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11-29-2007, 04:41 AM
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Re: Moral dilemma/car dealership help? (a little long)
Doug,
He's trying to screw you by saying the car value dropped by $3k (30%) in 7 months when there's no f'in way that's true. I'd guess a year difference (i.e. 03 now vs. 04 now) would be around half that at most. General car dealership karma aside, he's trying to screw you now by taking maximum advantage of any generosity or guilt you might feel. For that I say [censored] him. 
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11-29-2007, 05:08 AM
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Re: Moral dilemma/car dealership help? (a little long)
g,
Again, please find the difference in blue book values if possible! If that number is less than $3,000, you should most absolutely tell the dealer to F off.
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11-29-2007, 05:38 AM
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Re: Moral dilemma/car dealership help? (a little long)
I looked up the difference in blue book values for a mazda 6 (i have no idea if that's what he had but it should provide a reference) for 04 and 03 and 30k miles. The difference in price was ~12%
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11-29-2007, 05:58 AM
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Re: Moral dilemma/car dealership help? (a little long)
Diablo,
Assuming the car wasn't driven or neglected, I don't think it's possible for any used car to drop 25% in resale value in 7 months. So why insist on checking the actual numbers in the blue book? OP, I think it's possible the car dropped $1.5k in value, and by offering to "split the difference" the guy was actually trying to get you to pay the whole lot. Or that you got an inflated trade-in price, but got a correspondingly worse deal on the car you bought. Either way, I don't think you owe them anything. They knew when they took the car that there might be a delay in getting the title, but they took that risk in return for the reward of getting an immediate sale. Compensating them for this risk is like giving an umbrella salesman $10 on a sunny day because he's unlucky you didn't need an umbrella that day.
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11-29-2007, 06:01 PM
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Re: Moral dilemma/car dealership help? (a little long)
[ QUOTE ]
I looked up the difference in blue book values for a mazda 6 (i have no idea if that's what he had but it should provide a reference) for 04 and 03 and 30k miles. The difference in price was ~12% [/ QUOTE ] And I'm sure it'd be even less if you take an '04 in January and compare it to an '04 in July. Sorry, guy. You lied to me about the drop in value, basically trying to get me to pay the whole thing. You lose.
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