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How to buy a Honda - quick step summery guide:

1) Get the Invoice Price of a Honda Accord from one of the pricing services below. (You will need to fill in a free quote form - don't worry - it's NO Obligation!)

2) Once in the quote process you will receive the invoice price. Subtract the dealer Hold back (2% of base MSRP - not including Prelude) from the invoice price and this figure is dealer cost. (See an Example and Explanation.)

3) Negotiate upwards from cost - not downwards from MSRP. (You have the cost. How much do you want the dealer to make? This puts you in the drivers seat! Once you receive your free quote, you will know how much the dealer is keeping as profit.

3) If possible, "avoided negotiating" by using online sources that deal with Internet or fleet managers. They know you have the cost of a Honda and wont gouge you on the price! We recommend Stoneage. Over 50% of our visitors that used Stoneage purchased from the dealer that gave them a quote! That is a huge figure by industry standards. This means that the price was right!!

Other good sources you should also try:

1) InvoiceDealers
2)
CarsDirect
3) AutoWeb

(Fill out a quote from all 4 sources gives you competing prices!)

Tip: Check insurance costs on the models you're interested in. Make sure the premiums fall within your budget. You can shop multiple companies at the same time for free at Nation Wide Insurance (Fill in there free quote form)

Tip: Get a finance quote from PeopleFirst . They have low rates are better than most banks. Later on, you can compare their arrangement with the dealer's financing plan.

 

"Free Guide: How to Buy a Honda Accord Below Dealer Invoice Prices - Save Thousands without negotiating with a salesman"

If you'd like to obtain rock bottom prices on a new car, save a whack of cash and not have to deal with a car salesman, then this might be the most important guide you'll ever read. Best of all, it takes only minutes to use this technique and it is FREE!

First, The Problem:

Dealer prices are full of hidden profits that are often times not passed on to the customer. Even dealer invoice prices are often thousands of dollars above actual cost...

... Everywhere you go on the Internet, you read about "How to buy at $500 or $1000 over dealer invoice" - usually you have to pay for this information - This is bad advice.

Two Reasons NOT to buy at or near dealer invoice:

Reason one: Dealer invoices have up to three percent holdback that is usually reserved for fleet customers. The general public is not aware of this inflation.

Reason two: The manufacturer also offers rebates and delivery allowances in the range of a few hundred to thousands of dollars that is supposed to come off the price - Again easily stolen by a scrupulous dealer.

Your awareness of these hidden savings combined with using the right online "car pricing services" can put this money into your pocket - not theirs. Car pricing services offer free price quotes from there vast network of trained dealers.

Here is a list of qualities a good car pricing service should have:

  • Good online pricing services are free of charge.
  • Good online pricing services bypass the salesman completely - You don't have to worry about scams, selling systems or annoying phone calls
  • They provide you with dealer invoice prices and incentives ahead of time - You can easily figure out the true dealer cost of a vehicle by using the formula below - Knowledge is power.
With the cost of a vehicle you know where you stand. You can then figure out what a dealer is making on your sale. Dealers using online pricing services know you have this information provide quotes accordingly - usually in the fleet pricing area. (They wont gouge you on the price!)

To leverage this system in order to maximize your savings, you need to get as many quotes from competing online pricing services as possible. Dealers will compete for your business based on price and not sales pressure. The best price services deal with fleet managers or Internet managers. They don't make money on overall profit but on sales volume, and they are happy to offer you the lowest price to get your business.

Leveraging online pricing services offers the best buying situation possible for the consumer who hates car shopping. Fill out a few forms and in minutes you are on your way to savings that would take the best negotiators weeks of hard work to achieve. But you have to be careful - not all pricing services are the same. Some let salespeople call you and try to get you into the dealership. If you want to avoid this use StoneAge, InvoiceDealers, AutoWeb, and CarsDirect They deal through e-mail, no phone calls, no sales people, and offer the best prices.

StoneAge, InvoiceDealers, AutoWeb, and CarsDirect offer the following benefits:

  • One: No phone calls - only e-mailed quotes.
  • Two: Deal with a Fleet or Internet manager - no commissioned salespeople- no pressured sales.
  • Three: Offer all information necessary to make an informed decision: Invoice prices, rebates and incentives, a break down of options and their cost. (Dealer cost)
  • Four: Offer quick turnaround time. You will often receive quotes the first day - sometimes in less than an hour!
  • Five: When it's time to take delivery you simply pay and drive off in the car you want at the price you want - they won't switch you to another vehicle at a higher price.
  • Six: You pay absolutely nothing for the service!

Many similar services on the Internet charge up to three hundred dollars for this service and promise you invoice pricing. You know that the invoice price has hold back and rebates that need to come off. Paying for invoice pricing is like paying a fee to get ripped off.

How to use these services to maximize you savings

The first thing you have to do is visit StoneAge, InvoiceDealers, AutoWeb, and CarsDirect and fill in your information, the car you want and the equipment. As you are doing so you will receive dealer invoice prices for the car and dealer cost for options. Copy this information down. When you are done you will be able to figure out dealer cost. To figure out dealer costs Click here for instructions. (A small window will pop up). Wait for your price quotes and see who is the lowest. You will know how much they are making on the car and have a great price - usually below invoice.

NOTE: Results vary on the type of vehicle you are interested in. If you are getting a quote for a hard to find, limited supply vehicle, dealers will not provide the same discounts and the manufacturer will not have any rebates and incentives. Buying below invoice however, works on 70% of all cars and trucks.

Let us know how you made out! We have been getting great feedback from people using this service and would love to here from you.

Resources Used in this guide: StoneAge, InvoiceDealers, AutoWeb, and CarsDirect.

 

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