Ziggy
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My family and I owned/operated dealerships for nearly 50 years.If you are price shopping all that matters is the OTD. Currently they are adding all types of bs fees on top of sales price. You can call one dealer and get a sales price 30k. Call another and 35k both can be same otd after the bs fees added by dealer at 30k. I can easily figure sales tax and license fees out of the otd price giving me the true sales price.
Tacoma I got for my Mom for Christmas was sales price $29K. OTD after there BS was over 40k. Making the sales price worthless to know.
Negotiating the sale price can only help you find the best otd, particularly if you are searching a very model & option specific vehicle.