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I called 15 dealerships asking about their best price out the door "RIGHT NOW" for specific VIN numbers they had on the lot and only had to yell at one salesperson. Once I got dollar figures, at each generation of the binary search I would call and ask if they could beat the lowest price of the prior generation. In the end I paid well under MSRP for that particular trim level and model.

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I wish I had your patience, but I just don't. I find the entire process so insulting to my time and intelligence that I refuse to participate, especially after spending 6 hours -- 6! -- buying a specific EV in the Bay Area.

I also find the personalities of used car salesmen to be so grating that I'd rather do it all over email.

I did everything over the phone and REFUSED to come in until we had a firm price negotiated

Like the other poster said you can deal completely online/over the phone with the dealers internet sales team. I called around for my wife’s car but they would only come down $500 so we went with the original dealer to avoid wasting time.

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