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Originally Posted by oggle
LOL Shohoku is in denial.
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Shohoku... please please do everyone a favor... and just drive your MB. You got spanked on the price, and you're gonna keep getting spanked on this forum. You did NOT get a good deal. I got a C320 COUPE with all your options, and only paid 31K + tax/fees. It's all about bargaining / haggling skill. If your friend was such a true friend, why didn't he get you the lowest price possible, he still gets the sale #, and then you buy him dinner for a month, or give him cold hard cash to make up for his "share of the quota"?
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Originally Posted by Saprissa
Shohoku... please please do everyone a favor... and just drive your MB. You got spanked on the price, and you're gonna keep getting spanked on this forum. You did NOT get a good deal. I got a C320 COUPE with all your options, and only paid 31K + tax/fees. It's all about bargaining / haggling skill. If your friend was such a true friend, why didn't he get you the lowest price possible, he still gets the sale #, and then you buy him dinner for a month, or give him cold hard cash to make up for his "share of the quota"?
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Originally Posted by Shohoku
drew
first of all, i sad he's the fleet manager for fletcher jones, he sells benz to places like carsdirect, private dealerships, etc.. He's not a sales for carsdirect...
i dun care if i could have saved another hundred dollars on a 36K car. I had a good buying experience, and pretty fun being taken around fletcher jones to check out the facility. my friend gets the sale and he gets his share of the quota, sounds good to me. btw drew, you cant even read and understand a simple sentence, what makes you think you have any clues about cars. You think copying and pasting info from a website on the specs of a car make your claims solid? how does that make you a knowledged buyer or broker. just read over what you have posted so far, 99.9% bs with no strong facts supporting any of your rediculous claims. (carsdirect does not count as a source, how many ppl do you know bought a car from carsdirect) If your doubtful, print out ur carsdirect 411 and bring it to a local dealer, see what they tell you. and that book of yours on the car buying process... you can go refund your money and use that money to buy urself a model toy car.
Btw, the C class is not the most popular line that MB has. You can quote me on that. MB dealerships do make more money from other models of MB, most benz owners are in the upper class of the MB line. Also, C class cannot compare with other cars of the same class such as BMW 3 series in terms of sales (plz dun get confused again drew, go take some english language courses first) . if we're arguing over a 3 series, then its true 3 series is more popular than the 5 and 7 series, and a large portion of their profit comes from the 3 series. the benz C class cannot sell at large quantities such as the 3 series, therefore impossible to contribute, as the 3 series did, to the total profit. Take a sec and think about it before making more weak claims.
frank, ur dad had a car business, doesnt make you anymore knowledgeable. you growing up in taiwan's showroom doesnt make you anymore knowldegeable. All it means is that your dad knew the automobile industry in taiwan back in the 90's. I have no idea where your trying to get at with your logic. The united states benz market is completely different from taiwan btw. The price difference is near a ratio of 2 to 1.
anyway, im done arguing with ppl that can only make weak and unreasonable claims with no solid proof. read through my logistics and think for a while, maybe ppl like drew can understand a thing or two about why they should zip up their mouth.
first of all, i sad he's the fleet manager for fletcher jones, he sells benz to places like carsdirect, private dealerships, etc.. He's not a sales for carsdirect...
i dun care if i could have saved another hundred dollars on a 36K car. I had a good buying experience, and pretty fun being taken around fletcher jones to check out the facility. my friend gets the sale and he gets his share of the quota, sounds good to me. btw drew, you cant even read and understand a simple sentence, what makes you think you have any clues about cars. You think copying and pasting info from a website on the specs of a car make your claims solid? how does that make you a knowledged buyer or broker. just read over what you have posted so far, 99.9% bs with no strong facts supporting any of your rediculous claims. (carsdirect does not count as a source, how many ppl do you know bought a car from carsdirect) If your doubtful, print out ur carsdirect 411 and bring it to a local dealer, see what they tell you. and that book of yours on the car buying process... you can go refund your money and use that money to buy urself a model toy car. Btw, the C class is not the most popular line that MB has. You can quote me on that. MB dealerships do make more money from other models of MB, most benz owners are in the upper class of the MB line. Also, C class cannot compare with other cars of the same class such as BMW 3 series in terms of sales (plz dun get confused again drew, go take some english language courses first) . if we're arguing over a 3 series, then its true 3 series is more popular than the 5 and 7 series, and a large portion of their profit comes from the 3 series. the benz C class cannot sell at large quantities such as the 3 series, therefore impossible to contribute, as the 3 series did, to the total profit. Take a sec and think about it before making more weak claims.
frank, ur dad had a car business, doesnt make you anymore knowledgeable. you growing up in taiwan's showroom doesnt make you anymore knowldegeable. All it means is that your dad knew the automobile industry in taiwan back in the 90's. I have no idea where your trying to get at with your logic. The united states benz market is completely different from taiwan btw. The price difference is near a ratio of 2 to 1.
anyway, im done arguing with ppl that can only make weak and unreasonable claims with no solid proof. read through my logistics and think for a while, maybe ppl like drew can understand a thing or two about why they should zip up their mouth.
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From: Arcadia/Irvine
05 C230K
i dun think getting 100 off invoice and another 1500 off with the c-spot is a bad deal. but go ahead and keep telling me i could have got another 5K off if it makes you ppl feel better. didnt know theres so many angry ppl on this forum. its alrite u ppl keep it up if u want. all my friends are telling me good stuff about my car, and im extremely happy with the deal. my friend is hooking me up with some nice 6000K phillips bulbs for 200 bucks. getting it installed friday.
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Mr. Shohoku,
Do you drive in the city mostly? If not, I advise against those 6000K bulbs. Sure it'll give you the MIIB look, but it will also be alot dimmer than stock 4300K bulbs.
Do you drive in the city mostly? If not, I advise against those 6000K bulbs. Sure it'll give you the MIIB look, but it will also be alot dimmer than stock 4300K bulbs.
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hmm just an observation to those who say that most wealthy individuals..would buy cars without worrying about how much they pay, that is true but sort of untrue...if people dont watch how they spend or bargin it will make it that much harder to gain/maintain wealth
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Originally Posted by YeeHaw
hmm just an observation to those who say that most wealthy individuals..would buy cars without worrying about how much they pay, that is true but sort of untrue...if people dont watch how they spend or bargin it will make it that much harder to gain/maintain wealth
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Originally Posted by Anaheim_Drew
I agree.........but, the only wealthy people buying a c class would be those buying for their kids. And they would be smart enough to know a good deal vs. a bad one. It just would not hurt their funds as much as others.
True...but its still good to watch all aspects even on smaller expeditures...otherwise why would the wealthy need a tax cut???
hmm thats gonna open a whole new can of worms....but HEY I MADE MEMBER
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Originally Posted by Anaheim_Drew
I agree.........but, the only wealthy people buying a c class would be those buying for their kids. And they would be smart enough to know a good deal vs. a bad one. It just would not hurt their funds as much as others.
Anyone can get a better deal if they know how to haggle especially on models that came out for 3-4 years already.Shohoku, The U.S. market and Taiwan market all get their cars from Germany. They all start out one and the same smartguy! It's the import tax and government tax that makes the price vary soo much. It has nothing to do w/ the manufacturer. MBUSA buy their cars the same way MBTaiwan buy their cars from DaimlerChrysler.
oh yeah, and you paid the same price as my friend's 04.5 in March w/ the same options except he didn't know what the hell was the C-spot coupon. think about that will you.
anywayz, everyone go enjoy their cars. Check out the SoCal August meet threads. If you have time, join us.
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Originally Posted by FrankW
Anyone can get a better deal if they know how to haggle especially on models that came out for 3-4 years already.Shohoku, The U.S. market and Taiwan market all get their cars from Germany. They all start out one and the same smartguy! It's the import tax and government tax that makes the price vary soo much. It has nothing to do w/ the manufacturer. MBUSA buy their cars the same way MBTaiwan buy their cars from DaimlerChrysler.
oh yeah, and you paid the same price as my friend's 04.5 in March w/ the same options except he didn't know what the hell was the C-spot coupon. think about that will you.
anywayz, everyone go enjoy their cars. Check out the SoCal August meet threads. If you have time, join us.
Any new shoes Frank?
I need a mod before the meet..........just 1 big one....
Last edited by Anaheim_Drew; Aug 5, 2004 at 06:45 PM.
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Originally Posted by Anaheim_Drew
I love to haggle or as my plate says "I NAGOC8"
Any new shoes Frank?
I need a mod before the meet..........just 1 big one....
Any new shoes Frank?
I need a mod before the meet..........just 1 big one....
what kind of new shoes you speak of? Jordans? rims? i got neither...LOL
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Originally Posted by FrankW
LOL, you still looking for rims? PM me I may be able to help you out.
what kind of new shoes you speak of? Jordans? rims? i got neither...LOL
what kind of new shoes you speak of? Jordans? rims? i got neither...LOL
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2003 C230 Kompressor Sedan
Originally Posted by nicedeboy
As the price for my car... my family is very popular among these parts. We have a motto, you scratch my back, we'll scratch your's. The dealership takes a bite for my car, but makes it up on my mom's car or dad's, aunt's, etc... you get the point. So they still get the money some how. They are nice to me early, then they will know I will return back to them most of my life and charge in on me. haha
BTW, I'm a college student as well. My sister lives outside of State College, PA and she loves that mountain snow. haha When the first inch comes down, I don't go anywhere above the Masion--Dixon line. haha
BTW, I'm a college student as well. My sister lives outside of State College, PA and she loves that mountain snow. haha When the first inch comes down, I don't go anywhere above the Masion--Dixon line. haha
Hey, I also figured out how he got his C55 so cheap. He found the cheat codes to his Playstation.....
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Wow $42K for a C230K. I wish try buying one in Australia for that money. I payed $82K (aus) for a C200K with metalic paint, spots pack.
Sh*t i wish i lived in the States. I would be running one nice ride.
Sh*t i wish i lived in the States. I would be running one nice ride.
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Originally Posted by CbowmanPSU
take into consideration i'm a soph in college(PSU), and now i'm broke again.
Congrats on the new car; don't worry about getting/not getting hosed. It's all water under the bridge, no matter what the old ladies on this forum say.
Good luck with the car, and PSU. I'm an old fart - class of '88.
Gotta love the football team's comeback this year. The lean years sucked.
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Originally Posted by tommy
Don't worry - there's always Sera-Tec.
Congrats on the new car; don't worry about getting/not getting hosed. It's all water under the bridge, no matter what the old ladies on this forum say.
Good luck with the car, and PSU. I'm an old fart - class of '88. Gotta love the football team's comeback this year. The lean years sucked.
Congrats on the new car; don't worry about getting/not getting hosed. It's all water under the bridge, no matter what the old ladies on this forum say.
Good luck with the car, and PSU. I'm an old fart - class of '88.
Gotta love the football team's comeback this year. The lean years sucked.
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Originally Posted by Elliott
he posted that 2 years ago by the way...
