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Matt, from what I've learned thus far, there really isn't a lot of wiggle room right now.
Consider the general economy. Yes, there are more people out of work now than, say, during the go-go '90's before the dot-com bust. But overall our economy is holding up quite well, mostly in part to the low interest rate environment. I visited my local SPF dealer and he appeared to be in no short supply of work...lots of cars being completed or worked on. Consider that companies like BackDraft and other TKM dealers are selling their wares ("competition") and that tells me that there is much demand to meet the supply. Also consider that many are willing to wait 12-18 months for an ERA or Shelby CSX4000 and that tells me that demand is still strong.
I think in a softer economy one could work a deal. But my impressions are that we live in "Saturn dealer" days....the sticker is the price, i.e. no haggling.
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