# As promised ; My car buying experience

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/as-promised-my-car-buying-experience/92973>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 8, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/as-promised-my-car-buying-experience/92973 "2016-04-08T04:25:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/as-promised-my-car-buying-experience/92973/21 "2016-04-23T08:34:07Z")

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Yeah I did that too with my first new car, a 74 Olds. I went to the local dealer first and asked for the best price, then shopped Minneapolis and bought one. When the local found out he called me up and complained why I didn’t come back to see him. Sorry but I gave you a chance. My next one I did buy from the local so no hard feelings but business is business.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/as-promised-my-car-buying-experience/92973/22 "2016-04-23T18:38:28Z")

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When I buy cars, I don’t talk price. I talk about the car I’m there to see and the other cars I’m looking at. When the salesman sees that I’ve done my homework, he often offers a fairly attractive price to start. On my Accord, he started out below invoice. That negotiation didn’t take long.

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