Oh, yes, I knew all the figures - this is the 4th car I've bought and ALL have been used, but this is the first I've purchased from a lot. All the others have been private sales (and no trade-in, obviously).
The guide that I've used for my last 3 buys says to negotiate the other way around - trade-in first and then car, but yes, the point is to negotiate each one as a separate transaction - the car prices do not mix.
My car isn't worth anything, really, and I knew from the last time I negotiated that $1,000 was fair. My car's only worth $890 on KBB--if that, given that the transmission is seriously about to drop.
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Date: 2008-06-29 02:08 am (UTC)The guide that I've used for my last 3 buys says to negotiate the other way around - trade-in first and then car, but yes, the point is to negotiate each one as a separate transaction - the car prices do not mix.
My car isn't worth anything, really, and I knew from the last time I negotiated that $1,000 was fair. My car's only worth $890 on KBB--if that, given that the transmission is seriously about to drop.