Toyota Sequoia Prices Paid and Buying Experience

Replying to: kwongd (Jan 08, 2009 8:07 am)

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Hi,
 
I did mark it as public before my last post. Sorry, somehow it did not work. My email is "darrel _ kwong hotmail .com". Please remove all the space(s) in between.
 
Thanks,

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• kwongd (Jan 10, 2009 11:47 am)

Replying to: kwongd (Jan 09, 2009 12:26 pm)

Hey,
 
I bought a Platinum Sequoia today.
 
Here are the details.
Platinum Sequoia - Silver Sky Metallic, MSRP $58755.
McGee Toyota of Hanover
options:
DVD system
laser cruise control
Daytime Running lights
Cold Package
Rear Seat audio
 
I traded in a 1999 4Runner Limited with 152K miles. Kelly Blue Book for trade in was roughly $5K. I paid $42K for the Platinum so if you assume they gave me $5K for the trade in, I paid $47K for the Sequoia.
 
After the usual back and forth with sales, I offered $40K and they countered with $42K. They let me walk at that point so I think I was pretty close to their real bottom end. These guys had two Platinums left. There aren't too many left in the east of Boston area. Plus these guys were straight shooters (for car people).
 
I tried Boch Toyota who had about 7 Platinums posted on their website. I found they had the same vehicle +- $200. I told them I had a firm quote of $42K in the bag. Gave them a chance to beat it. They said they needed to see my trade but all but guaranteed they could beat that "significantly". Anything to get me to come in. So I bit and drove the hour to check it out. Not only did they not have the vehicle I had discussed extensively, they lied about beating my other price. The only silver they had also had a remote starter and Guide Point Theft Recovery system. These were $2000 worth of added stuff I did not want or need. Not only that, the car had 500 miles on it. Somebody had bought it and returned it. In my book, that is called a USED CAR!! I should have known. Boch is the biggest dealer in the east. They wrote the book on selling cars. No thanks. Never from me. I went back to my lowly McGee dealership with not even a showroom. I got a good deal with nice people that were honest. When I closed the deal, I had forgotten the title to my 4runner. They said don't worry about it and gave me the Platinum and said drop the title the next day. You think Boch would have done that. No effin way.
 
Sorry to rant. If you read this far, I hope it does somebody some good. A+ for McGee and big F U to Boch!
 
BTW, this truck rocks!

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