Francesca Knowles wrote:
rockhillmanor wrote:
.....snip... All you have to do is ask to see the invoice of the vehicle you are looking to purchase. THAT is the price TO the dealer....snip...
O.P. is looking at a second hand unit. MSRP is irrelevant; cost-to-dealer of second hand rigs is never posted anywhere.
It most certainly is. How do you think a business is run?
The OP stated he was looking to find out the wholesale price. For new it's the invoice for used it is what the dealer bought it at. An invoice is generated from the auction house and it's recorded in the books when it is a trade in.
When it is a used vehicle the wholesale price is what the dealer bought it for. I.E. what they had to pay for it at auction or from a previous seller as a trade in. That is what they have INVESTED in the vehicle plus any repairs, detail, etc.
That is the wholesale price now for that unit. They then market it up to sell it. What it was worth when it was new has absolutely no barring on what it is worth now. It is worth what the dealer brought it in at.
By invoice when bought new from manuf, by what they paid for it an an auction or from trade in if used.
And to confuse you all more. When you trade in your vehicle? They are only paying you the 'wholesale' price. They TELL you a retail price. The difference between the two numbers is buried in the numbers of the deal. Sellers would faint and not trade in if they knew they were only getting wholesale for their vehicles.
Common sense will tell you they can not buy trade ins at retail. They have to mark them up to stay in business. If they ACTUALLY paid you retail they would then have to mark it up and all their used vehicles would be priced ABOVE retail.
Wholesale, retail. Goods come in at wholesale price and go out with a retail price.
That is how the whole world of business operates on. Why would anyone think the vehicle business would be any different? :W