Holiday pricing?
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Holiday pricing?
Hey everyone! Long time lurker here. I'm seriously thinking about picking up a 2012 e350 (my first benz!) and was wondering if anyone has picked up one lately and what their pricing was. From the research and what I've seen on this board in particular, it seems like there's a lot of play in the pricing.
Thanks!
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yeah, but even milk is more expensive there eh???
when I honeymooned there I was shocked at some of the prices, the gas at the end of the road to the pools on Maui for instance......was more than the top shelf gas is today, LOL.....
of course, you are out in the middle of nowhere......
when I honeymooned there I was shocked at some of the prices, the gas at the end of the road to the pools on Maui for instance......was more than the top shelf gas is today, LOL.....
of course, you are out in the middle of nowhere......
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Hi, thanks for asking the question. I'm getting ready to take the plunge as well. Would love to hear if anyone has info on prices in SF Bay Area. Man, still quite a few 2011s sitting on the lots. Best - Gasoel
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Ran this play last year with great success.
Suggest getting the invoice / hold back information from the web and then contact your closest 5-7 dealers via internet sales. Get the best 2-3 prices from them and sit tight until right after Christmas. Then start hammering away at the top 3 going back / forth to work them down further to the price you want.
They are "in the money" at this point in their sales plan. The general manager & sales manager are bonused off of total volume and are much easier to work with when their wallet is involved. The other tidbit I found out was that dealers have a tiered pricing structure (coming year) based off of the previous years sales volume. If you get a dealer that is close to the next discount level they are more apt to deal to get there.
Best of luck.
Suggest getting the invoice / hold back information from the web and then contact your closest 5-7 dealers via internet sales. Get the best 2-3 prices from them and sit tight until right after Christmas. Then start hammering away at the top 3 going back / forth to work them down further to the price you want.
They are "in the money" at this point in their sales plan. The general manager & sales manager are bonused off of total volume and are much easier to work with when their wallet is involved. The other tidbit I found out was that dealers have a tiered pricing structure (coming year) based off of the previous years sales volume. If you get a dealer that is close to the next discount level they are more apt to deal to get there.
Best of luck.
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Ran this play last year with great success.
Suggest getting the invoice / hold back information from the web and then contact your closest 5-7 dealers via internet sales. Get the best 2-3 prices from them and sit tight until right after Christmas. Then start hammering away at the top 3 going back / forth to work them down further to the price you want.
They are "in the money" at this point in their sales plan. The general manager & sales manager are bonused off of total volume and are much easier to work with when their wallet is involved. The other tidbit I found out was that dealers have a tiered pricing structure (coming year) based off of the previous years sales volume. If you get a dealer that is close to the next discount level they are more apt to deal to get there.
Best of luck.
Suggest getting the invoice / hold back information from the web and then contact your closest 5-7 dealers via internet sales. Get the best 2-3 prices from them and sit tight until right after Christmas. Then start hammering away at the top 3 going back / forth to work them down further to the price you want.
They are "in the money" at this point in their sales plan. The general manager & sales manager are bonused off of total volume and are much easier to work with when their wallet is involved. The other tidbit I found out was that dealers have a tiered pricing structure (coming year) based off of the previous years sales volume. If you get a dealer that is close to the next discount level they are more apt to deal to get there.
Best of luck.
Special ordered a W212, dealer quoted me 62,000 on a 67,000 MSRP car, + 2k conquest so $60,000. Know this guy, and have gotten cars from him before. The price he gave seemed average... but have not done the paperwork yet as the car doesn't exist (no VIN) Would going in right after Christmas be a good time to try to bump that to a # in the 5s or would that not really work, or just a d*ck move in general
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Everytime I buy a car I do it at this time of year and let the dealerships fight each other over price. This is the time that you are in the driver's seat. Use it to your advantage. I normally wouldn't have bought this early in the month, but the deal was great, my inspection on my trade in was needed to be renewed from November, and the brakes had just started squealing a little.
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M-B sales are up 42% over this time last year (supposedly) so that may affect. However, this is one of worst times of year for dealers, which is why almost all manufactures have December specials.
In theory, best time to negotiate would be about 5:00 PM on Dec. 24th or Dec. 31.
Consumer Reports has a pricing service (for a fee) and I believe Truecar.com is another. I always found Edmunds TMV to be higher than I actually paid.
Good luck.
In theory, best time to negotiate would be about 5:00 PM on Dec. 24th or Dec. 31.
Consumer Reports has a pricing service (for a fee) and I believe Truecar.com is another. I always found Edmunds TMV to be higher than I actually paid.
Good luck.
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CedarZ$ - I chose to target those 5 days but was looking for a white / tan color combo which is pretty prevalent. I'd say that you could do same with Black / Silver as well unless you were looking for a particular option package.
They year end quota is a much bigger deal than money / quarterly as the GM / Sales Managers wallet is involved at this point (annual bonus) and the incentive to the dealership is huge if they are close to the next level of tiered pricing. In my case, the dealer ship was looking at an additional .25% off of all cars they purchased in 2011. They needed to sell 3 more car to hit that level and were willing to do almost anything to get there.
Happy hunting.
They year end quota is a much bigger deal than money / quarterly as the GM / Sales Managers wallet is involved at this point (annual bonus) and the incentive to the dealership is huge if they are close to the next level of tiered pricing. In my case, the dealer ship was looking at an additional .25% off of all cars they purchased in 2011. They needed to sell 3 more car to hit that level and were willing to do almost anything to get there.
Happy hunting.
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aloha! i think it depends on who do you talk to. i know at least couple people didn't pay msrp in oahu. not sure about other islands, though 
. but angrypenguin, you should do like what others mentioned. get a few quotes online. save you a lot of time and possibly money as well.
. but angrypenguin, you should do like what others mentioned. get a few quotes online. save you a lot of time and possibly money as well.
