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Ordered, Yah!
by glimo
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May 10, 2007 (11:52 am)
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Hubby and I went to the dealership this afternoon and placed the order. The manager wouldn't budge on the selling price no matter what. We knew it wasn't a bad deal already and since I'm 8 months pregnant, I really didn't want to walk out and start the negotiation elsewhere from the scratch. Finally we talked him into removing the doc fee and tag/registration charges ($360 total) since we can do our own registration with cash purchase. He also threw in an additional year of free oil change and tire rotation, which isn't worth a lot but still better than nothing.
This is what it breaks down to:
MSRP - $43,725
Dealer Invoice - $41,083
Selling Price - $40,725
Tax - $2,037
Total cost - $42,762
We paid $500 deposit using credit card. With the order number, we can try to call GM and track order status, but may be referred back to the dealer since GM is overflooded with order inquiries
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- #9 of 399
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [boomzer]
by glimo
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May 10, 2007 (12:00 pm)
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Replying to: boomzer (May 10, 2007 8:55 am)
Boomzer, definitely shop around a little bit before you firm up the deal. We found the internet quote solicitation to be the least stressful and most effective in our case. When you have several signed fax quotes, you can show the lowest one to the others so they can compete and beat the price. This is much easier than the last time when I purchased a Ford, I had to stay in the dealership for five hours to haggle down the price to my bottomline. I carefully went through every bit of info on carbuyingtips.com and i think it helped.
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [glimo]
by boomzer
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May 10, 2007 (1:04 pm)
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Replying to: glimo (May 10, 2007 12:00 pm)
Thanks glimo, I'm in the process of doing that now. It really annoys me, that you ask for a quote and they ask you to come in. I feel like screaming what is the point of an internet request. If I can match your deal, any hesitation on ordering will be gone. I see you only paid 5% tax, your not in Jersey are you? What state did you purchase in?
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [boomzer]
by glimo
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May 10, 2007 (1:42 pm)
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Replying to: boomzer (May 10, 2007 1:04 pm)
We are in MD. A couple of dealers asked us to come in and discuss the price or test drive, blah, blah. And I rejected them up front. We've done our homework, so just fax me the base price with all my options, the selling price, estimated tax and whatever fee the dealer need to include and give me an OTD price. Took me 3 days to collect all the quotes and bargain the price. Your patience will pay off 
BTW, didn't you already place the order?
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- #12 of 399
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [glimo]
by boomzer
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May 10, 2007 (4:16 pm)
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Replying to: glimo (May 10, 2007 1:42 pm)
I placed an order, but no strings attached. It is marked sold to me, but I gave them no money. They will call me when it comes in and if I don't like the deal or color combo, I can just walk away. Wanted to get in on order to see if I can beat the Conquest deadline. Can you let me know the dealer, maybe I can use a fax quote from them to lower my price in Jersey. I went to Mass to buy my Odyssey to save a lot of money, I don't think I would drive to MD to save $800, but it might be good leverage.
Thanks
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [boomzer]
by glimo
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May 11, 2007 (5:23 am)
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Replying to: boomzer (May 10, 2007 4:16 pm)
Boomzer, I sent an email to your carspace.com email address on the dealer information. Go to Mailbox and you'll see it.
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [glimo]
by boomzer
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May 11, 2007 (5:37 am)
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Replying to: glimo (May 11, 2007 5:23 am)
Got it, thanks very much
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [glimo]
by ody02tjk
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May 14, 2007 (5:05 pm)
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Replying to: glimo (May 10, 2007 1:42 pm)
I am in (north central) MD as well. I have had several dealers give me the run around on what they have in stock One called me Saturday AM, with a "one day only" offer on a cocoa brown Enclave CXL. Can you let me know which dealers you dealt with, and who gave you the best deal? Were you able to get under invoice? I can get the GM supplier pricing, but that means losing the conquest rebate. I am also concerned about getting the car before the 7/9/07 deadline for the rebate.
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Re: Buick Enclave: Prices Paid & Buying Experience [boomzer]
by ody02tjk
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May 14, 2007 (5:08 pm)
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Replying to: boomzer (May 09, 2007 3:24 am)
Can you tell me what the "special private offer" is from GM? Also, who did you contact, and how did you ge the "hands up rebate"? Was any dealer willing to negotiate the ad fee?
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Re: Firm Invoice Prices [glimo]
by ody02tjk
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May 14, 2007 (5:11 pm)
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Replying to: glimo (May 10, 2007 8:09 am)
Can you tell us where you got pricing that was $350 below invoice? What state are you in?
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