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Has anyone here bought through Costco? Is it as straightforward as it's said to be?
Looking for ways to avoid all the crap that goes with dealing with a salesman.
In Nov 2015 I bought a 2016 Elantra through Costco. Although its MSRP was about $20K, I got it for $15K. The transaction was easy. Costco worked with one dealer in Denver and the transaction was seamless.
I showed up at the dealership, selected the particular car we wanted and proceeded with the paperwork. They gave me a fair price for the trade in and we did a cash deal without being bombarded with the typical upsales. I just politely declined extended warranties and dealer add-ons.
Although it might be possible to negotiate a similar deal without Costco, they sure made it easy for me. If I ever buy another new car, I'll use the same process.
BTW, the car has been perfect. It has required nothing but typical maintenance since purchase.
It's very easy and only works with specific dealers. So if you want X car, they may not work with X brand. It has to be new cars. Price is set and no further negotiations are done. It is what it is.
It's very similar to how you would shop for a car using Internet Sales depts for dealerships that will do that.
This would be the method I'd use if I were short on time, and pretty flexible about the factory and dealer packages.
If I had the time, I'd repeat my last car buying procedure. I used the Internet Sales method as described by Consumers Reports magazine, and then compared it to a price from Costco.
As mentioned above, the Costco selections were quite a bit more limited, but the savings was only a little less ($100-200) than the best price I got doing all the work ($1,400 better than other best deals, and WAY below sticker), and that was for a hot-selling car.
Has anyone here bought through Costco? Is it as straightforward as it's said to be?
Looking for ways to avoid all the crap that goes with dealing with a salesman.
As stated above. Costco can provide a seamless dealer transaction.
Just remember, Costco gets a cut or payment to provide this service.
If one does not like to contact multiple dealers on internet and visit multiple dealerships - to obtain the best price. Then Costco is a good avenue to utilize.
Some reading here do like the challenge of the negotiation process. To claim that they got the "best" deal.
While others hate the process of visiting multiple dealers to "negotiate".
I for one have no problem negotiating direct with the dealer people. Many people do not like to negotiate and want an easy way out. Easy is fine but you may not be getting the lowest price via Costco or any 3rd party.
Some reading here do like the challenge of the negotiation process. To claim that they got the "best" deal.
While others hate the process of visiting multiple dealers to "negotiate".
I hate the haggling, all the " let me run this by my manager" talk and always leave feeling that we didn't get a good deal.
I for one have no problem negotiating direct with the dealer people. Many people do not like to negotiate and want an easy way out. Easy is fine but you may not be getting the lowest price via Costco or any 3rd party.
Johngolf, we never get the lowest price. My husband and I are not good at that sort of thing.
Johngolf, we never get the lowest price. My husband and I are not good at that sort of thing.
Don't worry about the lowest price. Decide on the price YOU want to pay and negotiate to get that. Truth is, no one really knows if they've gotten the absolute lowest price.
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