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Replying to: jaber (Dec 06, 2007 12:10 pm) A Salesman at Naperville Toyota, Naperville, IL |
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Replying to: mwest75 (Dec 10, 2007 2:15 pm) the set admin fee (southeast toyota) cannot be waived. it is charged only to the dealer invoice, so its takes 750 away from the dealer, but doesn't add to the sticker. from the sounds of things, you can't get these at invoice anyway so you shouldn't worry too much about it. |
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Replying to: martinsm (Dec 01, 2007 10:35 am) the market place is what determines price, and right now HH are selling at sticker or above cause of the demand. if you don't want to pay that price, the guy behind you will, so there is no reason for the dealers to come of list price (msrp). right now a reasonable price is stickers, and if the dealer wants more than that, then they are just being greedy. just find one who wont charge over sticker and get your car. |
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Replying to: itzchow (Dec 02, 2007 11:09 pm) EDIT: I've been reading alot tonight about "dealer holdback". If they get the money back from the manufactured AND is STILL charging us, wouldn't they make double? IE Dealer holdback on my invoice was $575. So they would be making $1150 on that alone? " first of all, profit is not a dirty 4 letter word. anyone selling something is entitled to try to make profit. holdback comes from the manufacturer to the dealer for selling cars. if the holdback is 575, then the dealer gets 575 when they sell the car (from toyota), but its not double. dealers know what the holdback is on each car, but so what. right now, the 08 highlanders are selling very well, and if dealers are selling them at 1000-2000 above invoice, then that is what they will continue to sell for untill the demand cools off some. |
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Replying to: mdhutton (Dec 05, 2007 4:33 pm) b/c the cars are hard to find, and they want to make as much as they can right now. kinda like when the wii came out and people sold them on ebay for 2x what the retail price was. as long as consumers are willing the pay the going price, and demand is higher than supply, the price will stay high. its basic economics. |
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Replying to: vt256 (Dec 09, 2007 2:52 am) FYI:There is an option Toyota offers for $1295 (or upgraded to $1595) for a rear DVD player that is mounted within each headrest. This price includes 2 wireless headphones. I was very happy knowing this is an option for the future. Toyota can order and install within 5 days of request. Good luck! 
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Replying to: ekki (Dec 11, 2007 7:03 pm) Just started the hunt myself for a Limited w/o DVD. Was this $500 over Edmunds listed invoice, or the dealer's invoice (as far as I can tell, the dealer invoice often includes advertising fee's, DFA's, gas etc which bump it up another $500-750). Cheers |
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I had posted about a month ago how I had purchased a highlander after requesting quotes online through Toyota Websites. Brief history. I was given a price & excepted their offer and put down my credit card # to hold it. The car was shipped in & they installed an aftermarket DVD player & said the car was ready to pick up. I was then called & basically told the price on the car went up $3,000 because of their mistake. I just got finished w/the BBB process, and in my opinion it was a waste of time. They basically took feedback from both sides and just closed the complaint w/out making a decision or recommending a solution. The final statement the dealer said this..."We have tried to resolve this issue with Mr. ...... with concessions on Price and stated all the facts honestly. We are sorry that Mr. ........ still feels he was harmed in some way that would justify his demands. Unfortunately some people feel that an honest mistake by someone should be capitalized on. Mr. ....... did say he knew the price was a mistake to XXXX and XXXXX. We withdraw our offer to sell Mr. ........ a vehicle at any price and prefer not to do any business with him. I believe our conversations with Mr. ........ have all been clearly stated and I can not add any more to this. We never entered into a contract of any kind with Mr. ........and never deposited any money towards a vehicle purchase for Mr. ........" So BEWARE if you deal with these sellers. Most transactions I'm sure go smooth. I had most of our negotiating done via emails and had put the credit card down & it still was something the dealer could back out of. They offered a few hundred off the high price and expected me to lunge at the new offer. "My Demands" were to just get the car at the price we had agreed to. They are making false claims that I admitted to them that I knew they made a mistake. I hope some of you learn from my situation. On a side note, the dealership is Lakeland Toyota in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. I'm now thinking of waiting for the 2009 Pilot to come out.... Thanks! |
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Replying to: scottgbwi (Dec 12, 2007 4:17 pm) |
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Picked up an '08 Highlander Ltd, AWD, Magnetic Grey last night. Got it for $34,527 which three dealerships told me was invoice (I guess that figures in their advertising costs, etc. because kbb invoice looked like around $34,000)? Anyway it had the following options (basically no NAV or DVD). FE, EJ, HD, PB, QR, RF, SR, TO, WL, ST, DK. The MSRP was $38,470.00 They also gave me $15,000 for my 3 series Beemer when Carmax was only going to give me $13,500. So I was happy with the deal all around.
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