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12-29-2008, 07:36 PM | #1 |
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Finally ordered, after a ten month wait.
Ive been a part of this thread now for ten months and have been patiently waiting to order an 09 m3 coupe. Today was the day! I live in Rockford IL and thus went to the local dealer(Bachrodt). The CA was really professional and was happy to take my order. He obviously used the BMW NorthAmerica websight and proceeded to build my auto. When the price came up at the end,he simply showed me the print up and said "this is what it will cost you". At this point I told the CA that we should be completely honest, and that I had the BMW invoice printout(thanks to this sight). Moreover, if he would not screw me around and give me a price that isnt insulting, it would go along way with me not farming his number to other dealers. He walked away and came back to the table with $2000 over invoice. I looked at the number and asked him if its as low as he could go? He didn't really respond. I asked again, is this as low as you can go? In his defense, he never did pull the "its my rock bottom number" rhetoric, so in leu of answering my question he kind of skirted the edges. Finally I said the number was unacceptable. I told him in light of todays economic climate his number needed to be closer to invoice. I told him $900 over invoice would be a fair deal for me, and certainly fair for the dealership. He agreed, and it is what it is. Perhaps he would have come down even further, who knows and who cares. What's important is that I don't feel like I was raped, and the dealership and CA made their money aswell. Thanks to Mark, a stand up guy.
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Glad you don't feel like you have to wring every last nickel out of the dealer. They have to make a living, too. I didn't have the option of any negotiation, ordering a year ago.
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12-30-2008, 10:48 PM | #6 |
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Congrats on the order man. Glad to hear you got a good deal. 900 over invoice is a good price on the 09.
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12-31-2008, 07:38 AM | #8 |
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Congrats Matt! Glad you did what I did! It works.... Dealers are much more likely to give a great deal if they feel you will not walk and shop them versus some dealer who is not local and has no reason to not undercut them.
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12-31-2008, 10:48 AM | #9 |
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Congrats Matt! I'm really happy for you, bro. I so can't wait to be in your shoes when I place my order (most likely in June or July of this upcoming year).
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Got a question for you... when you say $900 over invoice which includes invoice pricing for the car and invoice price for the options I'm assuming, you're still paying the extra charges like the training service fee, destination & handling, and gas guzzler tax, plus tax and tags right? Thanks, Navin |
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