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Old 05-12-2008, 02:34 AM
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Default Re: Pricing in relation to MSRP

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Originally Posted by ILoveChess100 View Post
It had 67 miles on it, though I don't think it was a demo car. It's just that it was driven back and forth between 2 dealerships twice because of car swapping.

The dealership is Nissan Irvine. They originally quoted me 26K (through their i-net pricing department) and when I went to the dealership they told me 29K. I responded by saying that I was originally willing to pay 26K but since they tried to rip me off by an extra 3K, now I am willing to pay only 23K. For literally half the day I would not bulge away from the 23K price as they started bringing down the price little by little. At one point (when it really looked like they wouldn't go any lower) I started negotiating about my trade in and further playing with numbers, and then finally reminded them that theres a $1500 factory rebate on 07 models. The final price was 21,300 then add tax and registration to that, subtract 10K for my trade in and I basically walked away with a nearly brand new NAH for about 11K out the door.

Getting cars for cheap is something I practice every 3 years or so... back in 02 I got a 4-cyl camry for 14K (3 miles on it), then an 05 Mazda 6i for 15.2K, and most recently the NAH. By far the mazda was the hardest to bring down the price.
That's an incredible (unbelievably low) price IMHO, esp. considering the invoice of the technology package is >$5K. At that kind of price, I almost feel like my mom got ripped off getting a leftover 07 NAH w/o technology package a few months ago.

Are you sure they didn't low ball/ream you on the trade in? That's one way for them to make it look like the car's cheaper. (My mom had nothing to trade in.)

If such a deal is repeatable w/trade in, I'd go tell my friend who's in the market for a car to run, don't walk to that dealer for a NAH.

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06 Toyota Prius, 04 Nissan 350Z; mom has 07 NAH
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