2014 e350. What'd you pay?
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Were u able to get that price on first contact with them without much haggling?
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it was a grind. Tried to get them to discount the acquisition fee, but the did not budge. MB Torrance was pursuing hard, and had better color combos, but I was tired of the process and just settled with van nuys. The sales associated hated me by the time we closed the deal.
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it was a grind. Tried to get them to discount the acquisition fee, but the did not budge. MB Torrance was pursuing hard, and had better color combos, but I was tired of the process and just settled with van nuys. The sales associated hated me by the time we closed the deal.
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2010 C300 & 2014 E350
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Man, I sure hate shopping at Walmart, I overpay for everything!
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I just curious how are you going to deal with 27 months lease in term you pay registration for entire year but drive 3 months only? I assume it is simple dealer catch to get you off lease earlier and buy another car.
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I truly find it entertaining that the most important part everyone is concerned with on this board is how cheaply one can get one of these cars and what's the least amount of money you can get away with spending on them.
Maybe a used Toyota is more up these people's alley...
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Three German car manufacturers are under tax evasion investigation in Greece in Europe. These three are MB, BMW and Opel.
The Greek inspecting office claims that these car manufacturers sell their cars to Greek car dealers way lower priced than they should. They call it dumping.
As an example in one European economic news paper is mentioned that a S500 is sold to the dealer for EURO 22500 while the car is sold in Greece to the public for 4-times that. Another example is mentioned a BMW X3 sold to Greek dealer for EURO 12000 while the consumer will pay 3-times that to own one.
And we wonder how some people can get so big discounts on these E-class MB cars.
If the info in the news paper article is true for the low cost MB sells the cars to Greece it kind of takes the bottom out of this all as what quality we really pay for. I don't think MB sells cars to anywhere under the cost to make them so what kind of quality car is it really if it is so cheap to make that a S500 can leave their plant for that low money and they still make profit with it?
Reading this info makes me not want to pay anything for a MB any more...
The Greek inspecting office claims that these car manufacturers sell their cars to Greek car dealers way lower priced than they should. They call it dumping.
As an example in one European economic news paper is mentioned that a S500 is sold to the dealer for EURO 22500 while the car is sold in Greece to the public for 4-times that. Another example is mentioned a BMW X3 sold to Greek dealer for EURO 12000 while the consumer will pay 3-times that to own one.
And we wonder how some people can get so big discounts on these E-class MB cars.
If the info in the news paper article is true for the low cost MB sells the cars to Greece it kind of takes the bottom out of this all as what quality we really pay for. I don't think MB sells cars to anywhere under the cost to make them so what kind of quality car is it really if it is so cheap to make that a S500 can leave their plant for that low money and they still make profit with it?
Reading this info makes me not want to pay anything for a MB any more...
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Three German car manufacturers are under tax evasion investigation in Greece in Europe. These three are MB, BMW and Opel.
The Greek inspecting office claims that these car manufacturers sell their cars to Greek car dealers way lower priced than they should. They call it dumping.
As an example in one European economic news paper is mentioned that a S500 is sold to the dealer for EURO 22500 while the car is sold in Greece to the public for 4-times that. Another example is mentioned a BMW X3 sold to Greek dealer for EURO 12000 while the consumer will pay 3-times that to own one.
And we wonder how some people can get so big discounts on these E-class MB cars.
If the info in the news paper article is true for the low cost MB sells the cars to Greece it kind of takes the bottom out of this all as what quality we really pay for. I don't think MB sells cars to anywhere under the cost to make them so what kind of quality car is it really if it is so cheap to make that a S500 can leave their plant for that low money and they still make profit with it?
Reading this info makes me not want to pay anything for a MB any more...
The Greek inspecting office claims that these car manufacturers sell their cars to Greek car dealers way lower priced than they should. They call it dumping.
As an example in one European economic news paper is mentioned that a S500 is sold to the dealer for EURO 22500 while the car is sold in Greece to the public for 4-times that. Another example is mentioned a BMW X3 sold to Greek dealer for EURO 12000 while the consumer will pay 3-times that to own one.
And we wonder how some people can get so big discounts on these E-class MB cars.
If the info in the news paper article is true for the low cost MB sells the cars to Greece it kind of takes the bottom out of this all as what quality we really pay for. I don't think MB sells cars to anywhere under the cost to make them so what kind of quality car is it really if it is so cheap to make that a S500 can leave their plant for that low money and they still make profit with it?
Reading this info makes me not want to pay anything for a MB any more...
The reason why SDOE is looking into these companies is that it suspects the aforementioned German carmakers are delivering their vehicles to their respective partners in Greece at extremely low factory prices, which the government uses as a base for a number of taxes – the lower the factory price, the less taxes paid to the country.
Sounds like they're "selling" these cars low on paper to reduce tax liability and not because that is their true value or cost. If your assumption was true the state would have no case.
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Kind of confused. Ran through this thread and it seems like these deals are all out on the west coast. When I was dealing on my 2011 E350 earlier this month, the dealer said he couldn't touch those kind of numbers and a lease on a '14 would be in the 6's for a 4matic with an MSRP in the low 60's.
Any help here? I might even consider trading my car back in to get up into a new one if there are any negotiating tactics? Any one on this thread actually buy one? Numbers?
Thanks!
Any help here? I might even consider trading my car back in to get up into a new one if there are any negotiating tactics? Any one on this thread actually buy one? Numbers?
Thanks!
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these deals do seem to be apparent on the west coast and in fl, but they are there in the NE as well. I emailed a handful of dealers earlier this week and have 2 close to 25% off msrp on a 14 e350 4matic. I guess they need to hit their quotas for the month so every car counts....will update once the deal is finished
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these deals do seem to be apparent on the west coast and in fl, but they are there in the NE as well. I emailed a handful of dealers earlier this week and have 2 close to 25% off msrp on a 14 e350 4matic. I guess they need to hit their quotas for the month so every car counts....will update once the deal is finished
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2014 E350 Wagon, 2025 GLC 350e, 2026 E53 Wagon
Whining about it won't make any difference. The question is what is that car worth to you and is that in line with what the dealer is asking for it. If it is, you'll end up with a new Benz and your dealer with a sale. If it isn't then no deal will be made. Simple as that...
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Suck it up and pay what your market dictates/asks. Or walk away and get something different. Or get a used car. Or maybe don't buy anything at all and drive what you currently have. The options are endless.
Whining about it won't make any difference. The question is what is that car worth to you and is that in line with what the dealer is asking for it. If it is, you'll end up with a new Benz and your dealer with a sale. If it isn't then no deal will be made. Simple as that...
Whining about it won't make any difference. The question is what is that car worth to you and is that in line with what the dealer is asking for it. If it is, you'll end up with a new Benz and your dealer with a sale. If it isn't then no deal will be made. Simple as that...
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Suck it up and pay what your market dictates/asks. Or walk away and get something different. Or get a used car. Or maybe don't buy anything at all and drive what you currently have. The options are endless.
Whining about it won't make any difference. The question is what is that car worth to you and is that in line with what the dealer is asking for it. If it is, you'll end up with a new Benz and your dealer with a sale. If it isn't then no deal will be made. Simple as that...
Whining about it won't make any difference. The question is what is that car worth to you and is that in line with what the dealer is asking for it. If it is, you'll end up with a new Benz and your dealer with a sale. If it isn't then no deal will be made. Simple as that...
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2014 E350 Wagon, 2025 GLC 350e, 2026 E53 Wagon
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$11k off of the MSRP sure is a good deal when buying the car.
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I thought it matters as with the lease you don't own the car unless you pay the residual value of the car, which depends on how much the car was driven. Or something like that. I don't know for sure as I never leased a car nor do I intend to do so in the future.
$11k off of the MSRP sure is a good deal when buying the car.
$11k off of the MSRP sure is a good deal when buying the car.
I also thought that $11k off was good... that was until someone posted 25% off in NJ.
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If you want to save 0.65% of the value of your car then sure, you should get out of the lease at 24 months, otherwise just keep it and pay the registration fee which is around 0.65% of the value of the car. A 2 year old E350 is worth about 65% of its new price so you're looking at what, $250? Are you guys really this frugal/cheap? I'd be more concerned with having to replace all 4 tires before my lease is up to the tone of $1K+.
I truly find it entertaining that the most important part everyone is concerned with on this board is how cheaply one can get one of these cars and what's the least amount of money you can get away with spending on them.
Maybe a used Toyota is more up these people's alley...
I truly find it entertaining that the most important part everyone is concerned with on this board is how cheaply one can get one of these cars and what's the least amount of money you can get away with spending on them.
Maybe a used Toyota is more up these people's alley...
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Oh, and I not only called you cheap I called you self entitled as well...
Man, you sure don't have to go to your neighbor to borrow some sense of entitlement, do you? Pretend the car's price was $300 more and buy yourself an iPod!
