sticker price

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With car prices soaring, one man deploys dealer speak to talk down the sticker price on behalf of buyers: “You’re hiring a middleman to deal with the middleman to make the middleman more efficient.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

There are also high borrowing costs, which he sometimes figures out for clients, too, after they have settled on the sticker price.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Because the costs of car insurance and maintenance have grown significantly, financial experts say it’s more important now to look beyond a vehicle’s sticker price and include those costs when budgeting for a car.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

Most people think affordability is the sum of the sticker price and mortgage rate.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Car salesmen even have a particular word to describe the customers who pay the sticker price.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell