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#37 of 551 Re: Gouged [horns1976] by maxhonda99 Jul 08, 2005 (12:37 pm)
Replying to: horns1976 (Jul 08, 2005 10:43 am) Yes, the the 2nd window sticker is for dealer add-ons.   BTW, your brother can have the pinstripes removed. Have it take it to a detailer and they can usually remove it, no problem. Or a auto body shop can do it for cheap also. It won't damage the paint job underneath either. Also, he may want to ask the dealer to get it removed. Usually their detailing department can do it.
#38 of 551 Re: Gouged [maxhonda99] by bioya4 Jul 12, 2005 (8:53 am)
Replying to: maxhonda99 (Jun 21, 2005 4:06 pm) The $1k was paid a few months before so contacting AMEX wasn't really an option.
#39 of 551 Re: Gouged [mirex] by bioya4 Jul 12, 2005 (8:56 am)
Replying to: mirex (Jun 21, 2005 2:55 pm) Lexus was very pleasant to talk to but stated that the dealers set the terms of the deposits. Like any other large company, they already made their profit on this sale and don't really care much what happens down the road.
#40 of 551 Re: Gouged [sellalexus67] by bioya4 Jul 12, 2005 (8:58 am)
Replying to: sellalexus67 (Jun 22, 2005 9:18 am) That isn't how this dealership viewed it. The $1,000 to get on the waiting list is considered separate from the purchase price of the vehicle. Replies to this message: horns1976 (Jul 12, 2005 2:46 pm)
#41 of 551 Re: Gouged [bioya4] by horns1976 Jul 12, 2005 (2:46 pm)
Replying to: bioya4 (Jul 12, 2005 8:58 am) Try contacting your state's attorney general's office. They might be interested in this. Don't know if there's anything they can do but it's worth a shot. Here's another thought. Does one of your local TV stations have a group of people that investigate complaints like yours?? If so, contact them about your situation. In many cases, the negative publicity (or threat thereof) incents the merchant to make things right. Good luck.
#42 of 551 Re: Is MSRP good enough??? [louiein99] by 400h4me Jul 13, 2005 (8:26 am)
Replying to: louiein99 (May 11, 2005 6:25 pm) My local dealer in Santa Rosa, California has keep me waiting a very long time. My salesmen has kept me well informed as to when he thinks I will get my hands on one. On April, 2004 we signed to put our name on a list that was being cut off at #35. We were #25 and were told this car was coming out sometime in November the same year. Well that didn't happen because Lexus changed the release date to April, 2005. I called and talked with my salesperson and was told that they are only getting a few a month since they went on sale, but the good news is that we have moved up the list and should be getting the car we ordered soon. This is the largest dealership in Northern California. Can someone explain how some dealerships in other states have them sitting on lots waiting for customers to come in and buy? I did get a call from the salesperson asking if I would consider a RX330 and he could deep discount the price. He also by some chance had a white colored Rx400h that someone backed out of the deal. At that time we were #11 on the list which makes me feel the others didn't want that color either. He offered it to us, but my wife said if I'm paying $50K for a car I should get the color I ordered! So to make a long sad story short "WE ARE STILL WAITING"
#43 of 551 Re: Gouged [horns1976] by dmbflorida Jul 16, 2005 (1:51 pm)
Replying to: horns1976 (Jul 07, 2005 7:00 pm) Thanks for the reply. I will consider the "trade-in" approach if possible later.    My salesman offered me this procedure: If I arranged with a private buyer to buy my trade-in immediately and everyone completed the appropriate forms, then, for a $500 fee, that private party could buy my car at the trade-in price. I thus saved the sales tax on the trade-in.   I did not do this, just negotiated as high as possible tradein price and saved the sales tax.   Comments: The RX 400h was on the lot and did not have pin stripes or additional window tints (driver and passenger) in addition to the existing rear tints. I talked to the "painter" and he customized my hand-painted pin stripe colors. It looks great to me. The free maintenance was stated for 3 years/20,000 miles because I do not drive cars very much and have a pattern of low mileage.... Likely, it will be 3 years of free maintenance unless I make some extra highway trips. I had to bargain with the sales manager to increase the time for free maintenance in addition to the other bargaining points.   Initially, I told the sales manager and salesman that I would buy an extended warranty and get a car loan from them. I imagined that I would get a better bargain if they thought that they would get money from these purchases. At the end, though, I told them I would pay cash and did not want the extended warranty*.   * I know of several Toyota dealerships which sell greatly reduced in price extended warranties for the Prius. Does anyone know of Lexus dealers that will do this?   btw, I assume everyone has read the article written by the former car salesman which I think is available at Edmunds.com. So, all the tricks and "closing" techniques were expected. I already knew what I wanted and was waiting for them to get to that point. I used the Internet Dept and ended up at the dealership for final negotiations. With several other new cars I bought recently, I negotiated with the Internet Dept and only went there once, to test drive the car and pay for it. The last car I bought using Internet only was a Prius and I got $500 off MSRP. Before that, I have surveyed maybe 25 dealerships in Florida to see what price I could get.   I would want to comment on the dealership I used: Scanlon Lexus of Ft Myers, Florida... this is the best dealership I have ever used in terms of service and "white glove" treatment. Perhaps this is the standard Lexus treatment but I really liked it.  I get free car washes weekly if I want to which is nice mostly because I don't like to put a hybrid car through the mechanical car washes. Replies to this message: horns1976 (Jul 17, 2005 10:24 am)
#44 of 551 Re: Gouged [dmbflorida] by horns1976 Jul 17, 2005 (10:24 am)
Replying to: dmbflorida (Jul 16, 2005 1:51 pm) dmb...Sounds to me like you got a pretty good deal on your 400h. Evidently, they were "motivated" to sell the vehicle. That's obviously good for you.   I chuckled when I read that the dealer would let a private party buy your "old" car at the trade-in price for a "$500 fee." Obviously, that was their attempt to make $500 on that deal by doing basically nothing. Also, had you done such a deal, the person who purchased your "old" vehicle would, of course, have had to pay sales tax on that purchase. You save the sales tax...the buyer pays it.   It goes without saying that everyone wants to get the best possible deal on a new car purchase. After driving out of the dealership in the new vehicle, everybody out there has probably wondered if they could have gotten a better deal than the deal they got. Personally, I know I have done just that. But, wondering and worrying won't change anything.   Unfortunately for those who want to own a 400h now, the dealers are making a really nice profit on the ones they are selling. Later on, once the new wears off a little bit, they'll be "hungrier" and their margins won't be so great. It all comes down to whether or not you want to delay gratification.
#45 of 551 red state/blue state pricing for 400h's by ultra64 Jul 17, 2005 (11:47 am)
At carsdirect if you enter a south CA zip code you get a price quote that is $3000 more than a LA(state) price. RX330's are cheaper in CA than LA.. Are 400h's in short supply anywhere else than CA.? Replies to this message: horns1976 (Jul 17, 2005 5:41 pm)
#46 of 551 Re: red state/blue state pricing for 400h's [ultra64] by horns1976 Jul 17, 2005 (5:41 pm)
Replying to: ultra64 (Jul 17, 2005 11:47 am) If you enter a central TX zip code, the price you get is sticker.   Most of the sites I have checked have no participating dealers in my area. So, right now it's kind of a moot point.   By the way, there are a bunch of 400h's for sale on ebay. So far, none have sold. On the completed items, I have seen a bid of $52,000 and a bid of $56,500 from the same bidder on two different vehicles. Very strange. Reserve not met on either vehicle. Crazy!!! Most bids are in the $40 - $45K range. (I am in no way affiliated with ebay and am not endorsing or promoting its use.)

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