Visit to Local Dealer
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Visit to Local Dealer
I had to go over to the local dealer today to schedule my Shaken up Shaker for service. They've been waiting for their Shelby to get there so I figured I'd go to the showroom to see if it had arrived. It has indeed arrived. It's the lighter gray/silver with white stripe convertable. BEAUTIFUL car. The in person presence of the car is awesome.
ADM Issue:
Sticker: $48,500
Selling Price: $68,500
The sales guy I talk to says it's to weed out the people who just want to buy them at retail, stick em in the garage and make a profit later.
ADM Issue:
Sticker: $48,500
Selling Price: $68,500
The sales guy I talk to says it's to weed out the people who just want to buy them at retail, stick em in the garage and make a profit later.
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Originally Posted by 97svtgoin05gt
I had to go over to the local dealer today to schedule my Shaken up Shaker for service. They've been waiting for their Shelby to get there so I figured I'd go to the showroom to see if it had arrived. It has indeed arrived. It's the lighter gray/silver with white stripe convertable. BEAUTIFUL car. The in person presence of the car is awesome.
ADM Issue:
Sticker: $48,500
Selling Price: $68,500
The sales guy I talk to says it's to weed out the people who just want to buy them at retail, stick em in the garage and make a profit later.
ADM Issue:
Sticker: $48,500
Selling Price: $68,500
The sales guy I talk to says it's to weed out the people who just want to buy them at retail, stick em in the garage and make a profit later.
You should tell him that all of those people out there who want one for MSRP are so very thankful that they would stick their necks out and be gracious enough to accept an extra $20,000 to ensure that no one else gets to do the same.
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I saw one on a delivery truck today - Vista Blue. I almost broke my neck turning to eyeball it. Fortunately, we were at a stop light, and I was a passenger. So I just got to sit there and drink it in.
That's one righteous-looking Mustang.
That's one righteous-looking Mustang.
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Originally Posted by rocket88
your response should have been, "So, it's your job to PREVENT people from buying new Fords...I see...thank you"
#8
Originally Posted by Cleveland
you folks really should reconsider treating the sales people as the enemy, they are not all bad.
-Dan
-Dan
I'll be his returning cash cow when the Shelby GT's ready to order.
As he said.....as long as I order it through him I'll get for MSRP.
#10
I received an e-mail message from the internet sales director for Folsom Lake Ford in the Sacramento CA area. Grabber Orange MSRP $43,570. Get this - dealer asking price $93,565 + T & L!!! Unbelievable.
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I stopped by Gaudin Ford in Vegas today to take a peak at one on the floor. Can't say I was overwhelmed as I've seen so many pics over the past year. Sales guy said it was the third sold of the nine they were allocated. All three, so far, at 20k over. The thing that I noticed were all the smudges and fingerprints on the car and he said the guy was supposed to have picked it up yesterday. Maybe he got smart... How difficult is it to look at a car w/o sticking your grubby mitts all over it?
As for sales personnel..shouldn't they know the product? We got to talking about the Shelby GT and I asked him (even though I knew the answer) "aren't they converting those here in Las Vegas?" His answer, "I'm not sure where they're doing that."
As for sales personnel..shouldn't they know the product? We got to talking about the Shelby GT and I asked him (even though I knew the answer) "aren't they converting those here in Las Vegas?" His answer, "I'm not sure where they're doing that."
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Originally Posted by DUD121
I stopped by Gaudin Ford in Vegas today to take a peak at one on the floor. Can't say I was overwhelmed as I've seen so many pics over the past year. Sales guy said it was the third sold of the nine they were allocated. All three, so far, at 20k over. The thing that I noticed were all the smudges and fingerprints on the car and he said the guy was supposed to have picked it up yesterday. Maybe he got smart... How difficult is it to look at a car w/o sticking your grubby mitts all over it?
As for sales personnel..shouldn't they know the product? We got to talking about the Shelby GT and I asked him (even though I knew the answer) "aren't they converting those here in Las Vegas?" His answer, "I'm not sure where they're doing that."
As for sales personnel..shouldn't they know the product? We got to talking about the Shelby GT and I asked him (even though I knew the answer) "aren't they converting those here in Las Vegas?" His answer, "I'm not sure where they're doing that."
#13
Originally Posted by Cleveland
you folks really should reconsider treating the sales people as the enemy, they are not all bad.
-Dan
-Dan
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My fatherinlaws gooberheaded neighbor(on Long Island) is all proud- He got one for.......$75,000 Whoopee- and is crowing about it like a rooster at sunrise. Those people in that town have more money than sense.
The Adjustments are just stupid. Its like in 04, an unnamed ford dealer wouldn't sell me one of their "precious" overpriced 05s because they were saving them for people who wanted to pay markup- but would sell me an 04 that day.......I told them to suck on it and went to buy from Ernest Mccarty the same day- who also is selling their gt500's for sticker. Thats the only Ford Dealer I ever walked into where I didn't feel like I needed a bath to get the slime off me when I walked out. (and I bought two cars from em, so that speaks well)
The Adjustments are just stupid. Its like in 04, an unnamed ford dealer wouldn't sell me one of their "precious" overpriced 05s because they were saving them for people who wanted to pay markup- but would sell me an 04 that day.......I told them to suck on it and went to buy from Ernest Mccarty the same day- who also is selling their gt500's for sticker. Thats the only Ford Dealer I ever walked into where I didn't feel like I needed a bath to get the slime off me when I walked out. (and I bought two cars from em, so that speaks well)
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Originally Posted by V8_4me
I received an e-mail message from the internet sales director for Folsom Lake Ford in the Sacramento CA area. Grabber Orange MSRP $43,570. Get this - dealer asking price $93,565 + T & L!!! Unbelievable.
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Originally Posted by V8_4me
I received an e-mail message from the internet sales director for Folsom Lake Ford in the Sacramento CA area. Grabber Orange MSRP $43,570. Get this - dealer asking price $93,565 + T & L!!! Unbelievable.
#17
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Update on this. I went in today to drop my car off and IT IS GONE!
I cannot believe it, but it's true. The car is gone at $65,500.
Someone from Boston sent a guy with a flatbed AND a cashiers check for the proper amount. The dealership made the guy stay overnight till the check cleared. Then they loaded it up and drove it away.
Unbelieveable. I swore that car would be there 6 months. It was barely there 6 hours.
Unreal.
I cannot believe it, but it's true. The car is gone at $65,500.
Someone from Boston sent a guy with a flatbed AND a cashiers check for the proper amount. The dealership made the guy stay overnight till the check cleared. Then they loaded it up and drove it away.
Unbelieveable. I swore that car would be there 6 months. It was barely there 6 hours.
Unreal.
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Too bad, people willing to pay whatever the dealers ask means everyone else has to wait a little longer since the dealer knows it can "get away with it" - for now.
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Originally Posted by Cleveland
you folks really should reconsider treating the sales people as the enemy, they are not all bad.
-Dan
-Dan
The sales guy I talk to says it's to weed out the people who just want to buy them at retail, stick em in the garage and make a profit later.