Ridiculous dealership

[RaptorGhost]

So after doing a bunch of homework on the Raptor I decided to visit a dealership, with an empty check (I was ready to buy it), to see how much they would charge me.

I'm 25 years old, still have a baby face behind my beard, so no one took me seriously (story of my life). Some sales lady came up to me and began to try and sell me the Raptor, I politely told her that I had done my homework on it and this is the car that I'm interested in the most, but I would like a test drive first. I've never driven it, so I wanted to see how smooth it was. She told me she would have to do a credit check in order to test drive, f*ck that.

Long story short, the MSRP on the Raptor was ~$55,000, plus a $15,000 MARK UP. $15,000!!!! Ridiculous. She told me how close to that $15,000 could I come up with, I told her $0 and began to walk out. As I was walking out the manager told me "Oh, I'll reduce the markup to $8,000 if you buy it now".

Safe to say I got the hell out of there. They have been calling me ever since, but I refuse to pay $65,000 for a Raptor when I see that some of you have paid in the lower $40,000's.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

we should add this dealer to the dealers to avoid list

 

[Deleted member 12951]

You are not going to get a raptor that is $55k msrp in the lower $40k's even if you order and wait. Raptors on a dealers lot typically are msrp. If you have to order one most of the time to get one less than msrp.

And stop walking into dealerships. Do it via email or phone call at least.


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[RaptorGhost]

The name of the dealership is Gus Machado Ford in Miami, FL.

Terrible service too

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You are not going to get a raptor that is $55k msrp in the lower $40k's even if you order and wait. Raptors on a dealers lot typically are msrp. If you have to order one most of the time to get one less than msrp.

And stop walking into dealerships. Do it via email or phone call at least.


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Well maybe high $40's, but $65,000+? F*ck that. People down here in Miami aren't the nicest and they're always looking to shaft potential buyers.

 

[Ruger]

I got my 2001 SCAB by walking into the dealership, and I paid $41,000 plus tax. I don't think that there is a magic formula, I think that you simply need to be dealing with honest people.

Before I made my purchase I visited 5 Ford dealerships and had made substantive contact with two others. A salesman at one dealership said, "We've never seen a Raptor," and that was the end of the conversation. Raptors didn't exist for those guys. At another dealership I was told that they'd never had a Raptor on the lot, and wouldn't I like to settle for a lesser truck? No exaggeration.

It's like finding a primary care doctor or a dentist - you have to hunt until you find one that resonates with you.

 

[RaptorGhost]

I got my 2001 SCAB by walking into the dealership, and I paid $41,000 plus tax. I don't think that there is a magic formula, I think that you simply need to be dealing with honest people.

Before I made my purchase I visited 5 Ford dealerships and had made substantive contact with two others. A salesman at one dealership said, "We've never seen a Raptor," and that was the end of the conversation. Raptors didn't exist for those guys. At another dealership I was told that they'd never had a Raptor on the lot, and wouldn't I like to settle for a lesser truck? No exaggeration.

It's like finding a primary care doctor or a dentist - you have to hunt until you find one that resonates with you.

Yeah I see that. Thanks.

My sales-lady told me "I've worked here for a year and I have yet to sell a Raptor." I should've walked away after that sentence.

But I'll keep on looking. I'm sure I'll find a good deal eventually

 

[Raptor Embroidery]

I got my 2001 SCAB by walking into the dealership, and I paid $41,000 plus tax. I don't think that there is a magic formula, I think that you simply need to be dealing with honest people.

Before I made my purchase I visited 5 Ford dealerships and had made substantive contact with two others. A salesman at one dealership said, "We've never seen a Raptor," and that was the end of the conversation. Raptors didn't exist for those guys. At another dealership I was told that they'd never had a Raptor on the lot, and wouldn't I like to settle for a lesser truck? No exaggeration.

It's like finding a primary care doctor or a dentist - you have to hunt until you find one that resonates with you.

Ive always liked those 2001 raptors

haha jk bud

 

[Ruger]

Ah. 2011.

"It's not the age, it's the mileage." - Indiana Jones

 

[trugrit]

I would suggest you contact Randy (look for the blue Randy link on the right). I ordered my Raptor from him in 2011, it was the easiest vehicle purchase I ever made. I never had to step foot into a dealership. At the time his cost was $3K under MSRP. While you may be able to shop around a find a little bit better deal (I didn't) you would be hard pressed to find a better guy to deal with.

 

[RaptorGhost]

I would suggest you contact Randy (look for the blue Randy link on the right). I ordered my Raptor from him in 2011, it was the easiest vehicle purchase I ever made. I never had to step foot into a dealership. At the time his cost was $3K under MSRP. While you may be able to shop around a find a little bit better deal (I didn't) you would be hard pressed to find a better guy to deal with.

Thanks, but I can't seem to find the link that you're talking about