A lil Sticker shock

[JB @ C and L Machine]

I finally found some 03's diesels yesterday at my local dealer and fell over when I saw the price... They had 2 2500's 4x4 auto/leather @42,600... :--) :--) :--) :--) :--) :--) :--) :--) I better start panhandling

 

[krabman]

You should be able to talk him down to a mere 37k for one of those. Pluse you got that $1000 rebate now. What a bargain. All kidding aside I paid less for my first house AND my second house so pretty much tells you how I feel when I look at a sticker sheet anymore. Im still buying one though, cant take it with you...

 

[Fireman]

I have the doubious honor of buying the most expensive truck ever sold at Parkway Dodge. I'm sure that the record won't stand for long. BTW, krabman, my truck cost twice as much as my first house



Fireman

 

[amsoilman]

A $40,000 vehicle these days compared to my first house is FOUR TIMES MORE THAN MY FIRST HOUSE... ... ... ... ..... NEW! But... ... ..... I have ordered one that should be built either tomorrow or the next day! Can't hardly wait.



Wayne

amsoilman

 

[BRobertson]

My wife got in on the Group Purchase for the new 03 Cummins emblems.

It only cost her 40,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fireman]

Gee Wayne, Ididn't know you were THAT OLD !



Fireman

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Originally posted by fireman56

Gee Wayne, Ididn't know you were THAT OLD !



Fireman

Same thought here too, Wayne! What do you date back to, the Roosevelt administration? And I'm talking Teddy, not FDR! LMAO!



Vaughn

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

John Cohen, when I shop for trucks, I consider "MSRP" and "Market Adjustment" and "Processing Fees" and "Dealer Prep Fees" and "Administrative Fees" to all be a load of bunk.



I simply focus on the Invoice price, and go from there. Whoever can quote me the closest price to that, or better yet BELOW invoice, gets my business. A few have posted they've gotten invoice price, quite a few up to $1000 over. The best I've found locally is $149 over, with NO processing or other miscellaneous fees. The truck I'm driving now was $0 over invoice, I emailed the dealer and flat out told him if he wants to sell me the truck, I'll only pay invoice and NOT a penny more. He agreed, the deal was done. He whined about it, but that was that.



Great service and local convenience is worth a couple hundred dollars higher than going elsewhere to get the best deal though. But it pays to shop around and check sales tax, I found if I drive 50 miles up the road I save $220 in taxes.



Vaughn

 

[krabman]

Anyone know who has the dubious distinction of being the elder TDR member? Or would that be eldest member?

 

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

I paid $33,492 for the new truck. I just kept haggle festing them. I made them supply me with the shipping invoice, and it has the purchase price from DC. I got mine for 56 dollars over invoice.

 

[Fireman]

I have a standing deal with a salesman locally $200 over invoice, no haggling, yelling, stomping or any of that stuff. In return I've sent him alot of customers that buy cars. It's a pretty sweet deal.



Fireman

 

[amsoilman]

Fireman & Vaughn,



No, I'm really not from the Roosevelt era, but rather the Truman era. I bought my first home in 1956, just after returning from the army.







Wayne

amsoilman

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Wow, I never would have guessed you are that vintage Wayne

It is interesting how when you become familiar with members on the board you conjur up images of what you think this person is like, how old they are, etc. If someone asked me to guess your age I would have put you in the 30s



Vaughn

 

[amsoilman]

Well Vaughn, that was a very nice compliment!! Thanks!









Wayne

amsoilman

 

[Fireman Dave]

Originally posted by Vaughn MacKenzie

If someone asked me to guess your age I would have put you in the 30s



Vaughn

Well, you were right, Vaughn - it just turns out that's when he was BORN.



Yeah, they aren't giving those things away, are they? I saw a Hemi Ram on the lot for a mere $32K.

 

[Parshal]

Originally posted by krabman

Pluse you got that $1000 rebate now. What a bargain.

I knew I should have waited! There was no cash back when I bought mine. And, of course, the salesman were saying that probably wouldn't happen soon since they couldn't keep them on the lot. Those rat bas*#)$#'s!

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Salesman at FIRST dealership I went to a couple weeks ago says "Chrysler told us they are NOT offering ANY incentives on the new HD Rams this year. " And then they went on to encourage me to order right away



Vaughn



ps LOL FireMan Dave, that's what I meant, amsoilman was born in the '30s!! (just kidding Wayne )

 

[Mike Ellis]

I thought the dealer invoice was a more-or-less fictional number. It was my understanding that the dealers have a set "hold-back" which is around 3% or so, and that the invoice doesn't include the "hold-back" or any other special back-door deals the dealer and DC have. At least that's the way Remar Sutton describes it in his book "Don't Get Taken Every Time".



Anybody ever work at a new car dealership, and know what the dealer actually pays for a vehicle?

 

[krabman]

If you get a hold of the actual invoice you will see the holdback on it listing the exact amout just as if it were an option. There are some incentives that are unpublished direct to the dealer that folks like us will never know about. Others are published and you can try for a better deal if you bring it up during the buying process. The sales manager at the local ford dealer is a friend and he claims that even he doesnt know exactly how much the owner is making on each car.

 

[mgoncalves]

"actual dealer cost"

I remember about ten years ago my dad had a deal with the owner of a chevy dealer that we shared some range land with. He would order him a truck for his actual no B. S. cost just to get a rancher to drive a chevy. I was there when he told him the price would be about 60% of sticker, that's almost a 100% markup. Long story short dad wanted a diesel and bought a 93 dodge used a couple years later. Now I am not saying that is what every dealer pays, just the deal this guy was going to give my dad. Those figures sound much more in tune to what any company would have to go by in order to make any money.