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Originally Posted by eddief
When we were buying my first car we found the one I really wanted (believe it or not it was a used 1967 Austin Healey 3000). They wanted to sell it a certain price. My dad offered significantly less. We ended up walking away from the deal. But I really wanted that car bad. Dad said "don't worry" the salesman will call us back in less than 24 hours and give us the deal we want. He did. The lesson was...walk away at least once.
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My father always did that too and it worked every time. The other thing he would do is find out how much they actually pay for the car themselves and then offer them a reasonable profit. They don't accept it get up and walk.