| Are you planning to buy a used car soon? Then you | | | | quite a bit of motivation to make a deal with you. You |
| could definitely use some used car buying tips to make | | | | will virtually have dealers at your mercy during this time |
| sure that your experience in buying a new car will be | | | | so you can turn the negotiations in your favor. |
| as hassle free as possible. I say "as possible", because, | | | | The double-win for you is if the end of the month is in |
| let's face it, you will be dealing with professionals who | | | | the middle of the week. if you do not need to buy a |
| will use every trick in their book to get the deal done in | | | | car immediately, try to wait until you have this situation |
| their favor. I will call their efforts "hassle", so you will | | | | (they come along fairly often, so it will not be a long |
| have some to deal with. | | | | wait). |
| Just to give you an idea of why you need tips for | | | | Now that you know when to go, you need to be |
| buying a used car, just Google "car dealer scams" and | | | | aware of some tricks that dealers like to use to get |
| see what comes up. These are the kinds of things | | | | you to spend more money on that used car. One of |
| that can cost you a lot of money. Unfortunately, here | | | | the most common tricks they use is to make it look |
| are many unscrupulous car dealers out there who | | | | like you are getting a great deal by showing you low |
| want nothing more than to separate you from your | | | | monthly payment on your loan. They achieve this "low" |
| hard-earned money. The best way to protect yourself | | | | payment by increasing the number of months you will |
| from these individuals is to arm yourself with effective | | | | be paying off your loan, not by getting you a lower |
| information about buying a used car. | | | | price. It looks like a good deal for the car buyer, but |
| One of the best bits of used car buying advice that | | | | when you check the overall cost for the car, you will |
| any car buyer can get is to shop for a car at the right | | | | discover that after you pay off the loan, you have |
| time because this alone can save you thousands of | | | | overpaid for it. To avoid this, make sure you stick to |
| dollars. What is the right time? In essence you need to | | | | your budget both in terms of payment and how long |
| go when the dealers are slow and/or when they are | | | | you want to be paying for the used car. |
| highly motivated to sell of inventory. | | | | Another costly trick for car dealers use (which is |
| Ok, when are the dealers going to be slow? | | | | expensive for the buyer) is to claim that prices of cars |
| Weekdays. During the week demand is not high | | | | are non-negotiable. It is simply a sales tactic...nearly |
| because people generally shop for a car on the | | | | everything is negotiable. When you catch them during |
| weekend. Because of this dealer lots are going to be | | | | times when demand is low (see above), you will |
| quite empty on weekdays, which will leave the | | | | discover that will be more open to striking a deal with |
| salespeople anxious for a buyer to show up. Be that | | | | you, but call them out on it anytime you are negotiating. |
| buyer and watch the savings pile up! | | | | There you have it, some really good tips that will help |
| The other good time to shop for a car is at the end of | | | | you the next time you go out to buy a used car. |
| the month when dealers are trying to meet sales | | | | Follow these used car buying tips and you will get the |
| quotas. Because salespeople are graded based on | | | | best deal possible and drive off the lot with the car |
| how many cars they sell each month, there can be | | | | you want at the price you need. |