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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Mercedes-Benz C-Class Lease Questions
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I live in Norther NJ. I talked to MB dealers all over the state though and even 2 in NY. I live closest to the MB dealer in Morristown and thats where I thought I was getting my car from today. It went horribly. I negotiated the following deal: C300 Luxury 4-Matic, P1, Navigation, black ext with MB Tex. 39 months, $1300 out of pocket for 1st month payment, registration, and whatever was left for their inflated bank fee. **I would not pay their BS "doc fee."** $499 a month including NJ sales tax 7%. Great deal, right?!! Well I got there to sign the deal and hopefully pick up the car and my salesman was no where in sight. I called him all morning too and the receptionist kept telling me he was busy, he was at lunch, and he was delivered a car, blah blah blah. When I got there, I waited 20 minutes and then this guy Richard came and he was just stupid and ignorant. I had also negotiated to have the chrome door inserts put on the car for free with my saleman. Richard had no idea about that so he told me it would cost me $110 to have them installed and it couldn't be done until next week. I also asked Richard if he could disable the beeping alarm when you are not wearing your seatbelt (I know, not good of me) and he we will not because it is a liability. He was very adamant about how he "would not." He didn't even bother to explain that disabling the alarm for the seat belts disables the airbags which I would never want to do. I ended up just walking out. This guy was stupid and obnoxious. I really wanted to get the car from Erik Laberge at Prestige Mercedes in Paramus, NJ. He was great. Class act guy with a great deal. Same deal as above, but it for a Sport model instead of Luxury and my wife wanted the Sport, so it was hard to not get it from Erik, but he really was great. He would have been my top choice. Instead, we picked up the car today from this obnoxious guy named Victor Dillon at Flemington Mercedes. It was a far trip for us, but worth. We ended up getting the car from him for $489 a month including NJ sales tax and got an added Panorama Sunroof and Ipod connector in the glove compartment. It was perfectly smooth and everything was great, except this guy had the personality of roadkill oppossum and he was way too opinionated telling my wife that he didn't like the chrome door inserts. He should have just kept his mouth shut. But still, I got a great car for $489 a month including tax with only $1300 out of pocket including my first month's payment. The MSRP on the car is over $43K. I guess I shouldn't complain. If anyone wants a black on black Sport model with 4-Matic, P1, and Navigation for under $500 a month including NJ sales tax and only $1300 due at signing for 39 months, go see Erik Laberge at Prestige Mercedes in Paramus and make up for the stringing along I did to him. I actually do feel bad about it. I backed out of the deal an hour before I should have arrived. Keep working on the deals. Maybe you'll do better than me. Who cares about residuals and money factors when you can put less than $1500 down and pay less that $500 a month on a $42,000+ car. |
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Replying to: mbcos (Feb 19, 2009 11:07 pm)
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Replying to: indus2 (Feb 20, 2009 2:13 pm)
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Replying to: mbcos (Feb 21, 2009 5:24 am)
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Replying to: mbcos (Feb 19, 2009 11:07 pm)
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Replying to: mbcos (Feb 19, 2009 11:07 pm)
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Replying to: mbcos (Feb 19, 2009 11:07 pm)
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Replying to: mbshopper (Feb 22, 2009 3:07 am) |
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Replying to: frankb036 (Feb 21, 2009 3:16 pm) Ray Catena was an ok dealership. I really like Prestige in Paramus the best because of the salesman Erik. But I took the car from Flemington because they had exactly what I wanted. Although, the Flemington dealership is a joke and so are the sales people, like in Morristown MB. Honestly, I am not sure of the buy amount at the end of the lease because I have 0 intention on buying out the car. I would expect it to be high since I am paying so low a month. Good luck and don't be shy with these people. I noticed that most people sign a deal on a car after they have been "negotiating" at a dealership for 2 hours+.
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