Negotiating Price
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Negotiating Price
Folks:
My special order is slated to be built this week and supposedly will arrive at my local dealership about a week later. But I have not yet talked about price.
Can folks share some useful tips on negotiating price?
Thanks!
My special order is slated to be built this week and supposedly will arrive at my local dealership about a week later. But I have not yet talked about price.
Can folks share some useful tips on negotiating price?
Thanks!
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Well...
1) if you ordered a GLC which is built in Germany - how are you going to get US delivery 1 week later in the US - call the Starship Enterprise ?
2) If you are buying a GLE or GLS manufactured in the US - that might fit.
3) If you ordered a Mercedes - without having a price "agreement" on that rig up front - well, good luck to you !
1) if you ordered a GLC which is built in Germany - how are you going to get US delivery 1 week later in the US - call the Starship Enterprise ?
2) If you are buying a GLE or GLS manufactured in the US - that might fit.
3) If you ordered a Mercedes - without having a price "agreement" on that rig up front - well, good luck to you !
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Yes, I paid extra for overnight mail.
I think I've been misled by the dealer. Dealer says it arrives a week after build and that they cannot discuss price because they don't have pricing (or July incentives) yet.
Maybe time to have a talk with the manager?
I think I've been misled by the dealer. Dealer says it arrives a week after build and that they cannot discuss price because they don't have pricing (or July incentives) yet.
Maybe time to have a talk with the manager?
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But that doesn't explain why the salesperson is saying the car will be built today and arrive at the dealership in a week --- if it is not being built in Alabama.
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Could be in Netstar they had the build still open to change and managed to sneak in some changes last minute before build. Although it may be built pretty fast (a day) and ship over from Germany (a week), it may stay at the VPC until Mbenz corporate allows release of the MY 2017 GLC 300's. So it may "be here" in the USA, but may not be released to the dealer yet -- so you still have time to negotiate! 
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I'm in the same boat as you (custom ordered a 2017 GLC). I negotiated on a % price and the best deal I could get by pitching 3 dealers in my area against each other was finally an 8.5% off whatever the 2017 MSRP comes out to be. I believe depending on where you are from, you could have more or less negotiating power. I believe on the 2016 models, people have been able to get as high as 11% off. My dealer told me upfront that he could do better on the 2016 for obvious reasons given the 2017 is almost here. Hope this helps!
