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675 messages, Last post on Oct 26, 2009 at 10:25 PM
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Replying to: dlandrum (Sep 14, 2008 8:07 am) With talks of a government bail out there’s little incentive to move inventory, so every little bit helps. |
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The 2009s are hitting the dealers. Inventory of 08s is still good. The rebates and employee pricing is a good package. I was hoping the GM card would raise redemption allowances. $1500 is peanuts these days, especially when I'm sitting on $5000 the GM card dollars.
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Replying to: dlandrum (Sep 14, 2008 8:07 am) 65 more payments and that baby's ALL MINE !!!!!! |
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Replying to: asylum575 (Sep 26, 2008 9:59 am) |
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| i know there was a bunch of 2008 silverados sold and nobody is posting anything here! well for me, i would be buying through the college grad program so i get supplier pricing plus 6500 off a crew cab silverado 2008. thats what im aiming for right now. i got quoted a truck msrp of approx 38,000 for 29,500 or so. i know it can still be beat but the places around here (alaska) dont budge for crap. its irritating. | |
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I am in the market for a 2008 GMC Sierra. I waited too long to start looking and there are very few available in my area. I found a dealership that had 5 or 6 that were close enough to what I wanted... Sierra 1500 Crew Cab SLE1 with 20" rims and 5.3L (Pro-package). Their sister dealership ran an ad for 10k off MSRP on all '08 1500's, however, when I called they didn't have any left. I presented the ad to the other dealership and they were willing to honor it. The sticker price on the vehicle I wanted was approx 32,900. They had a $650 charge for interior and exterior protectant that was not on the official sticker and brought the total to about $33,550. I also had a trade in (2002 Ford Expedition) which Kelly blue book indicates is worth about $3,300. I told the dealer I wanted 5k for it. Their first offer came back at 10k off the MSRP and 4k for my trade in. I told them I was fine with the 10k off, but wanted 5k for trade in. Also, they had some $390 fee in the price, which was a service charge. The saleslady attempted to explain what it was for but it didn't make sense. I told her I wanted that waived in addition to adding the additional 1k to trade in price. She took it to the manager who said she would work with me but couldn't give me another 1k on trade in. Since it was our first place to shop, we left. I should also note that I was buying a "crimson" truck, which is really metalic purple in the sunlight, and that 3 of the 5 2008's on the lot were this color. Also, the mgr claimed the GM rebate was ending that day (10/31). It looks like it ends on 11/3 so I have a few more days to decide. Here are my questions... 1) Do you think their initial offer was pretty good and worth taking if they would knock a few hundred more off? 2) Any idea what the GM incentives will be on '08's come 11/4? 3) Is that $650 protectant charge BS or do all dealerships have that? 4) Is that $390 service charge BS? Any help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Donnie |
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Replying to: donnielsu (Nov 02, 2008 12:54 pm) Yes the 350 (usually called a doc fee) is bs. Email 20-30 dealers within 200 miles of your locale (chevy website) for a truck of your specs. (about 32000 msrp, etc) for an 08 and 09 version. Ask their best price and that you will buy before nov 3 or end of month. Describe your trade and ask for kbb good (or fair) price (the lowest of nada kbb or edmunds). Set that and let them compete on the new truck.Give the top 4-6 your cell#. Chevy may well be more productive to work with as there are 4x as many dealers. Do 95% of the work by email and phone on your couch. Last week off the month is usually crunch time for about 10% of dealers not making quota. If you are paying cash or other financing your only concern is the lowest difference owed. If you run a 07 version of your $32000 gmc (or silverado) truck you may find it may have a trade in value of about 17000 or so. This is what your 08 will be worth in 12 months. Even 22000 isn't exactly giving it away. Get prices for an 09 version too because you may get a dealer competitive on it as dealers can work 08 leftovers for more dough if supplies are low. Good luck --jjf Good luck --jjf
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Replying to: donnielsu (Nov 02, 2008 12:54 pm) But, as a consumer, all you care about is price out the door. A price of $24K with “charges” included is better than $26K with no charges. That may be kind of hard for some folks to wrap their heads around. Get the final price and make your comparisons from there. |
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Replying to: jfritsch (Nov 03, 2008 7:12 am) |
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Replying to: donnielsu (Nov 02, 2008 12:54 pm) Said he paid 23k OTD. With an add on bed cover (folding) Personally, I don't think a lot of Silverados have been sold since my last post. Two of the trucks I test drove are still on the lot. And that was back in April. |
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