On-Line Car Purchases

[Ron61]

Bill,

Just one. Last year I was thinking of buying a Mustang and I went online to the 3 main Ford dealerships in this area. As you said, the first prices varied a huge amount. I then worked them down until I got what seemed a fair price and took my laptop with me to the dealer. When I got there they said the price they gave had been wrong and it was more. I just sit down and logged onto one of the other dealers sites and let them see what they gave as a price which was now lower than theirs. After some screwing around I got tired and decided I didn't want the car anyway. Same thing happened to a guy here a few months ago that was going to buy a new Ford pickup. This dealer here gave him a price and he agreed to come in the next day and pay cash for it. When he got there they told him they had given him an incorrect price and that it would be about $1,200 more. He went online to the dealer South of here and showed them the same pickup for less than the price they had originally agreed on and then got up and rove down there and bought the pickup. Glad that yours worked out so well.

Ron