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Just bought a new crosstrek from Cochran. No haggling because there were no cars on the lot. Everything was custom ordered and we waited 3 months for ours. Purchased at MSRP

Yes there are still stickers..I actually have them in my classroom

Becky Thurner does corporate head shots as well as headshots for models and actors.

+100000000 for Tom Friday's

Just bought a new car. No haggling. There were basically no new cars on the lot. You had to go in and reserve a spot. luckily they didn't need me to put down a deposit. Once the car came in we went out and test drove it and just bought it at MSRP. This was a Toyota dealer and this seemed to be what everybody was doing. We looked at other dealerships and nothing was any better. We wanted a specific Toyota.

In terms of used cars, there was really nothing on the lot either...

Giant Eagle is trash now. I get groceries at Trader Joe's for the same price and at far better quality

Ask for a quote with the highest interest rate, since it can only go lower. Take the longest pay period and make extra payments when possible. Dont get little things that cost extra, amazon has the same thing but cheaper

Fax? What decade are you in?

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Don’t go into the dealer. Send them each an email or fax telling them exactly what you’re looking for, including what you need vs what you just want. Let them respond to you and then play them off of each other. Make one of them win your business. You have no idea what dealer incentives are at play with each dealer, especially as it’s near the end of the month. They may all be close to one another in price, or they may not. If they all have what you need on their lot you could end up the winner.

I was looking recently. Bowser was offering $2000 off sticker on an Outback.

If you want alcohol, your best bet is probably Doridos

I have leased several Subarus from Moon, used their service center, and have always had good experiences there.

This is very true....land price is key. Their smallest stores are the size of the Wexford Market District. Their AVERAGE store size is a little bigger than the Settler's Ridge Market District. Their biggest stores are 30% bigger than that. The cost per square foot between suburbs and city, not to mention parking and traffic flow, is very prohibitive.

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Clubs used to hand these out when they knew Roethlisberger was coming

Based on a friend's experience with finally getting the truck he's been trying to buy for 2 years, it's not pretty. I wouldn't go in assuming there's any room for haggling, especially if the dealership has no stock.

Also, I wouldn't even bother driving around unless you've already called someone to set up an appointment to see an actual vehicle. My friend's dealership called him and said "a truck came in, we're calling you and one other person, first one here gets it."

Swissvale FD

I'm in Rochester now and you're going to have to explain what you mean by "thriving corner stores". I know of maybe one or two in the city, but Pittsburgh has those as well. Especially if the dividing line between "bodega" and corner store/gas station is the produce. You can get eggs and milk just about anywhere in either city.

Also it’s worth noting where Wegman’s builds. Even in their home town I think only 1 store is actually inside Rochester city limits with a couple just outside near the border.

In Buffalo they have 1 store in the city and it’s in the fancy part of town.

Wegman’s is a suburban store- not urban.

Now look at the handful of GE’s you can find in neighborhoods throughout Pittsburgh. In the city itself. They are different creatures.

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Basing the whole point on a rumor that has never been verified by anyone, even as Wegmans expands into places like NYC and NJ that are even more territorial and corrupt with zoning and permits.

They're in like 9 states now. They've taken hold in territory all across the country that used to belong to even bigger chains than Giant Eagle. Sometimes it's not a conspiracy.

Alcohol is going to wipe churches off that map. There used to be a bar at the McKees Rocks side of the Fleming Park bridge that had pretty good fish, but I haven’t been over that way in years.