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#93 of 765 Ford to extend employee rebates by jmphotony Sep 01, 2005 (12:51 pm)
Just like I thought..... Ford to extend the program to the end of the month.   http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050901/bs_nm/autos_ford_incentives_dc_2   Jim
#94 of 765 HELP!!!!! by quori Sep 01, 2005 (5:50 pm)
Living in New England area. My wife and I love the Freestyle, and we picked out a Merlot Limited with everything in it. Our daughter specifically requested we get a moonroof, and was gleeful when we showed her the DVD player too (she's 5, so she's pretty easy to please).   Sticker is ~$35k, family plan + delivery charges - rebate its $30,800. We are completely fine with the price...HOWEVER...they are only offering 1/2 of the Kelley Blue Book value for our trade-in. Mind you, I don't mean half the selling value, half of the TRADE-IN value, which is substantially lower than the price they will resell at to being with.   We really feel like they are trying to make up for the Family Price discount, by giving us nothing for our trade in. They even are telling me it has way too many miles on it, when its 4 years old with 75k on it...thats only 18k a year!!!   Anyone having similar issues, problems? Should we just walk away, even though we feel like we are going to have this problem somewhere else?   help. Replies to this message: cmuniz (Sep 02, 2005 3:00 am) pes1955 (Sep 21, 2005 8:15 am) kirstie_h (Sep 21, 2005 5:49 pm) cmuniz (Sep 22, 2005 2:18 am) bobw3 (Sep 02, 2005 8:20 am) dbell1 (Sep 02, 2005 12:46 pm) scotts1512 (Sep 02, 2005 5:05 pm) roger1322 (Sep 04, 2005 10:37 am) volfangary (Sep 05, 2005 9:54 am) brandy1909 (Sep 05, 2005 12:59 pm) vwcarcrazy (Sep 06, 2005 6:55 am) behoops (Sep 06, 2005 10:43 am) dzdncnfzd (Sep 06, 2005 10:56 am) vwcarcrazy (Sep 06, 2005 7:13 pm) vwcarcrazy (Sep 06, 2005 7:40 pm)
#95 of 765 Re: HELP!!!!! [quori] by cmuniz Sep 02, 2005 (3:00 am)
Replying to: quori (Sep 01, 2005 5:50 pm) Several thoughts.....1)Try another dealer. The car you want can be shipped from one dealer to another. 2) If your trade-in is a gas hog or big SUV their value goes down as the price of gas goes up. 3) You could sell it yourself if you think you can get above trade-in value for it.4) Not sure if employee pricing affects the trade-in value of your vehicle as much as the type of vehicle it is. 5) Under normal circumstances some dealers will inflate what they give you on your trade-in when there is a big mark-up on the new vehicle you are buying. This won't happen under the family plan pricing. Not enough profit margin for that. Replies to this message: pes1955 (Sep 21, 2005 8:15 am) kirstie_h (Sep 21, 2005 5:49 pm) cmuniz (Sep 22, 2005 2:18 am)
#96 of 765 One more thing... by kyfdx HOST Sep 02, 2005 (5:43 am)
Most people consider 75K on a four-year-old vehicle to be high miles.. Maybe not in SoCal... but, everywhere else....   regards, kyfdx
#97 of 765 Re: HELP!!!!! [quori] by bobw3 Sep 02, 2005 (8:20 am)
Replying to: quori (Sep 01, 2005 5:50 pm) Absolutely they're trying to make up the money that they lose on the family plan. In general, new car dealer make much more money selling used cars than new cars, because even if they give you the trade-in value, they're still making thousands on the car when they resell it. That why it's always better to sell it yourself. When I hear people posting the great deals on cars they buy, unless you know what they got on their trade-in it's really hard to say what they paid.
#98 of 765 Re: HELP!!!!! [quori] by dbell1 Sep 02, 2005 (12:46 pm)
Replying to: quori (Sep 01, 2005 5:50 pm) Go to other Ford dealers - the Ford website has links to every local dealer out there (and more). I had quotes from 3 dealers on my trade: $7,800, $9,700 and $10,000. With the Family Plan, the dealer base price won't change much. I had the lowball $7,800 dealer tell me that the $10,000 dealer was lying. I told him it was his sister dealership down the road. Replies to this message: scotts1512 (Sep 02, 2005 5:05 pm)
#99 of 765 Re: HELP!!!!! [dbell1] by scotts1512 Sep 02, 2005 (5:05 pm)
Replying to: dbell1 (Sep 02, 2005 12:46 pm) As others have said - go to other dealerships. We purchased last month only after finding a competing dealership that matched KBB trade in value on our car. We then waited to find the one we wanted on the lot of another dealer. There initial offer was nearly 2000 less. After informing them of the competing offer, we were actually able to get them to beat the KBB by a few hunded and still get the exact vehicle we wanted. For anyone shopping in PA, New Holland Ford also threw in a year of free service (regardless of type - even new tires if you manage to run up enough miles), a few additional free oil changes, and lifetime inspection for every vehicle the family owns (regardless of make or location of purchase).   Shop around, it will pay off!
#100 of 765 trade in by jmphotony Sep 03, 2005 (7:39 am)
We had the same thing happen here in NY. They will only give us $8000 when the KBB trade in is $12. I'm still looking but I think I may sell it myself if I can Replies to this message: barnstormer64 (Sep 03, 2005 6:18 pm)
#101 of 765 Re: trade in [jmphotony] by barnstormer64 Sep 03, 2005 (6:18 pm)
Replying to: jmphotony (Sep 03, 2005 7:39 am) Be careful of KBB values in this age of rapidly falling values.   These "family value plans" and the current gas crunch is really having an effect on the value of used cars.   I don't think that KBB is keeping up very quickly. I'd venture to say that the value 2 months from now might be more indicative of curent value than the current KBB value.
#102 of 765 Re: HELP!!!!! [quori] by roger1322 Sep 04, 2005 (10:37 am)
Replying to: quori (Sep 01, 2005 5:50 pm) Set a price and stick to it! I did and despite pleas that the manager would only go so much I didn't budge and after I walked out three times (the trade in price kept going up but not to my price) they finally gave me my price. I was asking Kelly Blue book minus $500. Go to the Ford site and use their own trade-in calculator. It's hard to believe they will argue with that but they will. Just stick to your guns. There is never any hurry to buy-even with the Family Plan.

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