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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by jancsika on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:26PM (#31603914)
If I had bought a Prius Prime a few months back I could have gotten $1000 cash back from Toyota, plus a $4500 federal tax credit. Right off the bat I would have beat your haggle by $1500. What a haggler I would have been!

But seriously-- if we're comparing "no haggle" to "haggle" then it doesn't really make sense to include the manufacturer rebates in your total. You'd presumably get those even if dealerships didn't exist.

Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by grogenaut on Friday June 03, 2022 @10:57AM (#31609180)
Fair... It was $800 cash back from subaru and a $200 charity match. however the dealer just tossed in the $200 for the match so they could make the sale and pump up their charity numbers. So $800 of that $4k was a thing you would have gotten anyway. So I only dropped the price $3200. Still a good hourly rate.
Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by bombcar on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:24AM (#31604602)
Of course in this market if you had bought one you could have immediately drove it back onto the lot and sold it back for more than you paid …
Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by jancsika on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:25AM (#31607897)
Yes. But that's like the Mitch Hedberg joke where he sees stacks of Sam's Cola at Sam's Club for 25 cents and suddenly in his mind he's become a soda salesman.

"Hi, would you like to buy a can of soda for 50 cents? It's warm, because this is a half-ass deal..."

Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by bombcar on Friday June 03, 2022 @10:51AM (#31609088)
Heh I was referring to the fact that used 2019 models with 40k miles on them currently will sell for MORE than MSRP for a brand new car, because the used one is on the lot and available, the new ones are 6 months out.