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Mike, calm down, and put your dictionary aside.


The point is, this seller is quoting a retail Blue Book price.

But anyone who has every bought a used car, and knows what they are
doign, negotiates off the Kelley's trade-in price.




On Thu, 10 May 2001 15:56:48 -0400, "Michael McCollum"
<ultramik@visi.net> wrote:

>
>"Jim Smith" <jhsmith@erols.com> wrote in message
>news:3AF9D55D.3CFC65C0@erols.com...
>> Michael McCollum wrote:
>> >
>> > "Casey Tangel" <casey@tangel.net> wrote in message
>> > news:9hrgftogd298vj397gibmec26rnk7svn9s@4ax.com...
>> > > You pay retail for a used car?
>> > >
>> > > Wow. Hey,  want to buy my car?
>> >
>> > I'll try to explain this in words of two syllables or less.When you buy
>from
>> > a dealer it's called retail.
>> > Some dealers sell used cars. The Blue Book lists trade in and retail
>values.
>>
>> This is not true.  Dealers will sell used cars for what they think they
>> can get out of the car.  "Retail" means nothing for a used car.
>
>Webster's..."retail (adj or adv): to sell in small quantities directly to
>the ultimate consumer"
>It doesn't have a damn thing to do with price per se. It simply refers to
>"who" is selling. In this case, a dealer as opposed to a private party. The
>prices quoted in the Blue Book refer to the expected price for a given
>vehicle as a trade in to a "retailer" as opposed to the expected price the
>retailer "may" charge the consumer. Obviously, only a moron would simply
>pony up the amount of the initial offering. Sheesh people..get a clue.
>