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#3847 of 20328 Best Deal near Easton area of PA and Phillipsburg, NJ? by blandfordm Apr 28, 2003 (9:54 am)
Okay, so ldxrunner says he lives near the border area Allentown,Bethlehem, Easton area of PA and Phillipsburg, NJ.   He says he wants a 2003 Ody EX with cloth fast.   Anyone know where he can get the best deal for this area? Such as if You're Living in Allentown? ...which if you are, you must really love the song from Billy Joel.
#3848 of 20328 Re: ldxrunner by harryfat Apr 28, 2003 (10:09 am)
Dude,   Don't be so grateful for my help until you see my consulting bill...   With all due respect to Edmunds and its TMV, I think it's not that useful in a fast moving price situation like the Odyssey pricing. I just typed in TMV for my zip code and it's still only showing $500 off MSRP for CA. I was getting more than that 1 month ago and prices have come down even more since than. Now were' looking at $2200 off. TMV is good for a more stable pricing cars, but it's a "lagging indicator" for the Ody pricing.   I thought I read some dude posting about 3 weeks about PA pricing. You may need to read 150 posts back into the archives to get that post.   You should contact as many dealerships as possible. What you hope to get is dealer number 2 will come in at lower price than $26,360 and then you go back to number 1 and say dealer number 2 is lower, can you beat that? Since you already have 1 firm quote, spend your time getting other quotes before going back to the original guy so that you're not wasting your time or the salesman's time if that quote isn't even within the 3 lowest quotes in your 100 mile plus radius.   Andrew can hook you up with a Honda parts on line store that sells you the Honda parts at a fraction of what the listed prices are on the Honda/dealerships. I believe the wheel locks costs like $20? Isn't floor mats standard on the EX? I know mine came as standard for the EX-L and nothing "free" came with my van.   I think the biggest issue is when you say you have no vehicle. So are you struggling to get around the area without a car or are you renting one? It's very easy for me to sit here in CA with my own van and say "Yeah, look for the lowest possible price", but if you and your family are unduly burden without ANY vehicle, then it seems to me you have to weight the usefulness of getting a vehicle now versus saving few hundred dollar in couple more months.   Just like buying computers, the price of vans will likely get cheaper with passage of time, but you can't just sit there forever waiting for that price drop if you don't have another viable alternative. People like momstruck can afford to wait as she has an existing lease that won't expire until months down the road. So weight your family's situation accordingly as we can't make that call for you.   Let me know if you need more follow up help.
#3849 of 20328 To Kpurohit who bought an Odyssey in Cleveland by duoduo Apr 28, 2003 (10:12 am)
Could you tell me the dealer’s name and where you got your Odyssey? I am interested in the same vehicle! Thanks. Qy2mhotmail.com
#3850 of 20328 info for harryfat by cathleenm Apr 28, 2003 (10:25 am)
i live in south florida. 6% sales tax. the msrp is 28,860it is the ex-l. so out the door 28,000. is that good?
#3851 of 20328 idxrunner by lapvn Apr 28, 2003 (10:26 am)
Sorry Edmunds, but yes this site does not nec. have the current best deal for the Ody or for any hot car for that matter.   idx, if you have no problem jumping onto 78 and head east you may contact me and I will at least give you all of my experiences with all the dealers as far South as Princeton, as far West as Stroudsburg and as far North as Middletown, and anything East of the Hudson.   The deals I received were a little bit more easy to compare since they did not include any aftermarket DEALER installed options. Made it easier to understand what I was getting and in comparing pricing. Once you start adding other items, makes the math a bit funny since pricing will be different.   Let me know if I can help.
#3852 of 20328 kgnw1 by garyw Apr 28, 2003 (10:27 am)
Thanx - I did blast quite a few (including Seattle) and they are holding to MSRP or $500 off. I will try the Yakima dealer. Thanks for the lead.
#3853 of 20328 idxrunner by by dyh555 Apr 28, 2003 (10:28 am)
try philadelphia honda... few months back they offered me $1000 off.. contact their internet dept......   turnerville honda NJ also was offering 1000 off msrp on their web site... check their web site or call their internet dept....
#3854 of 20328 cathleenm by lapvn Apr 28, 2003 (10:49 am)
The way I see your offer is this, Invoice is $26,011. You are roughly getting an offer of 1.5% over invoice, $26,402. Then add in your tax and we get $27,986.   BUT if your out the door price is $28,000, this means the dealer is getting less than 1.5% since my numbers above only account for pricing and tax. It did not include any Title and License. So if you were to look at your offer in a different way, it is $2458 below MSRP (before tax,title, license). I say you did pretty good.   The cassette player you can get for like $130 or so (self installed), so the offer of $28300 is in the ballpark with installation.   Hey if you can get them to lower it to $28,000 with the cassette then why not. Just curious, if you want a cassette, did you look into upgrading the vehicle to the RES trim? It also comes with the cassette and maybe for a bit higher price you get the DVD, just a thought.
#3855 of 20328 Re:garyw by harryfat Apr 28, 2003 (11:06 am)
Depends on how far you're willing to travel to get your vehicle, the SJ Bay Area are selling the Odys at decent discounts compared to what you're getting quotes for.   My wife's co worker just bought the EX-L Saturday for $26,688, which is $2172 off the MSRP of $28,860. This is the same area that wouldn't give me the time of day 4 months ago when I asked for $200 off.   Seeing Portland is just a cheap $59 Southwest flight down, maybe this can be your last option if you want to save some money and fly down on a early flight Saturday morning and have someone from the dealership pick you up at the airport and you'll be on your own back home on 101/5 by mid morning. Just a thought.
#3856 of 20328 TMV by steve_ HOST Apr 28, 2003 (11:08 am)
TMV reflects what people around the country are paying for a car in a certain area. It reflects the actual marketplace and is updated monthly. It doesn't mean that saavy shoppers (like everyone here) can't beat it with a little negotiating.   Steve, Host

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