Don't Buy a Car Until You Watch THIS Video | How to Negotiate in 2025

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssl8QQTFAg4

Resumo

TLDRThis video provides a detailed dialogue demonstrating effective negotiation strategies for purchasing a Ford F-150 XLT without stepping into a dealership. Ray Allan contacts Gotcha Ford and Simple Ford, seeking the best out-the-door price for the vehicle he's interested in. He emphasizes transparency throughout the negotiation, sharing that he is in contact with multiple dealerships and reiterates the need for a competitive quote. The various approaches taken by each dealership are revealed through their willingness to share pricing and incentives, displaying the importance of clear communication and detailed inquiries in car negotiations.

Conclusões

  • 💰 Always ask for the out-the-door price!
  • 📞 Be transparent about competing offers.
  • 🔍 Compare quotes from multiple dealerships.
  • 🤝 Effective communication is key in negotiations.
  • 🛠️ Know your budget before calling dealers.
  • 📅 Timing your purchase can lead to better deals.
  • 🚗 Test drives are important but can be scheduled later.
  • 📝 Keep detailed notes of each offer you receive.
  • 🕒 Aim to minimize time spent in the dealership.
  • 🔑 Understand financing options before making a decision.

Linha do tempo

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    The conversation involves Ray Allen seeking the best price for a Ford F-150 at Gotcha Ford. He wants clarity on the out-the-door price without visiting the dealership, emphasizing the importance of transparency. Ray is honest about shopping around, mentioning a competitor's similar offer. Zach Chefa from Gotcha Ford insists on getting Ray into the dealership for a test drive but is respectful of the customer's request for a firm price. Ray articulates his need for a bottom-line number to facilitate comparison with competitors, declining discussions of financing options and trade-ins.

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    Later, Ray contacts Simple Ford for another quote. Leonard explains their pricing structure and offers a lower out-the-door price than Gotcha Ford, making it clear that they are a one-price dealership. Ray appreciates Leonard's transparency and willingness to provide immediate pricing information. Leonard also notes the availability of financing incentives. Ultimately, Ray is impressed by Simple Ford's straightforward approach and considers moving forward with them, expressing a desire to minimize his time at the dealership.

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Vídeo de perguntas e respostas

  • How can I get the best price on a car without visiting a dealership?

    Call different dealerships and ask for their best out-the-door price, while being transparent about competing offers.

  • What is an out-the-door price?

    It is the total price you will pay for the vehicle, including the selling price, taxes, fees, and any other charges.

  • Why is it important to compare prices from different dealerships?

    Comparing prices allows buyers to ensure they are getting the best deal possible.

  • Should I provide my personal information over the phone to dealerships?

    Yes, especially your name and ZIP code, to receive accurate pricing and tax estimates.

  • What should I focus on during a car purchase negotiation?

    Focus on the out-the-door price, compare offers from different dealerships, and be clear about your budget.

  • Are payment options like financing beneficial when negotiating?

    It's worth considering financing options as they could provide better flexibility in the overall purchase.

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    my dad sold cars for 43 years we're
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    going to teach you the way to get the
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    best price without ever stepping foot in
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    a car dealership let's Jump Right
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    In hello Zach shfa here with gotcha Ford
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    how can I help you today hi uh I'm
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    calling about a particular Ford F150 XLT
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    four-wheel drive you have at the
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    dealership and I'd like to get the uh
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    the best price the best out Theo price
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    on that vehicle um so that you know
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    Perhaps Perhaps uh I could end up buying
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    that truck uh okay thank you sir
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    appreciate you calling in um if you
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    don't mind may I get your name really
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    quick yeah my my name's uh Ray Ray Allen
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    A l an is my last name all right Mr
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    Allan appreciate you calling in so you
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    mentioned you're interested in one of
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    our pickup trucks can you give me the I
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    don't know do you have a stock number do
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    you have a vehicle information again
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    that you could share with me I'll look
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    it up in our system I do the stock
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    number is 0 FD
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    5819 okay give me a second here let me
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    look it up I'm just going in our
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    computer system really quickly here he
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    said
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    0fd
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    58019 and and Mr Al if we happen to get
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    you know uh our connection Disconnected
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    by any chance would you be able to share
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    your contact information with me I just
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    want to input that in my system as well
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    oh absolutely I'll be more than happy to
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    give you my uh my cell phone number
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    which is uh
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    555
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    823
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    7489 don't ask me to repeat that cuz
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    I'll probably never remember it all
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    right Mr I've pulled up the vehicle
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    right here yes this is a beautiful brand
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    new 2024 Ford F-150 XLT 4wheel Drive uh
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    are you ready to come into the
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    dealership and take it for a test drive
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    and and uh you know take it home is is
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    that something you're looking to do well
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    here's the thing I am looking at this
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    pickup truck and uh well I hate to say
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    this but your competitor has an
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    identical truck I know it's not
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    identical identical but it's the same
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    MSRP I am I am anticip ating purchasing
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    this truck or a similar truck by the end
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    of the month so today's what the the
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    22nd
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    23rd if if you can get me a competitive
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    out the door number I very well could be
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    taking delivery of this truck within the
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    next few days well Mr Allen I appreciate
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    that so it sounds like you're talking to
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    another one of our dealer dealership
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    competitors that's a okay we totally
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    understand but if I could get you here
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    to the dealership to actually test drive
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    the vehicle I think that'd be really
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    important so that you can understand
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    kind of the feel of that wheel that'll
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    maybe help seal the deal I I would love
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    to get you down here and uh and get you
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    in the truck how's that sound when are
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    you available you know that that sounds
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    great except um I promised my wife we're
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    not going car shopping until we have
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    numbers at hand so I need to get your
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    best out the door number um and and
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    quite honestly I'll be uh as honest as I
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    can and transparent with you Zach I'm
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    going to share that number with your
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    competitor so please make sure it's a
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    competitive number number so that uh you
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    know if you have the best number that's
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    where I'm buying the truck now Mr alen
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    we know a lot of Shoppers are very price
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    sensitive they're really trying to make
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    a smart financial decision I will share
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    with you here we are a no BS transparent
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    dealership here at gcha Ford you don't
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    get the name gotcha without getting them
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    a great deal so Mr Allen would love to
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    help you out here just talk to me a
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    little bit about your monthly budget
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    like do you have an idea of what you
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    want to be spending per month on this
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    vehicle um actually monthly budget
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    doesn't matter the only thing I'm
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    interested so that I can compare apples
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    to apples is what the out the- door
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    price of the truck is going to be after
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    the after the deal or discount after any
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    Factory incentives um so that selling
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    price plus State fees and any dock fee
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    that you might have I need that bottom
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    line number because that's what I need
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    to compare with the other dealership so
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    can you help me with that I I hear you
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    loud and clear okay you've been very
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    very very communicative that you want
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    this out the door number the one thing
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    I'll need from you Mr Allen is your ZIP
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    code that way I can look up what the
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    estimated taxes will be if you were to
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    purchase this vehicle but before you
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    give me your ZIP code do you mind
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    sharing with me is this something you
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    plan to purchase with cash Finance would
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    you lease the truck how do you think
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    about that um well I I could do any of
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    those three um so it could just be a
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    straight up cash purchase um if it makes
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    sense for me to finance um and and
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    there's some good financing available I
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    might take advantage of that I'm
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    probably out on leasing but those items
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    are things that we can take care of once
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    we've established that out the door
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    price oh and by the way my ZIP code I
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    just live a few miles from your
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    dealership so it's your ZIP code okay
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    perfect Mr Allan I hear you all options
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    on the table probably not at least which
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    kind of makes sense that F150s don't
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    lease particularly well so that I got it
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    down pat before I get the out the door
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    number one thing that can influence an
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    out the door number is if you have a
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    trade in do you happen to have a vehicle
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    you'd be looking to sell Mr Allan um
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    don't worry about that I uh at this
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    point in time that's irrelevant what's
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    important I'll say it just one more time
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    for you what's important is I need to
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    get that bottom line out the door number
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    um so that when I call your competitor
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    down the street I can I can compare
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    apples to apples uh the only fair way to
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    do it is to compare apples to apples and
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    I know that's what you'd want me to do I
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    am a huge Apple fan uh I mean the fruit
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    and I would love to be able to help you
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    compare apples to apples and again I'll
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    just let you know at gotta Motors we
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    have the gotcha guarantee so I know our
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    competitors don't have that as well I'm
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    excited to share more with you on that
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    all right I'm not authorized to share
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    pricing over the phone Mr Allen that
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    being said let me go talk to my manager
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    Mr gotcha himself and I will give you a
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    call back at the number you gave me
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    earlier can I call you back back in
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    about 10 minutes five would be better
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    but sure within 10 minutes would be
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    [Music]
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    [Applause]
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    [Music]
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    great yeah hello hello hey uh Mr Allen
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    this is Zach chefa here from gotcha Ford
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    do you have a moment I do and thank you
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    for getting back to me as quickly as you
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    have yeah absolutely like I said about
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    10 minutes I tried to do it under that
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    as you requested I have that out the
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    door price from you and my manager said
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    this is as low as we can go he'd love to
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    get you in here at the dealership today
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    so you can put your hands on that car
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    and take it home you got a pencil and
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    paper I can read it out to you I do I do
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    what is that number all right so we've
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    got an out Theo price of $
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    62,3
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    71 now let me walk you through how we
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    got to that number we're giving you a
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    tremendous discount off of MSRP over
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    $5,000 off a selling price of $
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    56,3 153 now here at gotcha Ford we have
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    a
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    $799 documentation fee processing fee
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    every single customer is charged that
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    unfortunately we're not able to do
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    anything about that we've got an
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    estimated tax for you of about
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    $2,168 and then some government fees
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    that add up to about 60 bucks 50 bucks
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    excuse me now we also put on all of our
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    vehic Les a Ford protection plan this is
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    going to be about
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    $3,000 and that's how we end up at $
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    62,3
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    71 there you go Mr alen that's our best
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    lowest number like I said transparent up
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    front here at gotcha Ford we'd love to
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    get you in here today so you can take
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    this thing home uh what's what's the
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    what's the
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    $33,000 protection
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    gotcha sounds like you're getting me
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    that actually is the the uh the I I know
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    I said Ford protect it's the gotcha
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    protection plan uh we just put that on
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    all of our vehicles and make sure that
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    if you have any type of issues in the
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    next 5 years your truck is completely
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    taken care of at any gotcha Motors
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    dealership uh what if I don't want that
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    well you know that's a that's an option
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    but I I think that's something that we
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    would have to discuss when you come into
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    the dealership to make sure we could
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    accommodate um if you if if you'd like
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    me to come into the dealership that's
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    probably something we'd have to discuss
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    before I get there well I uh I I hear
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    you Mr Allen um I know you're shopping
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    us around as well and talking to other
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    dealerships like I said every vehicle
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    gets the gotcha protection plan so that
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    we can always get you back in here to
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    take care of that truck so we'd love to
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    make sure that that's on this vehicle
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    it's really for you not for us so you
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    know it's something that we can uh and
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    we can bundle it into the financing so I
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    know you are open to financing so you
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    don't even really have to think about it
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    it only comes out to about $20 a month
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    if in the financing as well so that's
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    something to to consider here certainly
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    something to consider and certainly
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    something I'll discuss with your
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    competitor when I give them a call um so
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    if it's okay with you Zach um I've got
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    your number at gotcha Ford and I'll get
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    back to you would that be all right
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    sounds great Mr Allan thanks so much for
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    your time thank
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    you hello uh Leonard here with simple
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    Ford how can I help you uh hi my name's
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    Ray Allen and I was calling about an a
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    uh a Ford 150 XLT for drive that you
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    have on the lot um and I'd like to be
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    able to get an out Theo price on that
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    vehicle yeah absolutely Mr Allen here at
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    simple Ford we share numbers over the
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    phone uh you know and one one pricing
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    all that fun stuff uh do you happen to
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    have a stock number for that vehicle
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    that I could reference uh I do the last
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    of the stock number is
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    d589 and and Leonard I do need to make
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    you aware of the fact that I've spoken
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    to your competitor at uh at gotcha for
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    and um well it it's going to come down
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    between who's got the best price or the
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    best reason to buy there totally
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    understand that uh a lot of folks end up
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    calling us here at simple Ford after
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    talking to our friends well I shouldn't
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    say friends our folks that we know over
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    at gotcha Ford okay so I've got that
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    2024 Ford F-150 XLT four-wheel drive
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    61595 MSRP on that vehicle now Ray you
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    know we are actually a one price
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    dealership okay so I'm I'm happy to
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    share our price with you I can give it
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    to you right now over the phone we've
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    got an over $5,000 dealer discount on
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    that vehicle at $563 53 dock fee every
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    single dealership here in the state of
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    Virginia charges a dock fee ours is
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    $799 taxes I need to know your ZIP code
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    to get your taxes can you give me a
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    sense of where you're located I can run
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    that real quick um I I only live uh 10
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    miles from your dealership so um should
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    be the same as at the dealership okay
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    give me one second here
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    all right so we've got you at about
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    $2,170 is in taxes we'll firm that up if
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    you want to move forward here $15 for a
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    title fee and $36 for a vehicle
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    registration fee so $51 in government
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    fees your bottom line out the door
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    number if you were to purchase here with
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    simple Ford it's $59,750
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    if you have a vehicle you're looking to
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    sell we can try and help you with that
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    too which could reduce your uh your
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    sales tax basis here in the state of
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    Virginia but your bottom line number
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    59371 did you already get a quote from
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    the folks over at gotcha where they I
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    did and and you're exactly $3,000 less
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    than them I do have a question I know
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    you have a a recent college graduate
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    discount do they have anything for an
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    old College Dropout discount I I can
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    check in our in our Vincent system is
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    what they call call it here at Ford I'll
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    double check in Vincent and see if uh
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    see if we've got that I don't think that
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    program is currently running but uh we
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    also have some finance incentives right
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    now so I don't know how you intend on
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    purchasing the vehicle but those are all
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    things we can figure out when you come
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    into the dealership or if you'd prefer
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    not to come in we can do everything via
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    e signature as well you just let me know
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    Mr Allen uh we're we're here to help you
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    here at simple Ford um and and you have
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    this truck in stock yeah it's sitting
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    here on the lot I can go touch the keys
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    and make sure it's still there but I see
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    we've actually had it for over 200 days
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    so I know my managers have priced this
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    aggressively they want to get it off the
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    lot um well I I must say and and and and
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    I don't necessarily want you to take
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    this as a compliment but you can take it
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    as a compliment simple Ford has made
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    this simple for me I I love the fact
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    that you were willing to just share the
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    information with me UPF front and and
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    you know I got to say because of that I
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    think I need to do business with you
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    folks hey well why don't you make your
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    way in or if you'd prefer I I can take
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    down your contact information here and
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    we could start everything online
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    beforehand just let me know Mr Allen
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    like I said thrilled to be able to help
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    you I really appreciate it I one last
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    question for you Zach uh assuming that
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    we do a lot of this uh uh via the
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    Internet how much time am I looking at
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    spending at the dealership once I get
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    there uh I would say in and out and
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    under an hour we've got a few things
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    that we'll want to show you with one of
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    our representatives to help make sure
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    that you understand everything in these
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    new F-150 there's a lot of F-150s excuse
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    me there's a lot of technology in them
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    so under an hour if you wanted to make
  • 00:13:25
    it even half an hour we could do that
  • 00:13:27
    but we'd want to spend some time with
  • 00:13:28
    you it's a big purchase and we want to
  • 00:13:29
    make sure you're comfortable with it I
  • 00:13:31
    look forward to uh to shaking your hand
  • 00:13:33
    personally Leonard thank you
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