Personal Car Shoppers Can Save Buyers Thousands

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Personal Car Shoppers Can Save Buyers Thousands
By Liz Opsitnik
Wednesday, 04 February 2009 08:54

You've probably heard of celebrities who hire personal shoppers who can go and buy anything their clients want. Usually, celebrity personal shoppers will buy clothes, furniture or even groceries.
In the auto industry, although not heard about very often, car personal shoppers find their clients the exact car they want and do all the hard work that comes with car shopping for them. The best part is, you don't have to have the budget of a celebrity to hire one.
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Not everyone is comfortable going to a dealer and negotiating the price on a car.
If you're a first-time car buyer, terrible at negotiating, get anxiety about the whole process, or just super busy, hiring a personal car shopper may be a great idea for you, and in the end, it can save you anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars on your next car purchase.
There are two main ways that personal car shopping services operate. They either charge you to find the car, or they charge the seller to find the buyer. Either service finds you the car you want and can save you money.
Car Shopping Service "A": You Pay the Fee
Charlie Giacobbe, owner of Sales Logistics DBA, started a personal car shopping service in August, 2008 after working in the auto industry for more than 30 years. As a previous car salesman and sales manager, Charlie knows exactly how to negotiate a sale on a car.
Giacobbe's service helps car buyers through the shopping process in many different ways, from advice to doing almost the entire deal for them.
"It depends on what the shopper wants," Giacobbe says. "I had clients who were two young guys out of college who needed help negotiating the sale. I coached them through the process. I told them 'say this, don't say this, the salesman will say this'. I can guess what the salesperson will come back with from the sales manager while negotiating the price."
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I really wish I had called this guy when I was buying my cars, for $250 he probably could have saved me $3k.