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Re:Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 by lotsofpulp on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:34PM (#28572068)
I would have walked out. But the emails I sent always made it clear I am only discussing total price, inclusive of everything. The few that were not able to clearly respond to my emails, I ignored.

I have only bought 2 cars in my life, the same way, so my data set is not extensive. But I did get the idea from reading about it on forums, so I presume others are getting it done the same way.

Actually, Costco has a program where the total out the door car price is set and non negotiable and I would assume the dealer would not want to screw you as that could cause you to report them to Costco and then Costco to sever ties with them.

What I did is start at the Costco price and email a bunch of dealers and let them know I am interested if anyone wants to beat that price.

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Re:Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 by ProjectArcturis on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:39PM (#28572798)
How did you find out the Costco price? I tried this and it only told me the dealer who was their designated Costco liason, but, absurdly, wouldn't show me the price.
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Re:Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 by lotsofpulp on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:55PM (#28572869)
Yes, the dealer contracted with Costco has to give you the price, but I believe the benefit is that the dealer will not yank you around with various options and up charges or last minute surprises. They should be able to email you an out the door price per whatever agreement they have with Costco and you should be able to shop that around at other dealers.

Of course, this may have changed due to recent circumstances.

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