Negotiating with car dealers

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kazbanz, Nov 30, 7:35pm
Crikey--I would love easy customers like you.
Frankly in your shoes I would have said.-Option 1 I pick up as I planned. or option 2 you give me further discount. Easy to justify too. Credit card rolls eom or loan interest starts etc.

jojo76, Nov 30, 7:54pm
So did you manage to get it down in price?

serf407, Nov 30, 10:34pm
Japanese car sales were up 30 percent in October.(on 2019's sales figures) The Shaken centres must have been busy.
Still might take a while for the months of below average sales to balance out.

https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/japan-s-car-sales-hit-top-gear-as-recovery-picks-up-speed-41604309347035.html

Another thing is the NZers that are coming back to Aotearoa probably want a better car that the usual back packer mobile.

toenail, Nov 30, 11:21pm
"Prices at Japan’s used-car
auctions increased in September
2020 and were 21 per cent above
the baseline average for all of 2019,
according to an industry newsletter
circulated by Moana Blue.
Data from five Japanese auctions
shows selling prices in September
this year increased about 7.2 per
cent from August’s figures.
On top of this, the average
number of vehicles offered for sale
each month in 2020 to date is 11
per cent less than the average for
each month of 2019.
Domestic demand for used
vehicles in Japan before they get to
auction appears to be one reason
for a drop in those being offered.
The sell rate for those going
under the hammer is increasing,
which is a sign of strong demand
for what supply is available."

Autofile Nov edition.

kazbanz, Dec 1, 9:52am
That 30% increase includes used vehicles. Which has pushed the price of cars in Japan up and availability down
Keeping in mind that "this" situation was always going to happen anyway.
C19 has made it worse but by cutting out 75% of used vehicles allowed into NZ you right away cause a major issue.

tgray, Dec 2, 9:33am
I was surprised to get $4,500 for not one but two 2006 Tiida sedans last week, so it wasn't a fluke. Both plain Jane's with zero features, not even a remote.
I thought they were $3,995 to sell but gave it a shot at more and both sold in under a week.
I guess used car prices are already on the way up.

kazbanz, Dec 2, 10:58am
Very definitely. And strangely its stuff you wouldn't think would be hot property

i-luv-pie, Oct 16, 12:03pm
Got it at $15700 with all the freebies, easy!