Comments on: Put On Your Lace Gloves: Get The Car You Want At A Price You Can Afford http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/ Breaking Financial Ceilings One Stiletto At A Time! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:43:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bosquez http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-7751 Bosquez Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:18:13 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-7751 Vergleichen Sie kostenlos und unverbindlich Angebote zur privaten Krankenversicherung. Vergleichen Sie kostenlos und unverbindlich Angebote zur privaten Krankenversicherung.

]]> By: Quotable Quotes http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Quotable Quotes Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:50:41 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-2795 Finally something new for me to learn and I am already subscribed. You can contact me if you need to. :D Finally something new for me to learn and I am already subscribed. You can contact me if you need to. :D

]]> By: Interesting Reads from Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #8 | Pecuniarities http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-2430 Interesting Reads from Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #8 | Pecuniarities Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:11 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-2430 [...] Girls Just Wanna Have Funds offers some car buying advice (something I was planning to do as well to follow up our experience with our car loan): Put On Your Lace Gloves: Get The Car You Want At A Price You Can Afford. [...] [...] Girls Just Wanna Have Funds offers some car buying advice (something I was planning to do as well to follow up our experience with our car loan): Put On Your Lace Gloves: Get The Car You Want At A Price You Can Afford. [...]

]]> By: Jerry A., Frederick MD http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Jerry A., Frederick MD Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:59:58 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-1692 Forget bargaining down from MSRP. Use Edmunds.com or Kelly Blue Book (kbb.com) to find out what cars are selling for in your area. You can also use them to get price quotes from local dealers. Getting the "internet price" by fax or e-mail from 3-4 local dealers is a great idea. Buy a car price report from Consumer Reports or other service. Get informed so the dealer cannot take advantage of you. Be polite, but be prepared to walk away, even for a car you like. When my wife and I bought our first new car ever, we went home when the salesman said he couldn't drop the price enough. He ended up calling us at home three times, until he met our price. We were planning on driving about 45 minutes to another dealership with a lower price, and made sure he knew it. We were polite, but firm. Forget bargaining down from MSRP. Use Edmunds.com or Kelly Blue Book (kbb.com) to find out what cars are selling for in your area. You can also use them to get price quotes from local dealers. Getting the “internet price” by fax or e-mail from 3-4 local dealers is a great idea. Buy a car price report from Consumer Reports or other service. Get informed so the dealer cannot take advantage of you. Be polite, but be prepared to walk away, even for a car you like. When my wife and I bought our first new car ever, we went home when the salesman said he couldn’t drop the price enough. He ended up calling us at home three times, until he met our price. We were planning on driving about 45 minutes to another dealership with a lower price, and made sure he knew it. We were polite, but firm.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-1674 Elizabeth Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:13:04 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-1674 We all know we 'should' bargain for a car, but for a lot of people that's not so easy. I personally avoid car dealerships that allow bargaining because I'm so bad at it. But even with bargaining you're still limited in how much you can talk them down. My take is that it doesn't matter what your bargaining power is, you first have to know exactly how much car you can buy to fit your personal budget. We all know we ’should’ bargain for a car, but for a lot of people that’s not so easy. I personally avoid car dealerships that allow bargaining because I’m so bad at it.

But even with bargaining you’re still limited in how much you can talk them down.

My take is that it doesn’t matter what your bargaining power is, you first have to know exactly how much car you can buy to fit your personal budget.

]]> By: Interesting Reads from Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #8 | Our Fourpence Worth http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Interesting Reads from Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #8 | Our Fourpence Worth Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:16:44 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-1637 [...] Girls Just Wanna Have Funds offers some car buying advice (something I was planning to do as well to follow up our experience with our car loan): Put On Your Lace Gloves: Get The Car You Want At A Price You Can Afford. [...] [...] Girls Just Wanna Have Funds offers some car buying advice (something I was planning to do as well to follow up our experience with our car loan): Put On Your Lace Gloves: Get The Car You Want At A Price You Can Afford. [...]

]]> By: Kristy’s Weekly Roundup | Master Your Card http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Kristy’s Weekly Roundup | Master Your Card Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:45:09 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-1482 [...] Ginger over at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds talked about buying the car you want at the price you can afford. She gives some good [...] [...] Ginger over at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds talked about buying the car you want at the price you can afford. She gives some good [...]

]]> By: Kristy’s Weekly Roundup http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 Kristy’s Weekly Roundup Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:00:11 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-1480 [...] Ginger over at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds talked about buying the car you want at the price you can afford. She gives some good [...] [...] Ginger over at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds talked about buying the car you want at the price you can afford. She gives some good [...]

]]> By: Weekly Roundup and Carnivals and Book Winner | LivingAlmostLarge http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 Weekly Roundup and Carnivals and Book Winner | LivingAlmostLarge Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:33:32 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-1457 [...] Ginger talks about “Putting on the lace gloves and getting the car you want at the price you can afford.” [...] [...] Ginger talks about “Putting on the lace gloves and getting the car you want at the price you can afford.” [...]

]]> By: Deanna http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/2008/09/put-on-your-lace-gloves-get-the-car-you-want-at-a-price-you-can-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Deanna Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:47:22 +0000 http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/?p=615#comment-1436 Neiman are you serious? Who doesn't know that you should ALWAYS bargain for a car? Neiman are you serious? Who doesn’t know that you should ALWAYS bargain for a car?

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