Dealer Price "Wiggle" Room


What is the convention, if any, with respect to bargaining with a dealer when purchasing new equipment? Is there a rule of thumb on mark up? Does one automatically look for a 5% or 7% or 10% (or more or less) reduction on the price?
jenniethecat

Showing 1 response by paulwp

Nobody's asked what the dealer did for you. If low price stuff and the dealer spent a lot of time with you in his store, pay list or maybe 5 to 10% off. If high priced they should have room to discount some more, but will generally be reluctant to do so. If mail order and the item is hard to come by you can still get 10%, if widely available 20%. In the US. In the UK, dealers dont like to discount but they will cover the shipping maybe.

Will the dealer take the item back and not charge a "restocking fee" if you dont like it? Less of a discount should be expected.

Now, there are lots of sales on the internet of equipment that has been discontinued by the manufacturer or current stuff that the dealer is just closing out. Shop around if you havent taken up your local dealer's time.