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1355 messages, Last post on Sep 06, 2008 at 8:13 AM
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looking for a new 4wd SUV for my wife as her '01 4wd Subn is coming off a lease in two months.... decide to go see the Sequoia LTD at the local Toyota dealer in Myrtle Beach.. MSRP 48381.. buy price 45621.. that's 94%...are they on drugs or what... then I ask about the $1000 Cash Back on Sequoias.. it's right on the Toyota site.. he says there is none.. not nice.. the Toyota site shows invoice prices ruff-lee 89.7% of MSRP... figuring adding in their ripoff Advertising fees of about 300-500 so the dealer is trying to rip me off for more than 4% over invoice .. or about $2200+ .. he must get people in there falling off sweet potato trucks.. he then gives me a 36 month lease price of $727.. with a Lease rate of 3.34%.. yeah right.. residual is 55% but he said he can only base it on 46700 of the 48381 MSRP..that's a new one for me.. so right away I know he built in some ADP( addition dealer profit) that Toyota won't let him use ... all the above prices are without Taxes, tags, etc... we decided to drive a 2wd Limited version as no 4wd's on the lot... nice but nothing special.. same-same as an Expedition in our opinion.... we now have two '01 Subn 4wd's.. had a 99 Subn also had a '97 Expedition...plus a couple of Limited Explorers before that...all 4wd's .. so we know what to look for...and how to deal especially on how to figure lease prices.. after that non-experience, I sent out a couple of emails to other dealers for prices on Sequoias .. one in Wilmington, NC and one in Charleston, SC.. we'll see what develops.. we laughed as I walked out the showroom.... a wasted day.. |
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| I bought my Sequoia from Fred Anderson Toyota in Raleigh, NC. Go to their site and send an e-mail. I got a good deal on mine. The internet sales manager contacted me next day. The level of service he provided as compared to the dealers in NY was amazing. Beat the NY price but the best part was he got EXACTLY what I wanted. NY dealers couldn't/wouldn't with the packages they offer in this area. The experience there was great, I'll definitely buy from there next time I need another Toyota (even though it's 10 hours away) | |
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just received an internet quote response back from the dealer I emailed in Charleston, SC... almost exactly the same #'s... MSRP 48144... Internet Sales price.. 45,663.74 still 94.8% ..nutz.. it's actually getting worse.. I'll give that dealer in Raleigh an email for a price... .I'm only 3 hrs away down here near Myrtle..don't know where you are in NY..lived on Long Island for 43 years before retiring and transplanting here 14 years ago.... used to deal with Riverhead Toyota.. probably not enuff competition down this way... most are the 'only game in town'... |
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but a long way to go.. just got another internet request back on the Sequoia Limited.. $1K over invoice plus taxes and FEES.. gotta watch those fees... I stand corrected from the Toyota site.. in small print in the addendum they list the $1K rebate for the 2003 Sequoia Limited not the 2004... |
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| Window sticker is $41,718. Dealer is asking for $37,700+TTL. Good deal or not? | |
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Any chance you would share the name of the dealer and your contact where you bought your sequioa for $500 over invoice? We've just started negotiating with local dealers to acquire a 4x4 ltd here in the houston metro area. Am willing to wait for the right truck at the right price and would travel if neccessary. |
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| Let me complete the deal first. I am in the Knoxville, TN area. I cannot belive you can't find anything closer. Check e-bay. Right now a Georgia dealer has one listed below dealer cost. | |
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We bought a 2002 SR5 2WD 28k miles, with all the options I can think of except heated seats, side airbags, wood dash, and the load leveling thing (?) for $27,500. TMV shows $27,509 trade, $29,102 private sale, $32,224 dealer retail. We stopped at a Cadillac dealer in Florida, and when he told me the best he could do was $28k I struggled not to smile. I chewed him down another $500, played stupid on the silly $499 "dealer fee" (included in the $28k), and decided not to push my luck any further. They had gotten the truck in the night before as a trade in for an Escalade, and it hadn't been prepped for resale yet. I have to take it back to get it detailed, etc. They did not want the Toyota on their lot, and it was due to be shipped to a local Toyota dealer the next day. Was the last day in February...guess they still had to get their numbers for the month. I will never shop for a car on another day of the month again. heh |
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| Picked up the vehicle last week--Window sticker was $41,718, paid $37,700 minus trade. This vehicle rides so smooth. Very happy with this purchase so far. | |
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It's just like Bill Clinton says, "It all depends on the meaning of 'is' is." One dealer said their price IS $500 over invoice, another said it IS 1% over. this is for a ltd 4x4 with some options and a coupe of packages. Neither were close to what edmunds and carpoint list as dealer invoice, both were much higher quoting all kinds of other bogus fees. (BTW, the dealer packages are at a 40% markup. for instance, the extra mile lists at 1104 so take that number by .6 and that is the dealer invoice cost. am after the extra mile and a cargo cover on top of the curtain airbags, drl's, jbl cd changer and load leveler) have stuck to my guns at 1% over any and all costs assaociated with procurement. meanwhile, back at the ranch, ford is willing to sell an expedition eb at less than edmunds invoice with another $3000 in a rebate to boot. checking out feature/functions lists and road testing, I am darn close to buying the ford. only question to me is the the off-roadability of the eb though we have done substantially less of that since moving to these flat lands in east texas. other question is long term durability but I could afford a 7 year, 100,000 mile extension and still come in way under the toyo. we're talking more than $3k with an extended warranty. any thoughts folks? what am I missing out on? |
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