virgo99

Does anyone know when do employee discounts for 2020 GLE go live and what would employees and their families get?

venkyszone

Is there a waiting period for new Cars..??

virgo99

I have heard there is a 3 months waiting period. But don't know definitively.

BigHat

A number of supply chain shortfalls unending the GLE order process. Be sure to understand if your options are an issue. For example, a car I ordered three weeks ago expected in June, just rolled to December at best

bad habit

Quick question in regards to this - what discount can be had with a control number, is it the 12.25% off MSRP I am seeing on some forums?

fabbrisd1

DE1 discount is fixed - the erson that is logging you into the system to register you for a DE1 would be able to tell you that - and tell you if GLE qualifies.. so what's your point asking here on this forum ?

shanelewis79

I just got mine yesterday with the 12.25% off MBDEAL. No issues

virgo99

That's awesome Shane, congratulations. Does it let you stack any other incentives e.g. special financing etc if currently being offered.

shanelewis79

i didn’t ask for anything else so I’m not sure. I was worried about getting it since I had seen in the past new models were not eligible. Never hurts to ask though

virgo99

Thanks...I just checked with my friend who was going to get me a control number, but she didn't see it available in the system as of just this morning.
Did you have one specifically for 2020 GLE?

shanelewis79

nope. It was a generic MBDEAL form

bad habit

I am too waiting on a control number from a friend unfortunately he is very busy atm
Great to know that the GLE is not excluded and good to see a confirmation that its 12.25% off MSRP as I expected
I was told that MB requires a "bunch of personal info" to issue the control number, and it takes a while too - @shanelewis79 @virgo99 what is your experience?

shanelewis79

well i don’t know the details but my sis in-law seemed to act like it was easy. My first one expired waiting on the car and when I asked for another she sent it in minutes

shanelewis79

So to follow up. There is a 90 day period for using MBDEAL on new models. That is up 2 weeks from now. Just found out about that today when they processed it. No worries though, it’s being addressed

bad habit

Hey thanks for the update. 90 days period meaning can't be used within the first 90 days of release and that expires in 2 weeks did I get you right?

shanelewis79

That’s what my dealer thinks. Mercedes has an option. Rumor is they are extending it

fabbrisd1

The GLE has been eligible for MBDeal since March 1st... your dealer just doesn't want to sell one under MBDeal when he can sell it in current market MSRP (maybe 3% discount),,

virgo99

Thanks but thats incorrect, based on all my research and sources and I have spent significant time into this. What’s your source?

venkyszone

What does the dealer have to lose. He is going to get compensated by MB anyway right...??

fabbrisd1

They say a picture is worth 1000 words - my GLE450 Employee Purchase April 19 ... sorry, most of this thread has been chatter...

shanelewis79

well I’ll have to disagree here since I have the vehicle. They sold it it me only to find out it wasn’t eligible yet

subroc

My dealer just told me the control number doesn't work for 180 days after the car launched. Car launched on February 14th, so 8/14/2019 is when it'll go live I guess.

He showed me a memo from Mercedes saying it can't be used.

bad habit

When an employee requests a control number they indicate the model and year the number is for. I imagine that if it wasn’t eligible, the request would not have been approved?

Chrisk03

If you don't mine, does your sis-in-law actually work for MB or dealer or other direct employer relationship, or is it she works for a company (say Johnson & Johnson as an example) that has a discount program with MB? Reason I ask, is the better half works at Wells Fargo and they do have some type of discount code (control number) she got for me a year and half ago when ordering my GLC43, but honestly didn't use it because the details were clear as mud. I was able to get 11% off MSRP without, but if it's a standard 12.25% off, I'd love to try and use for another purchase...assuming it will work for another AMG.

PS. fab...can't you give away all the MB buying/discount secrets?

fabbrisd1

Employee Discount (often called Friends & Family) is different program than Fleet Discount - both use Control#'s to verify the discount - but two separate "discount" programs.

On Fleet Programs - you have a CAN# for your company - then if you meet the company's requirements you are issued a Control# (Certificate) that gets entered into your Sales Docs.

I "think" Fleet discounts on GLE are running about $500... each month the Fleet Discounts are recalculated for that month - based on # of units and # of weeks supply in the MB pipeline.