Originally Posted by dodgerules86
Actually, the capitalist way is to set a price and... stick with it! If the auto makers really have to take a loss to sell vehicles, THAT is not the capitalist way, their sole reason to be in business is to make a profit.
You don't see people walking into Best Buy, Walmart, or Sears and talking down the prices of their next TV, box of Cheerios, or tool set. It's really not that fair of a comparison at all, I know, because a vehicle purchase is a lot bigger.
But it's pretty retarded that car dealers and manufacturers have conditioned us to be used to seeing massive discounts on new vehicles, to the tune sometimes of 20-30% off MSRP. And, the view is ALWAYS to NEVER pay sticker. EVER.
A house is a much bigger purchase, and even there you don't see the big cuts you see in the auto world.
And, as far as discounts, you really only see it in the Big 3. When I bought my Toyota, it was a choice between 0% financing or $2,500 off. From what I've picked up on from reading around, Honda and Toyota don't really offer anything more than that.
Their business practices are crappy, IMO. How about they lower the MSRP to be in line with what consumers would actually pay, and get rid of the gimmicky "talk downs." I had a bigger headache throwing around the POSSIBILITY of trading in my '09 Corolla for an '08 Caliber SRT-4 because, quite frankly, the Dodge dealer was being a major douche acting like they were doing me a huge favor selling me an older vehicle. (Granted, it was a new, not used, '08). Instead of treating me with respect and quite possibly earning a sale, they didn't.
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