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Replying to: dino001 (May 01, 2008 6:55 am) My Mitsu came with free mats. The Nissan I was cross shopping charged $175 for the mats.  Some times that nickel and dime stuff can come back and bite you.
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Replying to: tjc78 (May 01, 2008 8:03 am) For many years, hondas didn't come with floor mats. We automatically installed them in every car and charged the customers for them. Once in awhile we would get a really cheap customer who didn't want to pay for them and we would simply pull them out. We would hear..." You would THINK Honda would include a lousy set of floor mats in the price of the car". People would whine... So after years of telling Honda this, they simply raised the price of their cars, and installed floor mats. Good move and Toyota should do the same thing! |
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (May 01, 2008 8:27 am) 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (May 01, 2008 8:27 am) I agree, it's the perception that matters. |
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Replying to: jipster (Apr 30, 2008 10:09 am) The report might also pick up when the dealer puts it out on the lot for sale and when the PDI is done. That is three right there but I have sometimes seen as many as five carfax records on a car before the record showing that it has been titled pops up. If a car was traded from another dealer the MSO was reassigned and that could show up as well. |
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We order all our vehicles with floor mats. Once in a while we let one slip or the port may be back ordered which has been the case with the new Highlander.  Mack |
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Replying to: jescue (May 01, 2008 8:29 am) I agree with ‘isell’ that nothing is free but with a car that costs $150K, to then tell the customer that mats will cost him $150 (0.1% of the cost of the car) seems pretty petty on the part of Porsche to me. Just add the cost into the price of the car and be done with it. We’re talking about a Porsche here not a Hyundai.  I’m sure if the customer said, “I want the mats free”, most salesman wouldn’t kill the deal because of this. Porsche is putting their salesman in a bad position over this penny pinching item. It would make me wonder, ‘where else are they pinching pennies’? jmonroe |
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Replying to: tjc78 (May 01, 2008 6:42 am) Mack
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Replying to: jmonroe (May 01, 2008 10:15 am) |
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Replying to: jmonroe (May 01, 2008 10:15 am)
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