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Replying to: malttese33 (Dec 09, 2007 8:42 am) One thing you can always do to check the dealership's numbers is look at the bill of sale before you sign it. The dealerships are required by Federal law to disclose all costs, from the selling price of the car, to how much the financing is going to cost, shipping costs, dealer set up, etc., etc. They may try to get you to sign quickly, but take your time there, and look the numbers over. If you smell a rat, call them on it. Don't take, "It is generated by the system..we have no control over that." as an excuse...if it's not right, get them to fix it (they can if they want to). If they won't fix it, catch the shoe-leather express to another dealership... |
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Replying to: malttese33 (Dec 09, 2007 8:42 am) Not only would I have brought my TI-83 (and its financial calculators) into the dealership for on-the-fly APR calculations, I had planned on casually dropping into the conversation that I'm a financial auditor and have completed the requirements for my CPA, hoping that the combination of those would convince them that trying to pull those types of things might not be a good idea. 
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Replying to: hiwayman (Nov 29, 2007 3:10 pm) Splash Guards and Floor Matts are ussually in every car, but sometimes they do not come in the car. These accessories are listed on the window sticker so they are not free. If your sales person didn't charge you for them than it doesn't matter but I think he/she was stating that they you don't ussualy see a car with out them these days but it does happen. As for what you think you paid, I don't know which NAH you purchased. If it had a tech pkg you got a discount of just over $1000... Not to bad on that vehicle. If you got a base on you got a discount of about $500.. Still not to bad. GP
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Replying to: langjie (Dec 10, 2007 8:51 am) Per contract, here are the terms of the sale (for anyone who might need this going forward): Cash Price: $28,700; NYS Inspection $10; Registration $139; Title $45; Sales Tax $2,475.38 (ouch  8.625%!!  ) NY Tire Fee $12.50. As mentioned, I'm paying $300/M for 48 Months at 2.9% so financing charges are approx. $890 and no prepayment penalty (no reason to pay off early since this is a great rate!) BTW, does anyone know if the interior is supposed to be 2 toned? The interior ceiling is light beige (guess blond) and the bottom half is charcoal (leather). This is normal right? Forgive me for the question since this is the only Hybrid w/ Tech package I've seen so far and when I asked the salesperson he said they are all like that. |
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Replying to: bcp01scu05 (Dec 10, 2007 2:37 pm)  ) and figured the dealership thought we wouldn't know any better. If they had somehow done a more complicated calculation to try to fool us I would have had more respect for them Sigh... NY dealers have subpar reputation and that's why at one point I was contacting dealers from MA. I got a call from Nissan corp on Monday to confirm sale and also to provide feedback about the dealership. Wasn't sure how to rate the dealer considering the stunt that they had played but they did give in fairly quick afterwards to make us happy. Told corp to call back after work but they never did. That's okay, I think for the more part I'm fine w/ the whole experience. |
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Replying to: greanpea68 (Dec 10, 2007 4:27 pm) As for the splashguards, I think you're right. He basically said they come on every car and sometimes they're included in the price. Sometimes they're add ons (price-wise). They ARE on the window sticker (we kept it) as an additional fee. When I teased him about nickle and diming us, and asked if there were going to be charges like the window-sticker removal charge, he smirked and then he took the charge off (in addition to the 1000 over invoice). In the original offer from the dealer, the splashguards were included as part of the price, so, while it wasn't a big deal, they were staying true to the offer. We had purchased an extended warranty, so I'm sure they more than made up what small profit they'd have made on those. We bought the full on Tech Package with leather. The only options we didn't get were the kick plates and the wind deflector (the salesman, who is a friend of ours, said they weren't worth the money). I don't like the look of the wind deflector, so I'm happy with that. The aluminum kick plates...I'm indifferent...
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Replying to: hiwayman (Dec 12, 2007 12:58 pm) but it's utter BS that they said the next ones they sell will be MSRP. they'll try to sell at MSRP, but they'll give in. personally, no big deal for me, just don't be the sucker willing to pay MSRP. My deal was similar to yours, about $1000 over invoice, i think this is fair enough
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Replying to: langjie (Dec 13, 2007 9:14 am) We're happy with the 1K over invoice deal. What I was REALLY happy with is that the dealership didn't quibble much (but the sales guy was a friend of ours, which probably helped). I HATE negotiating for cars. Feel like I should get deloused after I leave the dealership. I'm always skeptical when a dealership tells me of a big price change about to happen. It's a pretty bold-faced sales tactic to get you to move, and then when they tell ya afterwards, it makes you feel good that you got a good deal from them, so you'll bring your business back.... In SOME cases it is supply and demand, which may have entered into the situation. We got one of the last hybrids for 07 north of San Francisco. As the supply of these very cool cars goes down, the price can go up if demand doesn't change. It's basic economics. Oddly enough, we don't see many NAHs in our area,which would seem to indicate the demand probably outstrips supply, but when I went to LA on business last week, I saw a lot of them out on the freeways. Maybe that's where all the "missing" NAHs are going.....SoCal?
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Replying to: hiwayman (Dec 13, 2007 4:20 pm) I felt that if I were an aggressive negotiator I probably could have knocked the price down some more, but I was relieved to get in and out quickly with what I hope is a fair deal and didn't want the additional stress! The two-toned charcoal interior does seem a little odd but doesn't really bother me...in general the car looks great I'm hoping for mid thirties MPG and a tax credit as well.
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