News: Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

[njlouc]

It looks like health care will be modeled after the clunker program. If you get too old/sick and not valuable, they will pour some thick liquid down your throat.:LOL
Warm up those dominoes.

 

[Dad2BJO]

I did not watch but I got the point.

I was actually talking to a sales manager at a Ford store and this is what he said about the clunkers program:

Before the clunkers there were huge rebates on just about everything. A good buyer could negaotiate on the price and add the rebates plus the trade in and get a real good deal. With the clunkers, there were a few rebates at first but limited at least by ford when they were running out of supply of the focus and escape. Basicly buyers paid sticker less the clunker price and felt they were getting a good deal. The dealer would negotiate on the price but many buyers did not because they were getting the clunker deal. He said they had quite a few deals where they gave the buyer wholesale for the trade and it was equal to or more than the clunker price. More so if the car qualified for the lesser amount. He indicated some dealers did not do this since the thought was to just have the gov. buy the car instead of the dealership.

Point being the buyer got a better deal before the clunker program than durring the program. Those were his words, but the clunker deal got people to the dealership. There were cases where someone may have had a truck worth about 800 bucks and ended up with a better deal or if you used that old beater on a hybrid where there are not any rebates. He did not say if they were paid anything or not from the government yet.

I personally never thought it was a good idea anyways because you generally save more than the $4500 plus any rebates when you buy a used car . Plus paying cash helps.

 

[ken mohr]

I did not watch but I got the point.

I was actually talking to a sales manager at a Ford store and this is what he said about the clunkers program:

Before the clunkers there were huge rebates on just about everything. A good buyer could negaotiate on the price and add the rebates plus the trade in and get a real good deal. With the clunkers, there were a few rebates at first but limited at least by ford when they were running out of supply of the focus and escape. Basicly buyers paid sticker less the clunker price and felt they were getting a good deal. The dealer would negotiate on the price but many buyers did not because they were getting the clunker deal. He said they had quite a few deals where they gave the buyer wholesale for the trade and it was equal to or more than the clunker price. More so if the car qualified for the lesser amount. He indicated some dealers did not do this since the thought was to just have the gov. buy the car instead of the dealership.

Point being the buyer got a better deal before the clunker program than durring the program. Those were his words, but the clunker deal got people to the dealership. There were cases where someone may have had a truck worth about 800 bucks and ended up with a better deal or if you used that old beater on a hybrid where there are not any rebates. He did not say if they were paid anything or not from the government yet.

I personally never thought it was a good idea anyways because you generally save more than the $4500 plus any rebates when you buy a used car . Plus paying cash helps.

So the dealer did better with the help. He should refuse the government clunker rebates. Maybe send the government $ for the merchandising and advertising.