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Article #1935Re: (Repost) The ONLY way to buy a car!
From: Mike A Christensen
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1992 22:51
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1992 22:51
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In article <1992Jul2.220439.617@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> andy@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) writes: >In article <64zln8n.mzimmers@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes: >>>In article <2gql2ca.mzimmers@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes: >>>>I want to pass along what has simply *got* to be the best way to buy >>>>a new car/truck. It's run by a not-for-profit group known as Consumers' >>>>Checkbook, and it's called Car Bargains. Here's how it works: >> >>I'm still waiting for someone to back up a claim that they can do >>better (or even as well) as CB with some numbers from a real example... > >Since all that CB provides is the "cost" numbers, I'll provide the same >numbers for $50. Now all we need is two people, one to get the numbers >from CB and another to get them from me, and send them on their merry >way to the car dealer. > >Of course, someone else who knows about the numbers source I'm using >will undercut me. I suspect that the low bid will end up being $10 >for 5 quotes, and even that is a healthy profit. Hmm. Maybe I should >sell the source info and let others handle retail. No, the low bid will be $11 for one car, $20 for two, $27 for 3, $5 for each additional car. From Consumer Reports. You can even get the quotes by FAX. Advertised in each issue of CR. Mike Christensen
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f604a,5f7671ab84b9af31 X-Google-Attributes: gidf604a,public X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,4462a2791a2ef571 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: f8620,4462a2791a2ef571 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8620,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-07-02 11:31:22 PST Newsgroups: ca.general,ba.market.misc,rec.autos Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!noiro.acs.uci.edu!network.ucsd.edu!riscsm!mikec From: mikec@scripps.edu (Mike A Christensen) Subject: Re: (Repost) The ONLY way to buy a car! Message-ID: <1992Jul2.225116.3669@riscsm.scripps.edu> Sender: usenet@riscsm.scripps.edu Organization: Research Institute of Scripps Clinic; La Jolla, CA References: <2gql2ca.mzimmers@netcom.com> <1992Jul1.024638.12531@oracle.us.oracle.com> <64zln8n.mzimmers@netcom.com> <1992Jul2.220439.617@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1992 22:51:16 GMT Lines: 25