Negotiable?

[Lex444]

I see the price of a used vehicle at my local Tesla "dealership" is dropping in price pretty regularly. Do you think I could go there and negotiate a deal or are the price set by corporate and there is no wiggle room?
Thank you

 

[Sunshine State]

Prices are corporate set and the local people have no authority to even negotiate with corporate to adjust prices. It is probably the dumbest system ever thought of because the people that actually see the cars and the cars true condition have nothing to do with the pricing. The only advantage is if you actually see the car in person and it actually looks better than the pictures show you are at an advantage over other buyers who may not know the true condition. The price may dip below the price it might have sold for if represented better. Keep in mind that with Teslas system they typically reset the price all the way back up to where it was weeks or months before so they can then begin slowly lowering the price again.

 

[Lex444]

Prices are corporate set and the local people have no authority to even negotiate with corporate to adjust prices. It is probably the dumbest system ever thought of because the people that actually see the cars and the cars true condition have nothing to do with the pricing. The only advantage is if you actually see the car in person and it actually looks better than the pictures show you are at an advantage over other buyers who may not know the true condition. The price may dip below the price it might have sold for if represented better. Keep in mind that with Teslas system they typically reset the price all the way back up to where it was weeks or months before so they can then begin slowly lowering the price again.

Thank you much for the info. Sounds like a flawed system, but it is what it is.

 

[I<3URANUS]

No haggle pricing has been around a while. CarMax is probably the most successful dealer brand that follows this pricing strategy. Saturn (the entire brand) was the same way.

Lots of people prefer this type of sales transaction as it's typically more transparent.

That's said, they are likely just using a basic pricing guideline based on the local market, general condition, and options. It's very likely the only thing you could negotiate would be if a car had full self-drive or not. No clue what kind of price change that would have but everything else would be standard.

The good thing is you don't have to worry about Tesla slipping something else in or trying to cheat you.

The bad thing is you probably will not get the absolute most bestest deal of all time. You will spend less time dealing with typical back and forth bs.

Buy the car, not the deal. If it makes sense and your comfortable with it, go for it.

 

[Target]

I will offer that there is a bit of fairness here, in a normal dealer, they make decisions about what price to allow you to pay based on any number of factors, and since that price isn't advertised to anyone else but the person negotiating at the time, they may sell it for less than someone else would be willing to pay. By doing it this way, we all get to watch it drop, and the first person that chickens out, and presses the buy button, is the person that gets the car. It is fair in that we all could see the price on the website, and not some deal that the sales manager lets go through because he likes the look of the buyer.

The downside is that we can't see the car. The good news is that pictures seem to be generally decent compared to a few years ago when pictures were all over the map on quality.