Exactly. It's been awhile since I've bought cars, but I bought my last few cars through Carmax for this reason. The prices were not the lowest, but were reasonable. The process was about as simple as it could be though.

Contrast this with my first car buying experience where the 'finance guy' told me to 'get the fuck out of his office' when I explained him how he was manipulating the loan date payment, and price to charge me more. The deal still got done, but it was with the sales guy running between me and the finance guy basically relaying me saying no.