I thought there was an implied leverage if you buy cash? No?
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Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2012 11:25:04 am PST #18973 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Strix - Jan 29, 2012 11:27:44 am PST #18974 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think yes, ita !. However, if you get financing through the dealership, it can make them a bit disgruntled, because -- no interest.
But salespeople have a damn hard time taking their eyes off ready cash and an instasale (and instacommission.) So...
le nubian - Jan 29, 2012 11:32:39 am PST #18975 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
dealerships get commissions for customers for whom they acquire loans. My honda dealership loved me for taking out a loan with them years ago.
cash they like, but I think they liked that commission on financing more.
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2012 11:50:26 am PST #18976 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wish I could just put the car on my credit card. That would be simplest, plus beaucoup points.
flea - Jan 29, 2012 11:52:08 am PST #18977 of 30001
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Huh. I have a ridiculous credit limit on my VISA - like, $16,000, I never use it but feel gratified that if I ever need to do a bunk to Brazil or someplace I'll have some leeway - I wonder if a car dealer would take it for a car?
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2012 11:54:02 am PST #18978 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first dealership I checked with said no, so I pretty much assumed the others wouldn't. I do not know that explicitly for this one, though. It just didn't seem to be in their interest. So to speak.
Stephanie - Jan 29, 2012 11:55:54 am PST #18979 of 30001
Trust my rage
For my business, I lose .035% on every credit card charge. That's a lot of money on $16,000.
Strix - Jan 29, 2012 11:56:27 am PST #18980 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Can you -- and by "you" I mean people in general -- not? Do you have to finance? (I've never had a credit card with more than a $1000 limit.)
I've always paid cash for cars, or my folks financed it, because my credit is shite (THANKS, college "sign-up-dumb-young-moron-and-we'll-give-you-a-candy-bar-and-a-credit-card") and I paid my parents each month, and I've never paid more than $2500 for a car.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 29, 2012 11:57:42 am PST #18981 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Would you then get a loan to pay off the credit card immediately? My first reaction was gasping at the thought of a 13.9% car loan (something my best friend proposed doing back in college when cc rates were more like 19%).
brenda m - Jan 29, 2012 12:00:57 pm PST #18982 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Huh. I have a ridiculous credit limit on my VISA - like, $16,000, I never use it but feel gratified that if I ever need to do a bunk to Brazil or someplace I'll have some leeway - I wonder if a car dealer would take it for a car?
My dealership let me put like $5 grand of downpayment on my Amex, which I then just paid off. The rest I made up with a check.