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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Honda Odyssey Prices Paid and Buying Experience
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Was able to negotiate, fairly painlessly, for an Ody EX-L (Ocean Mist) at $28,600 + TTL (yes, this also includes destination). The dealer is McDavid Honda of Houston. I'm sure it's not the cheapest I COULD have gotten it, but I felt I was treated fairly and they had what I wanted in stock. The strategy I used was locating, via Honda's website, all the Honda dealers in my area (centered around Austin) and then visiting EACH dealer's website to examine their inventory. Many dealer's didn't list colors; they didn't get my business as I was able to locate several dealer's who did have what I was seeking (either Ocean Mist or Midnight Blue) in stock. I then e-mailed each dealer who had the van in stock with my offer. I based my offer on dealer's ACTUAL cost for the van (which I calculated as invoice - 3% holdback on the manufacturer's MSRP) and then offered a 'fair' profit over that figure. Obviously, what is 'fair' is going to vary widely from buyer to buyer and dealer to dealer. But, if you include all calculations in your e-mail, so the dealers internet rep understands how the offer number was arrived at, you should have much better luck with responses. I hope this was helpful. |
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Replying to: stanesq (Jan 07, 2005 8:32 pm) |
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Replying to: lzk4 (Jan 04, 2005 9:22 am) Please advice/help Thanks
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Replying to: honda_odd (Jan 12, 2005 11:54 am) |
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Replying to: kmd99 (Jan 12, 2005 12:05 pm) At least in my neck of the woods, these are always pre-sold well before they hit the lot. Wish we had 100 of these! |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Jan 12, 2005 12:24 pm) BTW, between all the Ody trims which one is selling the best so far? Are the EXL NAV's outselling the Touring NAV's?
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Replying to: kmd99 (Jan 12, 2005 1:12 pm) Non Navi Tourings aren't setting the world on fire. For whatever reason, the Touring EXL's are red hot and in VERY slim supply. Very frustrating. |
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Replying to: ashkash (Jan 10, 2005 9:56 am) Anyhow with regards to the survey, after our purchase there was some confusion over a $120 difference in the cost of something we had worked out upon with the salesrep. The salesrep agreed to give us 6 free oil changes to compensate us and said he'd be sending the agreement out in the mail. Well that night we got the Honda Survey phone call and gave the Finance manager in particular a poor rating. After seeing no sign of our oil change agreement, we found out that since the Finance manager's signature was required and he was refusing to honor the agreement due to our survey result. We went ballistic and finally managed to get the agreement but the fact that these survey's are so completely non-confidential is a bit surprising to me. If the dealership screws up the consumer should not be held liable. The funny thing is too that my salesrep and I agreed that ALL of the problems we had wouldn't have occurred had the dealership not been trying to close the deal that night (I had made it clear that I was going to finish the transaction on the next day). The salesrep admitted that they pushed our purchase through that night, against my wishes, because they had not sold any vehicles that day and wanted 1 on the books.
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Replying to: isellhondas (Jan 12, 2005 12:24 pm) Though you feel the need to keep reminding folks with the things-are-different-here story (I mean really, how many different ways/times are you gonna keep saying it?), fact is that in most of the country substantial discounts have become available on the Odyssey (some models more than others)-- and within just a few months of its introduction. |
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