So I am working with AoA on trading my car, and here is what a dealer said the trade value is:
10-28-2001, 05:40 AM
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What's that you say Tex?? In reviewing 2.7tdallas' previous posts, we learned.....
that, despite the overwhelming consensus opinion of this Forum, "AoA was working closely with you and had been fair, and you were oh so sure that you'd get total satisfaction, because unlike the rest of us who shared our own experiences, YOU were the man!!" Have fun at CarMax. They're surely known for setting the mark on the German luxury market. (Not!!) Hey, there's one born every minute, but it couldn't have happened to a bigger A, Puffy! (What's that they say about the last one laughing?) Oh well, there's always "Motzart" if you need a little calming R&R!
10-28-2001, 08:01 AM
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Hey spanky. Do you even own an Audi? In any case
I am going there to see what their appraisal is.
I negotiate for a living, so this is no big deal. There is a process that needs to be followed, and this is part of the process.
We are not even out of the first quarter of this game. My attorney has not even written letter #1, I have not mailed the complaint to the Texas AG's office (but the paperwok is filled out), so I am still exhausting the simple stuff.
You can't expect AoA to just ante up, nor can you expect the dealer to take a loss on a car without getting anything from AoA.
The price they offered me on a 2001 4.2 sport package was more the $10k under sticker, but the dealer is trying to make up the money on the new car by low balling me on the trade. No big suprise. My contact at AoA is throwing in some money, but not enough.
So back I go to him.
As far a getting total satisfaction...That is not my goal, other than maybe having the oppotunity to stick my 13eee up yours.
By the way...George "Spanky" McFarland is from Dallas, and died in 1993.<ul><li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8318">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8318</a</li></ul>
I negotiate for a living, so this is no big deal. There is a process that needs to be followed, and this is part of the process.
We are not even out of the first quarter of this game. My attorney has not even written letter #1, I have not mailed the complaint to the Texas AG's office (but the paperwok is filled out), so I am still exhausting the simple stuff.
You can't expect AoA to just ante up, nor can you expect the dealer to take a loss on a car without getting anything from AoA.
The price they offered me on a 2001 4.2 sport package was more the $10k under sticker, but the dealer is trying to make up the money on the new car by low balling me on the trade. No big suprise. My contact at AoA is throwing in some money, but not enough.
So back I go to him.
As far a getting total satisfaction...That is not my goal, other than maybe having the oppotunity to stick my 13eee up yours.
By the way...George "Spanky" McFarland is from Dallas, and died in 1993.<ul><li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8318">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8318</a</li></ul>
10-28-2001, 10:52 AM
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I agree. They are trying to make up for heavily discounting the car by screwing with the trade value
No problem. I do not take this personally, business is business. When I go to court, no one is going to say I didn't make an effort to get the problem fixed
10-28-2001, 11:02 AM
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Hey, Spanky (or should I say no.radar???), CarMax was my suggestion, and it works. They basically
use Kelly Blue Book (at least, that's been true in my few experiences with them), and they don't have to be luxury German car experts to look info up on a car. The dealer black book numbers that I've been quoted are almost always well below KBB, and when confronted with KBB or Edmunds or some such other national or regional "value source," dealers discount the info---rightfully so---as not a real bid from an actual party willing to pay you their money right now. Getting a bid from CarMax, which they will put in writing, gives you leverage with the dealer.
Why do I bother? You're just a jerk 95% of the time.
Why do I bother? You're just a jerk 95% of the time.