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Replying to: johndintexas (Jul 09, 2007 3:30 pm) Good Luck --jjf In regards to picking one dealer over another, I have a few questions on buying a new 2008 Scion XB that maybe some owners/buyers could answer? I know that "pure pricing" means you pay the MSRP on the sticker. However, when you add the accessories, do you have to pay the MSRP on those, or are they negotiable? I've checked all the Scion dealers around where I live, and they all charge the exact same for the accessories (their prices are listed on their dealer websites and in the showrooms). So if they all charge the exact same, what's the benefit of one dealer over another? Or can you negotiate price on the accessories? Also, all the dealers around where I live charge a $675 dealer fee and $50 doc fee on top of the "pure price." This seems pretty high, but they all charge both of those. Does anybody know if these are negotiable; can you get one dealer to lower them over another? And one last question: most dealers around here only have a few 2008 XBs in stock on their lot, but they list upwards of 50 available on their website. Do you have to pay any fee (besides the one built into the MSRP) to get one that they list as available? You don't have to pay any type of relocation fee, do you? Any and all advice would be great. How did any of you owners/buyers out there handle these things? Thanks!
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Replying to: jfritsch (Jul 10, 2007 1:48 am)
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Replying to: johndintexas (Jul 10, 2007 7:57 am) Good luck --jjf Are you saying the "pure price" is negotiable? I thought that it wasn't, but I thought that maybe the dealer fees and prices for accessories might be? |
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Hello everyone and I hope that you are having a great day. With pure pricing the Scion Xb is providing Toyota with approximately a $900.00 profit which seems high to me for a inexpensive car. To make matters worse here in Florida the dealers charge an addtional markup fee of $699.00. So Scion is making an average profit here in Florida of $1600.00 on a economy car not including any accessories sold. Volkswagon for example has a very thin profit on the Rabbit. Does anyone else feel that this pure pricing is too expensive???
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Replying to: bpraxis (Jul 22, 2007 6:46 am) Yes the Xb seems expensive with the price boost compared to what others can be obtained for. Their marketing must be working and inventory control and manufacturing such that they can hold close to this price. Only the method suggested in my previous post will tell. Good Luck --jjf Hello everyone and I hope that you are having a great day. With pure pricing the Scion Xb is providing Toyota with approximately a $900.00 profit which seems high to me for a inexpensive car. To make matters worse here in Florida the dealers charge an addtional markup fee of $699.00. So Scion is making an average profit here in Florida of $1600.00 on a economy car not including any accessories sold. Volkswagon for example has a very thin profit on the Rabbit. Does anyone else feel that this pure pricing is too expensive??? |
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Replying to: girlbuffalo1 (May 23, 2007 4:23 am) Where do you pay only $600 sales tax on a $17,180 car? |
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| In Orlando I have only seen two Xbs in the last two months and the inventory seems to be rising. It the Xb off to a slow start? | |
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Replying to: bpraxis (Jul 22, 2007 6:46 am) and does it have vehicle stabililty contol and traction control? |
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Replying to: jfritsch (Jul 10, 2007 1:48 am) Are you sure all the dealers got together and set the same fee? Pretty smart collusion. When I bought my '06, the three dealers here had fees of $400, $500 and $900. I only found out about the big fees when I was at the $900 dealer and it showed up on the purchase order I was supposed to sign. It was not negotiable, and when I refused, that dealer invited me to check other dealers. So I did and bought from a dealer with a lower fee. |
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Just got our Nautical Blue automatic XB 3 days ago at the pure price without any dealer fees. I researched many dealers in Ga. and found dealer fees ranging from $249 to $750. The dealer that I wanted to purchase our XB from had a dealer fee of $399. Our daughter lives in Asheville, NC, and on a recent trip I visited the Asheville dealer and found out that they did not add a dealer fee to any of their vehicles. The Asheville dealer is 2 hours away from home, so I preferred to buy the XB from the Ga. dealer that is only 30 minutes away. When I called the Ga. dealer and told them that they could waive the dealer fee or I would purchase the vehicle in Asheville, they agreed to remove the fee. In reality, they left the dealer fee and reduced the sales price by $399. They explained that they could not get rid of the dealer fee or they would set themselves up for a class action suit by everyone that had paid the fee. We wanted the dark blue color with automatic and no other options, and the dealer did not have one on the lot. They ended up doing a dealer trade, and ironically our XB came out of North Carolina. The drive-out price of $18573.17 came about this way: $16,600 list + $715 Del'y - $399 discount + $399 Admin fee + $22.54(?)+ $1213.63 tax + $22 title fee = $18,573.17. As I mentioned, the dealers did a trade to get the vehicle that we wanted to Ga. When I went through the glove box, I found the trade information that the driver had failed to turn in to the dealer. It showed that the Ga. dealer paid the NC dealer $16,569.41 for our XB. The NC dealer paid the Ga. dealer $25,830.41 for the trade vehicle, but I can't tell from the paperwork exactly what that vehicle was. It was an '07 Model 8216, whatever that is. The dealer also threw in floor mats at no charge. I am not sure if this was intentional, or they failed to put them on the invoice. We love the XB so far. I would definitely recommend it. I hope that the above info will help others that are considering taking the plunge. |
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