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Pricing on 2014 E350 in the tri-state area - is MSRP - 11% good?

Old Jun 18, 2014 | 11:58 PM
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Pricing on 2014 E350 in the tri-state area - is MSRP - 11% good?

I'm looking at an E350 that costs $62,980 on an MSRP basis but the dealer is sticking his heels in at 11% off MSRP (says he is selling the car at cost which is his invoice price less $3,500 of MB incentive). That seems high to me as I was expecting more like 15% off MSRP. Am I being unreasonable? Is selling at invoice less incentive really mean that the dealer is making no money?

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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 03:04 AM
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I'm looking at an E350 that costs $62,980 on an MSRP basis but the dealer is sticking his heels in at 11% off MSRP (says he is selling the car at cost which is his invoice price less $3,500 of MB incentive). That seems high to me as I was expecting more like 15% off MSRP. Am I being unreasonable? Is selling at invoice less incentive really mean that the dealer is making no money?

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Before or After tax?
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 09:05 AM
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Before tax. This is for a lease so the gross cap cost is being quoted as MSRP - 11% with taxes, money factor, etc to go on top. My main point of negotiation is the cap cost.
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 11:29 AM
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It sounds like you got the dealer by the ball at that price.
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 01:20 PM
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In Southern Cali E350's are sold for roughly MSRP minus 10K...
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 01:26 PM
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Why don't u shop over the phone on an out of state car?

I was reticent to do this on my Benz but it was a smooth process and bought from a Benz dealer
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by fallen
In Southern Cali E350's are sold for roughly MSRP minus 10K...
Got it. 15% of MSRP is $9442.5 so looks like it should be doable if people are giving $10K off MSRP.
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 03:58 PM
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dealers say plenty of bs about how they're losing money by selling it at that price or this price....its all bs!! they are salesmen for a reason !
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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In Southern Cali E350's are sold for roughly MSRP minus 10K...
True, I got mine $10,210.00 off MSRP with hurry (because of lighting pak; in May, not many 14 model come with it).
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Originally Posted by ferrum
Got it. 15% of MSRP is $9442.5 so looks like it should be doable if people are giving $10K off MSRP.
Southern California is the exception to the rule. I'm not sure how the market is in the tri state area but I think it is geographic dependent.
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best to compare deals in your region. But if you are not happy with the price then keep pressing.
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