So you’re in the process of making a car purchase, and you think you could try a car buying service like USAA or Costco. These are some of the well-known car buying services that are often used by its members. Honour! You just made a great decision to get help. Why? Not because you lack the ability to negotiate on your own, anyone can learn that, or is already a self-proclaimed expert (just ask them!). Here’s why help is a good idea: Car sellers sell an average of 8-10 cars/mos. This means that they practice and refine their skills at least 40 times/month or almost 500 times/year, as it takes about four or five clients to walk through the door or contact them by phone or email to get a car sale. So it’s clear why beating a car dealer in their own game is more than a challenge.
But what exactly do car buying services offer? By and large, they offer new car prices, maybe even some preferential interest rates or even a recommended exchange of value for the vehicle you could replace. What do these services miss? Well, aside from the fact that they won’t bring you the absolute lowest price you’ve qualified for for the vehicle you’ve chosen, there are items that only a personal car buying service can guarantee when it comes to total savings on a new or used car, truck, SUV, or minivan purchase. That said, commercial car buying services will indeed help you get a competitive price, so they have great value in this way.
To analyze the often overlooked ways to save money, here are some reasons why you may need a new vehicle:
1. You’ve just graduated from college – Money Saving Opportunity: First-time buyer programs that guarantee additional discounts and often a particularly low interest rate. *
2. You have just summed up your vehicle – Money saving opportunity: Assistance in obtaining a higher value for your total loss vehicle. Most Americans simply accept the offer of the insurance clerks without knowing how to demand a larger severance payment (or even that they can).
3. A family member or offspring “relieves” you of your current trip. Money Saving Opportunity: Special conquest offers when you change brands, even if you are not trading in a vehicle. Sometimes it’s just as easy as viewing your current car registration and you can save $2,000 or more, right off your lowest price.
4. A mechanical problem with an associated effort that excludes repair. Or your common sense keeps you from considering the idea of another repair because you no longer have a factory warranty. Money Saving Opportunity: You may also be able to pay for the vehicle with the unrepaired damage and receive a substantial down payment on your next purchase. This amount is often more than you think the vehicle is worth.
5. High mileage on your vehicle, which makes you seriously think about trading for better reliability and peace of mind. Money saving opportunity: Cars with high mileage are anything but worthless, often you can get up to 25% more than a dealer says your vehicle is worth. Especially with the bottlenecks in the used car market at the time of writing this article, many used vehicles are worth more than ever!
6. You just feel like a new ride. No other reason. Possibility to save money: You don’t NEED a car. Use this to your advantage! You can really use the timing of experts to get the lowest possible price (varies from manufacturer to manufacturer).
These are just a few of the many points that contribute to the overall savings when buying a new or used car, truck or SUV. A car buying service is a great idea, but now that you know about all the unexplored areas where you can save extra money, be sure to use the services of a company that will provide you with dedicated and personal support wherever you can uncover hidden time and money wasters. These companies may not have large, fancy, and expensive websites, but you can be sure that they know how to save you all those extra dollars and cents so you can fill your own wallet and not the car dealer’s.
* A commercial purchasing service has neither the staff nor the depth of the program to ensure that a car dealer has failed to disclose the fact that the lower price exists and is available (only if the buyer knows they need to insist on it), but he (the car dealer) is not motivated to tell you or your college graduate that they automatically qualify for Tier 1 funding, once the client has qualified for the college graduate discount.
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Wendy is now a financial analyst and writer. Wendy has been writing about finance and personal finance since she was a sophomore in high school. She has also been writing for several online publications and published in The Huffington Post, and Forbes Woman.
Wendy is a credentialed financial analyst and has experience working with financial institutions and businesses. Wendy is also a certified financial planner. When Wendy's not writing, she enjoys tending to her many plants, watching TV, and spending time with her family.
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