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Re: [ocautoseeker] by jchevrolet
Sep 03, 2008 (12:28 pm)
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Replying to: ocautoseeker (Aug 23, 2008 6:50 pm)

Thank you, thank you thank you for clearing this matter up. In a day and age where it is a consumer's market, the realization has to be that in most sitations the dealer is being more than fair with pricing. One thing to always keep in mind as a shopper--the dealer knows that you are shopping for the best price, and knows that you are doing your research, as does any educated consumer. The dealer has to sell vehicles to stay in business, and no dealer will let a consumer go to another place without offering the fairest price they can less losing money (and they sometimes do lose money) to the serious buyer.
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Re: GM Employee Pricing [catdaddy25] by jchevrolet
Sep 03, 2008 (12:31 pm)
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Replying to: catdaddy25 (Aug 25, 2008 8:14 am)

Thank you, thank you thank you for clearing this matter up. In a day and age where it is a consumer's market, the realization has to be that in most sitations the dealer is being more than fair with pricing. One thing to always keep in mind as a shopper--the dealer knows that you are shopping for the best price, and knows that you are doing your research, as does any educated consumer. The dealer has to sell vehicles to stay in business, and no dealer will let a consumer go to another place without offering the fairest price they can less losing money (and they sometimes do lose money) to the serious buyer.
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Re: [jchevrolet] by rore
Sep 03, 2008 (5:27 pm)
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Replying to: jchevrolet (Sep 03, 2008 12:28 pm)

Not quite. For the last set of quotes I requested, the top two MSRPs were only $60.00 apart, yet there was $4k difference on the out the door price. The dealer with the higher price got rather belligerent when I told him of the $4k difference and began trying to tell me that the two MSRPs were much farther apart. He toned down some (but never dropped the act) when I told him that I was looking at the window sticker for each and indeed the difference was only $60.00.
 
So sure, you can throw out the “most situations” tag and cover your angle, but dealers are still spewing the same ole shtick. News reports are in that sales are still abysmal (GM reported that sales tumbled 20% from year-ago levels), but they did get quite a few suckers in the door with the “employee pricing” gimmick.
 
(In fact, August turned out to be GM's best month this year. The company sold 307,285 vehicles thanks to a popular "employee pricing" incentive program which allowed any buyer to get a vehicle for the same cost as a GM employee. That offer, in place for the last third of the month, has been extended into September.)
 
These same prices could have been had months ago.
 
Auto sales plunge
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Re: [rore] by obyone
Sep 03, 2008 (6:31 pm)
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Replying to: rore (Sep 03, 2008 5:27 pm)

Just curious. You plan on buying a truck or just here to bash GM? I'm curious how you determined that employee pricing is a gimmick. I think for GM the BS is over. It's either sink or swim. August sales has proven that the aggressive pricing presented by GM has worked.
 
If as you say the same pricing could've been gotten months ago I fail to see why you haven't bought a truck. You expect a better price or are you just a stroker? I seriously doubt you can get a better price than what's being offered with employee pricing and an additional $5K off.
 
Dang it I've got to stop feeding the trolls.
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Just Purchased by catdaddy25
Sep 04, 2008 (7:05 am)
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I just picked up a 2008 GMC 4X4 Sierra yesterday. Priceas are as follows:
 
MSRP 36255
Employee Pricing and rebates 9072.00
Additional GM Rebate I received through the mail 1500.00
Less Trade in $19500.00
 
7766.21 OTD
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Re: [obyone] by rore
Sep 04, 2008 (9:32 am)
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Replying to: obyone (Sep 03, 2008 6:31 pm)

Bash GM? Sales are down 20%, that’s not bashing, that’s just describing the water. “Aggressive pricing” has not worked; it’s more like “Aggressive advertising” that’s worked. These prices have been around for some time now.
 
I may buy a truck. I may not. That's up to me, not some salesman. Unfortunately for GM and the dealers, I don’t have too, and I’ve done my homework. There are other trucks to be had on the market.
 
More importantly, I’m not going to fork over $20k+ just because someone tells me it’s a good deal. If that’s your case, I’ll sell you some ocean front property in Kansas for a “good deal”.
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Re: Just Purchased [catdaddy25] by misterep
Sep 04, 2008 (7:28 pm)
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Replying to: catdaddy25 (Sep 04, 2008 7:05 am)

$1500 rebate through the mail ! What is that? sounds good...
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Re: [rore] by tripper0567
Sep 06, 2008 (8:28 am)
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Replying to: rore (Sep 04, 2008 9:32 am)

I agree. The out the door price has not changed in months. It's another sales gimmick. Whenever GM comes out with employee pricing or cash back, they subtract that number off of your trade in. Out the door price is the bottom line. To GM's benefit, many people are not savy enough to figure that out. Then we wonder why were in a mortgage crisis! Smart buyers do their homework and can recognize the sales gimmick.
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Re: [tripper0567] by 2doorpost
Sep 06, 2008 (2:59 pm)
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Replying to: tripper0567 (Sep 06, 2008 8:28 am)

Most dealers are within a couple hundred of each other when I shop. I always go to three.
 
Its the dealer that dips into his numbers more
to move an earlier build that gets my business. That- and usually I buy a base non-a/c truck(You know, the ones nobody buys from those screamer ads in the paper)
 
I got mine.
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Re: [tripper0567] by jfritsch
Sep 08, 2008 (4:55 am)
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Replying to: tripper0567 (Sep 06, 2008 8:28 am)

Yup. years and years of stuff have the domestic buyers trained for some sort of "dinner bell" to ring around the end of the year. GM is spending big bucks to ring it and of course should make the most out of it. Pitty the "dinner" is in most cases the same stew served the last few months anyway. With that and the usual "gm card" folks on the leash (GM allows or disallows as many points usable on a single purchase as it wishes) it can dump stock with less pain than usual. With this and other stuff they may whittle a 190 day supply to a more reasonable 70 day supply with some luck.
 
Good luck
--jjf
 
I agree. The out the door price has not changed in months. It's another sales gimmick. Whenever GM comes out with employee pricing or cash back, they subtract that number off of your trade in. Out the door price is the bottom line. To GM's benefit, many people are not savy enough to figure that out. Then we wonder why were in a mortgage crisis! Smart buyers do their homework and can recognize the sales gimmick.

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