Chapter 65: BMW Z4 (2/2)
”8,000 dollars! I’ll pay 8,000 dollars!” so the price—it was absurd!
Hans and Li Du’s participation added sparks to the auction’s already heated ate’s value Many of treasure hunters seemed quite mad
All they did was place a bid at 5,000 dollars The treasure hunters rushed to place their bids, quickly bringing the price up to 10,000 dollars
At this, Li Du shook his head Picking up Ah Meow, he said, ”Let’s go It’s lared at the two provokingly ”Hey, king of the treasure hunters of Flagstaff, coe unit will definitely be yours!”
”The storage unit is the Cerci Faantly ”Don’t even think about taking it for 20,000 dollars!”
Li Du flipped the er at the to on these worthless storage units”
They pushed their way around everyone The price of the storage unit was still cli By the time they made their way out of the crowd, the price had reached 14,000 dollars
The treasure hunters seemed convinced that there was antique porcelain ware in the storage unit, but they would definitely regret buying it at that price It was true that the storage unit contained porcelain, and a lot of it, but not a single piece of it was an antique
Li Du had wanted to buy it for the quantity Perhaps each piece could sell for a few dozen dollars, and a few hundred pieces of the in more than 10,000 dollars
At a price over 10,000 dollars, they would be buying the storage unit at a loss
Leaving the storage co”
Li Du shrugged ”Who says? Let’s go to a BMW dealershi+p”
Hans was confused ”A BMW dealershi+p? What for?”
”To buy a car, obviously,” said Li Du ”I knohat I’ for Let’s call a cab”
”Shouldn’t we be buying a new pickup?” asked Hans
”Yes, yes, we need a pickup, but now, I need a BMW,” said Li Du ”TrustFox I need to buy a BMW”
”Even so, we can’t go to a BMW store—do you want to get ripped off?” asked Hans ”Let’s go and look for a regular car dealershi+p”
Buying cars at 4S stores was the norm in China, but not so in America Ashi+p stores—these sold one specific brand of cars Naturally, they followed all 4S standards
The people in Ashi+p stores to buy cars Their products were expensive, their policies rigid and inflexible, and only one brand could be found in each store, leaving one with few choices It ay ular car dealershi+p instead
Hans had hung around Phoenix for a long ti sure Li Du was interested in buying a BMW, Hans brought hiht to a store in the suburbs
The car dealer’s shop was very big It had been converted into an exhibition hall frorand, so it didn’t look bad at all
A large sign hung above the entrance, and on it were the words ”Car Dealer” Siht to the point
When they walked in, a young lasses, a tux and leather shoes approached them He was very polite ”Good day, sir May I knohat car you’re interested in?”
”A BMW Z4,” said Li Du ”I want the latest model in red”
”Over here, sir Please follow me My name is Carlson, you can call me Carl How should I address you?”
”I’m Li This is my friend, Hans How ine and pre man smiled ”The IP is 48,000 dollars The OTD will be about 56,000 dollars”
IP meant ”invoice price” while OTD was short for ”out-the-door price,” which was the actual aave both prices because, although the out-the-door price didn’t vary much between stores, the IP price did
The manufacturer sold the same car model to the dealers at different prices In this case, the accessories were usually different The higher the IP price, the more reliable the production and the better the accessories