They are all the same. Lower than whale-[bleep].
So now you just said my best friend/hunting pard and my son are lower than whale [bleep]..... You just don't have good dealerships apparently...broad paint brushes usually get you in trouble in tight spots
Will they sell the same vehicle to two different people for two different prices based on how much they think they can steal?
In a free market capitalistic system like we all clamor for, isn't any price between MSRP and dealer cost fair to try for? Some carbuyers are so foolish and incompetent as to go into a dealership and just plunk down MSRP. There's also the smart negotiator who does his research and gets a vehicle for the minimum the dealer will sell it for. The MSRP fool shouldn't get the same price as the researcher/negotiations-conscious customer, as he shouldn't be rewarded for being stupid and incompetent.
I think people who call all salesmen rats are just mad that the rats are smarter.
It just seems that way because the tactics car dealers use have become socially acceptable. Let's put it in a different context by comparing a car sale to a gun sale. Let's say I'm looking to buy a new rifle. One store has it for $1050 another has it for $999 and another for $1200. That's the way the free market works. Depending on supply or demand the $999 store might be sold out and if I don't want to wait or shop around I'll have to buy the higher priced one.
Now if a gun store operated like a used care dealership, they would not tell you the price until they evaluated you to see how much you would pay. They might charge one customer $1050 and the next gullible one $2000. Most people would call a business like that thieves and would refuse to buy from them.
