"Truecar" Pricing Rant
Maybe I'm just skeptical but I think this whole thing is a scam and probably run by a dealer's association or something. Something that caught my ear on a recent radio ad is they are bragging about...
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Someone already mentioned fightingchance.com Here is a direct link to their Testimonials Page Read it and weep.
Info from them:
TrueCar.com considers itself a buying site, not a shopping site. It costs nothing to use. But once a user prices a vehicle on the site, he or she is encouraged to submit information to the local dealer listed at the end of the pricing exercise for follow-up sales calls.
The site provides a price curve of prices being paid for a specific vehicle, showing the midpoint price, and stretching out to show the best and worst prices.
The site makes money from car ads, and auto dealers pay TrueCar.com $299 for every referral that leads to a sale.
Consumer Reports charges $14 for a pricing report on one vehicle, $12 for each additional report ordered at the same time.
CR provides what it calls a "bottom line price" from which to start negotiating. No advertising is involved, but pricing information is provided by TrueCar.com.
This site give you information on how to get bids from multiple dealerships and teaches you how to pit one against the other. You never have to step foot inside a dealership or talk to a pushy salesman.
I have no affiliation with them - thought I'd mention that.
Info from them:
TrueCar.com considers itself a buying site, not a shopping site. It costs nothing to use. But once a user prices a vehicle on the site, he or she is encouraged to submit information to the local dealer listed at the end of the pricing exercise for follow-up sales calls.
The site provides a price curve of prices being paid for a specific vehicle, showing the midpoint price, and stretching out to show the best and worst prices.
The site makes money from car ads, and auto dealers pay TrueCar.com $299 for every referral that leads to a sale.
Consumer Reports charges $14 for a pricing report on one vehicle, $12 for each additional report ordered at the same time.
CR provides what it calls a "bottom line price" from which to start negotiating. No advertising is involved, but pricing information is provided by TrueCar.com.
This site give you information on how to get bids from multiple dealerships and teaches you how to pit one against the other. You never have to step foot inside a dealership or talk to a pushy salesman.
I have no affiliation with them - thought I'd mention that.
