Trade-in question
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This surprised me especially since another lot within this dealership group (they have over 5 dealerships) took in trade from my son his 6” lifted Jeep and gave him an excellent amount for it. This still seems to me this is more an issue with the brand new sales manager (actually his first day) than dealership policy. They are a very high volume group. Feel it’s either him playing it safe or looking to cash in, not sure which. Either way will work out in the end.
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Just a couple rules that I go by.
1. NEVER buy dealer installed aftermarket accessories.
2. Any and all aftermarket accessories that I have added will be removed before trading vehicles at a dealership. Said items then will either be sold or put on the new vehicle.
Anything else and you take it in the shorts from ANY dealer............regardless of what they tell you.
1. NEVER buy dealer installed aftermarket accessories.
2. Any and all aftermarket accessories that I have added will be removed before trading vehicles at a dealership. Said items then will either be sold or put on the new vehicle.
Anything else and you take it in the shorts from ANY dealer............regardless of what they tell you.
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Friend of mine just bought a new 3500 DRW diesel Chevy. They took 10K off of the sticker AND gave him 1K OVER blue book for his 4 year old diesel DRW Chevy trade. This is an astounding deal. I don't know how it was possible. They only thing that I can figure is the Chevy is providing some big dealer bucks because they don't want to be in 3rd place in the sales race for 2020. A typical SD has maybe 3 to 4 $K between sticker and invoice! I've never heard of a Ford deal that good.
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I think those kind of deals are more common with Chevy and Ram, they advertise that kind of discount and better. It seems Ford makes you work for the savings more on the Super Duty trucks. With the Super Duty trucks, I believe $8k off sticker is common, depending on rebates, and $10k isn't too uncommon in certain areas. My 19 was over $9k off sticker before PCO, and I'm not in a state that has the best pricing. I didn't have a trade, so getting that kind of deal AND a killer trade price might be harder.
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3 of my last 4 Super Duties have been purchased at least an hour away from home because the locals simply don't want to play ball. They'd rather sell to young, inexperienced military from a local Army base than deal with locals who might have some idea of how to negotiate and have the potential to buy several future vehicles if treated properly.
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Everyone is different in how they conduct business and I'm not criticizing here. But unless you were dealing with the exact same sales person for those 30 years I'd bet personnel in all positions at that dealer has turned over many times and this dealer is not loyal to you. And your recent experience there seems to bear this out.
3 of my last 4 Super Duties have been purchased at least an hour away from home because the locals simply don't want to play ball. They'd rather sell to young, inexperienced military from a local Army base than deal with locals who might have some idea of how to negotiate and have the potential to buy several future vehicles if treated properly.
3 of my last 4 Super Duties have been purchased at least an hour away from home because the locals simply don't want to play ball. They'd rather sell to young, inexperienced military from a local Army base than deal with locals who might have some idea of how to negotiate and have the potential to buy several future vehicles if treated properly.
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The Ford dealer here in my town sells brand new F150's and Super Duty's with full lifts and tire/wheel packages. They always have a lifted and decked out truck parked right up front. As soon as it sells, they build up another one. I have no idea how they address the warranties.
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The dealer doesn't build them. They farm out the job. As far as warranty, it should go without saying that aftermarket parts aren't under the factory warranty umbrella. You get whatever warranty is offered from the shop the same as if you had the work done without the dealer's involvement. The markup for these trucks modified for the showroom floor is shocking. I guess that's the market if you want your mods and need the financing to get it done.
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From: Kerrville, Texas
The dealer doesn't build them. They farm out the job. As far as warranty, it should go without saying that aftermarket parts aren't under the factory warranty umbrella. You get whatever warranty is offered from the shop the same as if you had the work done without the dealer's involvement. The markup for these trucks modified for the showroom floor is shocking. I guess that's the market if you want your mods and need the financing to get it done.
EDIT: I just checked...you are correct. A place called Xtreme Outfitters builds the trucks up for the local dealer.
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The dealer doesn't build them. They farm out the job. As far as warranty, it should go without saying that aftermarket parts aren't under the factory warranty umbrella. You get whatever warranty is offered from the shop the same as if you had the work done without the dealer's involvement. The markup for these trucks modified for the showroom floor is shocking. I guess that's the market if you want your mods and need the financing to get it done.
