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Excellent!

Let me ask you, what came first, the chicken or the egg?  IOW, who negotiates first, the shopper or the dealer?  Dealer's post a price, shoppers either pay it, walk or ask for a discount.  Any way you slice it, this is pro shopper. Try asking for a lower price at the DMV, or at Tesla  NOT HAPPENING ;-)


The evil dealers and the slaughter of the innocent shopper is an urban legend. You won't see an article about evil, blood thirsty, selfish car shoppers beating up on lowly car dealers, there's no ad revenue on that theme ;-).    If a reporter really looked around he'd see  evidence that the shopper's internet behavior is eating dealership profits, dealerships are slowly abandoning the old sales model because profits are thin and NEGOTIATION no longer creates  PROFITS to offset the commissions.