some money there. Others wanted to make high gross profits, those are the stores I didn't want to work for.
Back on topic- Nice gift to the wife! Great color, drive it in good health!!!!