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Looking in Seattle/WA for RX 330 AWD/Premium/Nav by swaiste
Jun 17, 2005 (6:31 am)
I am looking for an AWD+Premium+Nav in Silver/Gray at a Best price! Live in Seattle-WA area.
Anyone who has suggestions or stories on great deals or who to work with? I've heard Bellevue won't negotiate, they also own
Lexus of Fife. I have been to Lexus of Seattle, nice guy there, but I'm non-commital, until I know my bottom line on best pricing!
Don't know if my best option is out of state... Feed back appreciated!
 
SW
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Re: Looking in Seattle/WA for RX 330 AWD/Premium/Nav [swaiste] by briegel
Jun 17, 2005 (7:05 am)

Replying to: swaiste (Jun 17, 2005 6:31 am)

In December of last year I found the Internet Manager at Lexus of Seattle to be very straight-forward and Lexus of Bellevue unwilling to go lower than about $2000-$3000 over invoice... ended up getting the best price and buying from Lexus of Riverside (California) and having it shipped up here. The Internet Manager there was fantastic to work with! I have some previous posts with more detail if interested. Good luck!
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Re: Looking in Seattle/WA for RX 330 AWD/Premium/Nav [swaiste] by paigoo
Jun 17, 2005 (9:13 am)

Replying to: swaiste (Jun 17, 2005 6:31 am)

Hi,
 
I bought an AWD+Premium+Nav+DVD Entertainment last year in Settle-WA.
The negotiation with Internet sales manager was easy and stright-forward.
I got $5000 below MSRP (a few hundreds above invoice).
 
I tried Oregon. They won't negotiate the price at all in the first call but they will call you back with a few hundreds lower later.
You can try the dealers in CA. They can lower the price more.
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Re: Internet buying experience [sjdude] by bhsinsac
Jun 18, 2005 (11:04 am)

Replying to: sjdude (May 13, 2005 9:08 pm)

I am No. Cal also and I need to buy a new RX330 - my 2004 Flint Mica with Grey interior was totaled this week. Where did you get your car - which dealer? Also, I am thinking of Bamboo Pearl - anyone have experiences with this color, such as keeping it clean? Thanks.
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Re: HELP! ME! PLEASE?! BOSTON [edie99] by rastafori
Jun 18, 2005 (10:23 pm)

Replying to: edie99 (Jun 17, 2005 3:12 am)

The "We don't deal, or discuss, Invoice pricing" is one of the strongest sales stances a dealer can take. BUT it's usually only used on potential buyers they feel they can get away with it. DON'T fall for it... if you show them some green / prove you're a real buyer with a good FICO score they should change their tune, if not, walk. Use Edmunds TMV and the site to request dealer quotes from near and far.
 
Balise Lexus in Mass. http://www.baliseauto.com/en_US/ click on search new Lexus... advertises Invoice and Msrp on their site. Plus read back a couple of pages on this thread and you'll see some Boston Dealers that deal.
 
BTW I love my New '05 Black on Gray Premium Plus w/Nav RX330... The whole family just took a short 2 hr trip to Wrentham Mass for a wedding... it was so smooth on the road and the Navigation was spot on, I'm so use to using Mapquest it was hard not to go to the PC and print out directions but the Nav gave the best route and was fun to use. My kids had plenty of room... my 12 year old is 5'11" and had plenty of room to spare. I was able to lean the front passenger seat back (I'm 6'2") and it didn't bother my little 7 year old. My wife drove and I read the owners manual we're up to 450 miles.
 
I'm going to put on a Lexus OEM Thundercloud grill just because I like the chrome horizontal lines, a Lexus OEM hitch for my kids bikes on a Thule bike carrier, and maybe a Thule roof cargo box for the OEM rack. Thule has a nice aerodynamic High gloss black box that's a good size but short enough that the auto rear door will still open all the way(Evolution 1600 672B). That will be it for adds... Maybe a rear DVD, I think I can get the Lexus one?
 
This is a very, very nice vehicle. Those of you out there who are like me that research the heck out of everything will be happy with this SUV.
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Nasty experience at MD dealer by crimison
Jun 20, 2005 (1:14 am)
We closed the deal on two cars at Darcars of Silver Spring - RX330 and LS430 a week ago and put a deposit on both cars. The dealer informed us that the RX330 was in and we setup a time to pick up the car. The sales agent had indicated that a personal check would be fine even though we had offered to wire the funds in. Our experience when we arrived to pick up the car was very distasteful.
 
They first insisting on getting our personal information so they could run a credit check as they could not now trust our personal check and then began to re-negotiate on the agreed upon price by adding on charges. They wanted to charge a processing fee which they had earlier agreed not to charge and had left it out of total cost and was a very blatant and sleazy attempt to now squeeze a few hundred dollars from us. We now understood why that had not wanted us to wire the money or bring certified funds – they wanted to still negotiate on a previously agreed on total price.
 
We do want the cars, but will not do business with someone who very blatantly goes back on their word and treats customers with impoliteness. So we surprised them by demanding our deposit and walking out and not giving in to their sleaziness. They would not give us any thing in writing regarding refunding our deposit, but I am expecting to see a refund on my credit card statement as of today....
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I just piced it up!! by malexusrx330
Jun 20, 2005 (3:31 am)
We just picked up our 2005 RX330 Black Onyx on Ivory Leather Premium Plus Package. It is awesome. just a joy to drive and look at. I cannot believe I am almost 50 and jumping up and down like a little boy. I purchased from Lexus of Clearwater in the Tampa Bay area. They were the only ones who admitted and addressed the drive by wire issue, I had a long discussion with the service manager and techs. They upgraded my software before I even drove the car. Corporate Lexus and the two next closet dealerships denied the issue. I thank Edmonds.com for the making the research information available. The dealership also gave us a three day Caribbean Cruise when this issue came up. I appreciate the honesty of Lexus of Clearwater and the saleswomen I dealt with. (too bad I can not mention her name because she was EXCELLENT) We paid $36799 including all weather mats plus tax and tags. So you all think I got a good deal??
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Re: Nasty experience at MD dealer [crimison] by flyfish4life
Jun 20, 2005 (11:15 am)

Replying to: crimison (Jun 20, 2005 1:14 am)

Don't hold your breath on that refund. My father-in-law was screwed out of a $1K deposit from a Lexus dealer in TN and only got it back after having an attorney draft a letter threatening to sue. Lexus National Customer Service did not help after several documented complaints on our end - in the end, citing dealership discretion in these types of cases. Once the dealership received the attorney letter, they immediately called and resolved the issue to his satisfaction.
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Re: RX 330 Prices/Texas [legendman] by houstoncpa
Jun 20, 2005 (7:18 pm)

Replying to: legendman (Jun 14, 2005 2:40 am)

The invoice price in KBB for an RX330 with Premium Package & heated seats (basic MSRP $40518) shows $35,589 but the dealer tells me that their cost is $35,999 because of an advertisement cost that they have to pay. Do you know if there is such an advertisement cost that dealers have to pay?
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Re: RX 330 Prices/Texas [houstoncpa] by akimoto
Jun 21, 2005 (9:28 am)

Replying to: houstoncpa (Jun 20, 2005 7:18 pm)

There is a ~$400 LDA fee if you read post #2095 above. Was wondering if Clear Lake has lowered their quote for you. Houston has vehicles equipped w/o the heated seats and just the PM package with a MSRP of $39,800 or so. The salespeople that claim "I've never seen one w/o heated seats" are such lying pieces of *#&$. I don't think we need heated seats in this oven and was wondering if you ever got a quote for one of these. 4K off MSRP sounds decent for Houston, but I placed an order for mine thru a So.Cal. dealer for about the same price, but has Xenon's instead of the Heated seats/wipers.

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