Turbo2

Got a gift from MBUSA and my dealership (Euro Motorcars) today for the purchase of my '05 C230. They sent a leather travel folio with "Mercedes Benz" and the star embossed on the inside, very nice piece. Also came with a few owners manuals/CD's for Tele-Aid, things of that sort.

It was a welcome suprise in the mail today. Anyone else get a gift for their purchase yet?

coconutpolito

Got mine yesterday. I also like it and I also received a blanket from my dealer which is actually quite nice.

nicedeboy

yeah... I got mine at the dealership. They also gave me two stuffed teddy bears with a blue benz logo shirt.

Turbo2

Hmm...looks like maybe I should try to bargin with my dealer to get a blanket as well.

curtis_tom

yah, we got gifts from our dealerships in Ottawa, Canada. i remember at Carling Motors in 1995, we bought our C280 and they gave us a full, large fruit basket along with a card. when we referred 2 of our friends to get M classes at another dealer after we got ours there, they gave us a Hugo Boss MB shirt and a regular MB shirt for referring our friends.

Guest0001

I got the pathetic blanket for my '03.

DiamondNoir2K5

What the hell? I didn't get ****.

All I got was a form letter saying thank you for your business, now please give us excellent marks when you receive the satisfaction survey from MBUSA.

LeifW

I got a rock.

Charlie Brown

jinijazz

OK, now I'm pissed.
Anyone got something from Smythe European for the recent purchase?

wingless

This is the leather travel folio, which includes the mini CD, owner's id card and mini guide.

nicedeboy

Since we were buying two cars with total cash the day we got mine (mercedes and toyota), my mom demanded another teddy bear. haha

rubenl

I got the little portfolio too, but I didn't get no blanky !!

DiamondNoir2K5

Interesting to note, Smythe is no longer indepedently owned. It was sold by Mr. Smythe to a gigantic national auto conglomerate known as AutoNation. (Actually, quite a few NorCal, as well as all over the nation, dealerships of all makes have been bought out by them.)

AutoNation was founded by the guy who started Waste Management (gigantic national garbage conglomerate), and Blockbuster Video. That dude could wreck an SLR everyday for fun and still not blink.

Anyway, I digress. Maybe AutoNation-owned dealerships are under cost-cutting constraints and free teddy bears are the first thing to go?

dtfwong

:p Car was for the missus. They sent her a nice basket and floral arrangement to her work...


Quite impressive.... Beshoff mercedes benz...

akbro93704

my dad bought an '03 ML55, and my mom has a '00 E320, and all my dad got was a dumb Mercedes keychain w/ the dealers name embossed, and the only thing my mom got was some kind of Napa Valley picture book.. Plus, the dealership is owned by my grandpa,his siblings, and his cousin, although, that could be the reason why we barely got anything..

nicedeboy

haha

inFiniTE LooP

i too received the leather travel folio , i just keep it in my glovebox

tuscanraider

Ha...me too. Black with fringes on the ends, and a white MB logo, right?

CaponeMB

infact I got mine yesterday. Pretty nice!

o98eclipse

Did it come from your dealership or MB corporate offices? How long did it take to get your gift after your purchase?

My dealer is cheap, doubt I'll get anything.

Guest0001

Yeah, that one. I have had for about almost 2 years now and no use of it.

Guest0001

This has to due with dealer. mbusa has nothing to do with it. it comes about a few months after ownership I think

They also send me a Mercedes Magazine every few months. I forgot the name of it. I also get the fletcher jones report as well.

trench

I didn't get crap from Smythe, but my friend who bought a CLK and an ML on the same day (he had just moved here) got all kinds of free junk, including: caps, shirts and a couple of watches. He said after he and his salesman closed the deal they went over to the parts department and the salesman let him pick out a bunch of stuff.

However, I picked up my car in the evening after the parts department had closed. When talking with my saleman the next day I asked if there was a discount for purchases from the parts department (a benefit I had received in the past from other dealers). He said there was no discount for customers and asked what it was I wanted, when I told him a car cover and wheel-locks, he just said, "Oh."

This conversation and my friend's experience led me to beleive that at Smythe each saleman is probably given some credit (or he uses a little of his sales commission) with the parts department that he uses to gift a customer some "freebies." I think if I had told my salesman I wanted a cap and a coffee cup he would have happly given them to me - but he balked at the $200 dollar cover and $70 wheel locks.

Turbo2

NobleC320-

The gift (leather travel folio) actually comes from MB Corporate, not the dealer. However, in my letter it says a gift from MBUSA and your dealer yet it is sent from a MB Corporate address, not my dealer.

Saprissa

gifts received so far...

- 2 MB keychains for each car (total 4)
- 1 MB chrome license plate frame
- 1 MB set of chrome tire-valve caps
- 1 MB teddy bear for my daughter
- $200 MB Gift Card
- 1 MB blanket
- 2 leather travel folios (from MBUSA)
- 1 year Anniversary card
- MB magazine subscription
- bunch of "Thank You" cards

... keep 'em coming MB !!