For anyone who can use the internet or with an IQ over 65, having to buy new vehicles thru dealers is just plain stupid - it costs consumers huge dealer markup fees ($40K s/b $25k) , wastes customer time to drive around and visit dealers, you're pressured to buy what's on the lot rather than what you want, it wastes time at dealers with "haggling" with "slick" sales techniques, and in short, gives the customer no real value added. So the MB guy gives me a brochure - like I didn't already knew all the specs from looking on-line - fact is, what can he tell me that isn't on-line (and frankly there's a lot more on this forum than most of them know) And test-drive ? Better to do that with someone you know that has one - or do that on an on-line driving simulator. And financing? Again better done thru banks or on-line. Now I'm sure dealers will be quick to respond about "the new way of selling ....yada,yada". Big deal, MB guys wear ties. But that is all BS - there is just no value added by dealers and a lot of negative value by forcing us to buy thru an unneeded middleman.
Compare this to buying a computer - we either order from Dell, where we get low prices, get exactly what we want get it within a couple of weeks, and delivered to our office. Or we buy from Apple - they have just a few models with all the great features we want included into set prices whether you choose to order direct or pick it up at the company store - no haggling, no games,no add-on bundled packages, no commission salespeople - just straight pricing for a great designed product. And when they discount old models, everyone sees the discounts (no secret holdbacks, incentives, ....) Hey, And No Bailouts Needed!
No one I know likes buying a vehicle thru a dealer, especially women because they know they get played as suckers. The last time I went car shopping a guy in a Larry Miller dealership ran over and gave me a snow shovel - if that's what I wanted I would have gone to Lowes Geez. I'd much rather buy a car on-line from Ebay Motors than deal with that level of stupidity. Okay, MB offers you bottled water or coffee but it's still the same stupid game of overpriced overhead and structure.
I hope IVECO or TATA or someone else is reading this and offers us buy direct on-line, lower priced, no haggle, built to order, simple but high quality hi-roof diesel vans - it's high time for a little disruption in the vehicle market.
Compare this to buying a computer - we either order from Dell, where we get low prices, get exactly what we want get it within a couple of weeks, and delivered to our office. Or we buy from Apple - they have just a few models with all the great features we want included into set prices whether you choose to order direct or pick it up at the company store - no haggling, no games,no add-on bundled packages, no commission salespeople - just straight pricing for a great designed product. And when they discount old models, everyone sees the discounts (no secret holdbacks, incentives, ....) Hey, And No Bailouts Needed!
No one I know likes buying a vehicle thru a dealer, especially women because they know they get played as suckers. The last time I went car shopping a guy in a Larry Miller dealership ran over and gave me a snow shovel - if that's what I wanted I would have gone to Lowes Geez. I'd much rather buy a car on-line from Ebay Motors than deal with that level of stupidity. Okay, MB offers you bottled water or coffee but it's still the same stupid game of overpriced overhead and structure.
I hope IVECO or TATA or someone else is reading this and offers us buy direct on-line, lower priced, no haggle, built to order, simple but high quality hi-roof diesel vans - it's high time for a little disruption in the vehicle market.