Wednesday, January 30, 2008

How To Negotiate A Car Lease

All car leasing advice entries, posted or printed, will tell you that you can get good car lease deals if you know how to negotiate them. But the question is, how do you negotiate a car lease deal in the first place?

When it comes to car leasing, a negotiation is very straight forward. You can walk into a store, ask about a product, and negotiate right away. Of course, this will take a lot of guts but you may be surprised that dealers can be very open. And this is where you can start your negotiation skills.

Now, negotiation is quite tricky and if a dealer seems too friendly, you will want to look past that because he or she might be trying to trick you into paying higher fees. So what you need to do is to take down notes while you talk to the dealer. After all, when its written down as you talk, a dealer can not try and trick you by blurting out other rates and figures because you have note on them as you go along.

Next, remember that you are the boss and it is up to you to accept a deal or not. You have the power to say no and if things don’t go your way, never give into the dealer’s offers. It is important to know when to walk away. This in effect will result in the dealer losing a sale and he or she therefore earns no money. This is also one strategy that will help the dealer lower costs.

Lastly, do not mention any intentions of leasing or buying a car. First negotiate a fair price, one that you can work with. This is important because if a dealer knows that you are leasing or buying, then he or she can also prepare strategies on getting you to pay more.

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