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      11-05-2012, 05:51 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by aus View Post
If it's only $3,000 difference, then it's essentially a wash. What people don't realize is, if you're within the last 3 months of your lease with BMWFS, they'll bargain on the price with a dealer. They will sell the car to the dealer at auction prices, and if the dealer isn't greedy, it can save you many thousands.
My wife's 335 had a buy out of $28,500 at the end of the lease. My sales guy (Shaw New Century), bought the car from BMWFS for $23,000 and sold it to me for around $24,250 after an "inspection" that was maybe 30 minutes since the car was fine. He made $1,000, the service people made around $250 and I saved around 4,000.

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How do you get this information? Wouldn't BMWFS be better off keeping their mouth shut and pocketing the difference?
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