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Re: Deal Done
prawn wrote:
Managed to get the local dealer down to a fair price so ordered the car on Saturday Zambezi TDV6 HSE 06MY with Door strips, towpack, load liner
for 38700.
Waiting for the delivery date to be advised today.
Which dealer?DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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23rd Jan 2006 9:30 pm
BN
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Prawn commit them to a delivery date and the exact vehicle, be careful.
23rd Jan 2006 9:32 pm
prawn
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Tonyrec wrote:
£38700.....that is a good price. Do they have any more at that price?
Apparently not but as BN says below I think you should be able to get this out of any dealer with some pushing.
I walked into one dealer (not local) and asked for 38500 (told him I had seen this price being paid by users on a forum) and was offered a stock o6 non registered car on the spot at 38400, got him to print the details and then took that to the local dealer and just requested he matched it.Zambezi Silver TDV6 HSE - TC'd
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24th Jan 2006 9:17 am
prawn
Member Since: 06 Jan 2006
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BN wrote:
Prawn commit them to a delivery date and the exact vehicle, be careful.
Will be doing that Wednesday, anything I should be watching out for ?Zambezi Silver TDV6 HSE - TC'd
Discovery 300tdi - 119K and still going strong
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Interestingly, when I bought mine for 38,500 at Christmas, my local dealer (who I guess is the same dealer you've just got a cracking deal from) could only offer me 40 ish if I remember right, even when I said the price I had been offered and I was going to place an order they said they can't touch it - go for it!
Make sure you get the colour spec you want though. The dealer I bought from in Oxford offered me good price but wrong colour. When I said no but thanks he went off and managed to get one in from another stock one from a dealer in Suffolk in my colour choice and sold that to me at same price.
Shame if my local dealer is offering you this deal as I would rather have got it from them - I guess it is who you speak to on the day that makes the difference.
24th Jan 2006 10:32 am
Pelyma
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I think its called sales targets - if you're doing well why sell at a low price? I presume you are talking about the same dealer as I have used. I have to say I was lucky as as did all the phoning and visiting of dealerships when I was going to buy a D2, but it ended in frustration when a dealership that has a link to an airport offered a deal and then backed out. I then discovered that a new one was coming out and waited about 18 months.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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Absolutely agree, hence the emailing I did. Right dealer, right day, right target to meet.
24th Jan 2006 10:55 am
BN
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Dealers are on target with the 110/90's, cannot sell Freelanders and below target on Disco3's. RR is about level.
24th Jan 2006 3:27 pm
LT
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Hopefully I'll be O.K for a £38k TDV6 HSE at the end of the 1st quarter then!
24th Jan 2006 4:18 pm
BN
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I think they are working on 12.5% before VAT, Registration and VEL at the moment.
24th Jan 2006 4:52 pm
LT
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I'd assumed that the dealer might make a loss on the vehicle, but recover that from the L/R bonus. Is that correct?
24th Jan 2006 5:03 pm
BN
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They will possibly tell you they will take a loss, but at the moment they are not doing so. Mid Feb they will consider taking a loss if you purchase a stock vehicle and put it on the road before March 1st. It is the last minute rush that gets the deal, but not on 110/90's.
24th Jan 2006 6:27 pm
SN
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BN wrote:
It is the last minute rush that gets the deal
Exactly right - if you're not worried about the plate, who cares if its February or March?Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
25th Jan 2006 8:59 am
Pelyma
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I don't see why any decent dealer with a product that is selling well would sell at a loss, but at these prices they must be.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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25th Jan 2006 5:14 pm
LT
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Pelyma wrote:
I don't see why any decent dealer with a product that is selling well would sell at a loss, but at these prices they must be.
How I understand it, It's all about volume of units sold. If the dealer sells X amount of units they can qualify for bonuses from L/R. As such, if applicable, it is worthwhile selling some units at a loss to meet the sales targets to qualify for the bonus.
The bonus will be more than the loss made on selling the units.
This is the reason why the best deals can often be had at the end of each quarter, when sales targets need to be met to qualify.
I don't work for L/R & I've only been told this, but I believe it to be case.
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