Zinny

Just found out about this after I ordered my car and set a price.

This is about a $3,000 difference! Eventhough I put $1,000 down it would be still a better deal to cancel that deal and lose my down payment. I am so mad at my dealer for not telling me about the USAA pricing. He knew I had USAA when in gave insurance card to test drive.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Zinny

Tjdehya

If you haven’t taken delivery of the car then it’s not too late. Not every dealer is a part of the program so that may be the reason why the dealer didn’t mention it. Also he may not even know about it. I have used it four times now and the dealer’s reaction is always "what? What is that?" You have to speak to someone from the dealer’s internet department and they will clue your dealer into what has to happen. All the paperwork is taken care of on the day of delivery.

If the dealership is a part of the program then you can still save the $2000. IF they are not then you could lose the $1000 you put down and go save $2000 at a dealership that is a part of the program and net yourself a $1000 savings.
OR...
If the dealership is not a part of the program tell you sales manager that you could save $2000 at another dealership and I bet he will match the price without the USAA discount.

konigstiger

FYI for those not eligible for USAA https://www.usaa.com/inet/ent_utils/...vices_products program AMEX offers the same http://amexnetwork.zag.com/main.html

El Cid

[quote=Zinny;4327853]Just found out about this after I ordered my car and set a price.

This is about a $3,000 difference! Eventhough I put $1,000 down it would be still a better deal to cancel that deal and lose my down payment. I am so mad at my dealer for not telling me about the USAA pricing. He knew I had USAA when in gave insurance card to test drive.
It is more a deal with USAA than with your dealer so not surprised he didn't say anything. Actually you could be better off because now if you go to the USAA website and print out the "coupon," you may save more money.
It is not a flat $2,000 off "best price;" it is a set price which is supposed to be $2,000 off. Different dealers will do better though. And you are supposed to go to USAA first and then get referred to a dealer.
As salesmanager explained to me-the discount comes from M-B and not the dealership or USAA. In fact, USAA gets a commission on the sale.

infantry

Yes! I have always played around with the USAA/ZAG car pricing thing, its sometimes at invoice or even less on some other model cars!

i have never bought a brand new car, but if i did i would use this.

amdeutsch

AMEX seems to be at the mercy of dealers. Not every part of the country will get a discount. In my experience, discounts are found easier if there are multiple dealers within a given population center. I doubt that you would easily find CA type discounts in ND or similar states

Zinny

$72,750 E550 4matic is $66,250 via USAA coupon! I also got a $1,000 discount coupon from open MB open haus days........I wonder if they will honor that as well??

MCF

I printed out USAA guaranteed pricing and negotiated $1000 below that. Ended up at $7050 below msrp on a sticker of $58,000.

Zinny

Must be based on model. I am getting a 550 and I know those are on a higher premium.

Either way, I continue to LOVE USAA! This deal is a good $3,000 below what I had been able to get from my salesman.

MCF

Higher premium my a$$. E350 and E550 are a dime a dozen. The higher the MSRP the more discount you should get. Period. If u think one is
More exclusive than any other German high end car u r kidding yourself.

Zinny

Ummm.......okay???

MCF

Noob.

MCF

U edited your original reply. Why!?

Zinny

Brilliant...........you must be proud of that comeback.

Zinny

I used too many three syllable words and I did not want to confuse you.

Tjdehya

Step away from the keyboard my friend. Step away!!!

j/k