Cash isn't that big of a deal to most dealers. I've been told by more than
one they make as much or more from the loan as they do the car.


ks


"Gene" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:35:58 GMT, "snow" >
> wrote:
>
>>With the new Employee Discount program and with the rebate together...I
>>was
>>wondering if there is any more dickering that can be done with a dealer to
>>get the price even lower. My local Dodge dealer is advertising Dodge
>>products starting with the MSRP, then he includes the Employee Discount,
>>the
>>he adds in the $2000 rebate.
>>So, a 2005 Dodge Caravan SXT starts at $22,940 MSRP.....final cost is
>>$17,899 with the Employee discount and rebate added in...is there any room
>>left to dicker? Seems I read in Consumer Reports
>>that there is some room like on dealer holdbacks etc....
>>likely about 5% dickering room. Any comments appreciated. Oh yes, I see
>>Dodge ended their 0%
>>financing......probably to make up for the Employee Discount promotion. 0%
>>is now up to 3.9% for 60 month
>>loan. It was 0% past months for some models.
>>
>
> If you can drop actual green paper on them in full, they might drop
> another $1-2K...
>