W204 Owners - Post how much you paid for it
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Hello. Email offers only. Please do not call. Please do not negotiate. Only will accept invoice with tax and tags. If called I will not deal with dealership. If emailed anything other than invoice I will not deal with dealership. (See requested build below). (oh and the salesguy said he wouldnt make a dime off this price and only the dealership would, so I slipped him a $100 bill and got him to get managment on my side)
2008 C350 Sport
Exterior Color: Arctic White
Interior Color: Grey/Black (Non-Leather)
Wood Trims: Black Birdseye Maple
Options:
Panorama Sunroof
18" AMG 5-Twin-Spoke Wheels
Packages:
P2: Premium II
Multimedia Package
MSRP: $43575.00
My offer based on true invoice price is $42,000 OTD
I can wait till OCT/NOV if this car in my requested specification has to be ordered.
Thank You for condsideration.
Let me know how you would like to proceed.
Thanks,
P2
Multimedia
and Automatic Transmission
The Asking price is About 41K You think i can get it for 38-39K OTD?

palladium silver
no options were available to make from MB vietnam , but my car had driver memory seat, power rear sunshade, bi xenon, parktronic , 7 speed gear box , ..as standard equippped ..
i paid 74.000 USD taxed to bring it home
.just this month ,car goes up 5K more by the new tax system , so its around 80K ..almost double price of C350 full option in USA
-Pano
-P2
-Parking sensors
-Multimedia
-memory seats
$49250 + 1080 (pano)
Out the door with tax+registration = $54800

I wish I was back in states...I would be driving C63 with some cash on top
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
here was the OTD price. $43,281.90
was not family/friends discount either
7K is off of invoice, when I picked up a car for my wife. The dealer was giving 10K off of MSRP for the E class + 1.9 percent FI for 72 months.
.. would like to install it myself or get it professionsly done before going on Alberta trip in 2 weeks.. thanks to all your inputs in advance. cheers
.. would like to install it myself or get it professionally done before going on Alberta trip in 2 weeks.. thanks to all your inputs in advance. cheers
Which MB dealer did you buy your car from? If you bought it from MB-Richmond, go ask James Ng if he can give you the phone number of the installer. You can mention my name and that I suggested that you see him. He is a very nice guy and I have known him for a long time.
If I were to have invisible bra done on my MB, I'll have it professionally installed unless of course, you have prior experience.
BTW, why don't you fill in where you are located?
Last edited by benggolf; Jun 20, 2008 at 12:54 AM.
1. Guaranteed Servicing for the next three years (@ 40,000KM/annum = min 7 services)
2. I was willing to wait to have my order fulfilled at a point where their sales were lower (i.e. if they miss one of their September allocs, they'll slip me in then -- this means an October alloc for me atm)
If you have the facility, I'd ring two or three car brokerage firms and ask them which dealerships they deal with -- then ask, which ones have the lowest sales figures (the insurance buyers will know!) - - go to those dealerships as they are more likely to "deal" as they'll need to maintain their franchise licenses.
However, let's be VERY honest - absolute best you can expect is approx. somewhere between 1-6% ... and if you are getting 4-6% you are doing VERY well.
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Mind you -- if you have the option for a Novated Lease (Salary Sacrifice Lease plan) the pre-taxation nature of the payments in effect equals another 7-12% off the purchase price (depending on your KMs travelled and taxation brackets) ... those in Australia should definitely explore this option as the stamp duty and LCT are also (marginally) lower in this scenario.
Hope this was helpful to someone.
Im happy to pay full price if the service is there to look after me.
Not to mention that the New C is definitly worth the money. Like the post before said, the new C is cheaper AND more equiped then the out going C.
I like to be treated with respect as im sure most of you ( if not all ) do as well. Dont get me wrong if I can save I will but I wont get a product from one place to save a small amount over the place that has more respect for me and my money.
$36,000 invoice
+$2,530 tax/title/tags/dealer fees
$38,530 OTD
MSRP was around 43,500 I think.
What I do..in a nutshell...
As soon as I met with my dealer, I mentioned that I was a COSTCO member and wanted to see the member only invoice. However, my dealer seemed sketchy because he kept beating around the bush saying that the COSTCO discount is actually a lot less than the discount the dealer was offering. Regardless, I went for a test drive and after, sat down to negotiate. Without me even mentioning a price, he offered $40,000 plus tax/fees and I said I'll go meet with the other dealers that I was talking to. He got up and went to go talk to his manager. After like 10-15 minutes, he came back and said what dealers always say "I'm going to really make it tough on you and since my boss really likes you, he said he'll give it to you for $37,000 BUT you have to get it right now." I'm thinking "wow, that is a big discount" but I held my urge to give in and exercised the power of walking out. He stopped me one more time and this time, offered $36,000. I still walked out on him and behind my back, he said "If you leave right now, my boss won't be able to give you this deal." I was like "whatever, sureee.." I went to the next dealer and long story short, I told him he had heck of a price to beat and the nice dealer that he is told me to not to miss out on the great deal I just had and immediately without wasting any time, to go back and get it for $36,000. And I did.
Oh, do you guys think if I said throw in the AMG 18" upgrade for 36k, it would have worked when I was walking out? or am I just getting greedy now?
Last edited by akuma84; Jul 10, 2008 at 10:14 PM.
I'm new to the forum and happy to be here!!!
Just picked up my C350 from a PA dealership.
- Palladium Silver
- MM
- P2
- Pana sunroof
- iPod
- Black MB-Tex
Got it $42800 out the door (7% tax included), 2.9% financing thru MBF.
Not sure if it's a good deal, but really want the car so don't care that much!





nothing beats a newly detailed black car wow !!