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8570 messages, Last post on Sep 05, 2008 at 4:57 PM
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Today, I bought an LE with the pkg #1 at $24091.55. The OTD was around $25311. I thought the price was close to the invoice (including the problematic TDA). Actually, the sales person told me that the real invoice is about $24006. But the doc fee. was $399. Fortunately, NC is taxing just 3%. Though he admitted that TDA sounds weird to him too, he informed me that the southeastern distributor just charges it. I heard even service items like wax and sponge are charged. If you live near triangle area, stay far away from Cox Toyota at Burlington. I suspect that they played a trick on me, bait and switch!, though they denied. They have the most primitive internet sales part that I've ever seen. I had an impression that it exists only to attract people to dealership. They emailed me that they can match the price, around the invoice, that I got from other dealers and also that they have the van I need, an LE with the pkg #4. But when I arrived there at 5:30 PM, they said they sold it at 3:00. Who's gonna believe this? What made me more frustrated was that they instead presented 14 hundreds above the invoice for an alternative option pkg. I really hate those old sly sales people there. Fortunately, the buying experience with the internet sales manager at Fred Anderson of Raleigh, who is reliable, responsive, and straighfoward, was very pleasant. If you contact him, you'll get a suprisingly low quote for the first one. But he never goes down from it. Overall, I recommend him. |
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Bait and switch is illegal in most places in the States. You probably have a Consumer Affairs office in your state, and they would act on complaints like this. So maybe you should call them  And congrats on the new Sienna! Steve, Host |
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| I orderd my Sienna from dealer allocation. Build date of July 8th. I called on July 16th and spoke to someone who was not my sales person. He looked it up and gave me a delivery date of July 17-20 but they were running behind due to the holiday. He said it had a VIN. I did not get the number. I called and spoke to my salesman on July 20th and he said it should be here before the end of the month and had no vin? Should I be worried? How long does it take to get a car once you have a build date? | |
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Replying to: inky4 (Jul 19, 2004 5:03 am) |
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| I talked with a dealer yesterday on a 2004 Sienna XLE with package 12 and added DVD system for OTD price of $36663. Seems to pricey but wanted see what you thought. | |
In the St.Louis, MO region and really wanted XLE package. Inventory is tight and dealers were not willing to budge, especially for cars still to be delivered. Would only come down $1k from MSRP and only if in stock. I went out of town to Bloomington , IL and got an XLE package 16 for 33524, about 2200 discount and a few hundred less than edmunds TMV. Local dealers would not budge even after I had the quotes from out of town. Recommend shopping at dealer in Washington MO (Straatman Toyota), a short drive West of town if looking for a Sienna in the St.Louis area. They were very flexible and were willing to match the discount. However, they didn't have the color we wanted.
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We are in the market for a van. We are looking at the Quest and Sienna. The Sienna seems more luxurious, but, we can't even find one to drive. I'm in western VA and the dealers sell them within hours of their arrival. One dealer got in three, called me that morning, and by the time I got there at 4pm, they had 'sold' hang tags in them. I have questioned them as to 'why' they can't get enough to stock and I get a puzzled look from them. All three of the dealers want us to buy sight unseen/driven, etc. That is just too weird. Any other areas have this problem, or, confined to the western VA dealers? If we can't find/see one, guess Nissan will get our business. Ideas?
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Did you ever consider renting one in your area? http://www.toyota.com/html/shop/trac/ Another option, with high demand Vans, some local dealers here buy one to use as a service shuttle during business hours, then use it as a demo vehicle after hours. |
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Replying to: ross1 (Jul 21, 2004 9:14 pm) I'm also in the STL area and found the dealers there next to impossible.
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