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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 06:30 PM
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with GM/ Ford and now chrystler offering "employee pricing" do you think Nissan will ever have this??
and if so, would it include the Z? hehe
"laughs* teasing heheheh
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 06:35 PM
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Gm have any restricted vehicles? I'm sure the M E-blahblah from chrysler wont get discounted.
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by NocaCrawl
Gm have any restricted vehicles? I'm sure the M E-blahblah from chrysler wont get discounted.
When Nissan has any specials on APR or cash back the Z is never part of the deal.

Same for chevy. even tho they show the Vette and SSR in the ads if you read the fine print it doesnt offer the special on those cars/trucks.
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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Yep and they don't offer it on any SRT models, Vettes, ect and none on the 06 Models.

Its is GM/Ford's/Chrysler saying, Please buy these POS's, because Hertz doesn't even want them! This is the only choice for them to clear the 05's!

I call it last ditch effort!

So hurry up people, go out and buy those Taurus's, Focus's!

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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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Jeff, do you do any audio mastering
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 06:57 PM
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How do you know what the employee price is anyways? You've got to know that the company needs to make money...even if they're selling their cars to their employees. So if the employee price is above invoice, then how much different is it from what we're paying? Just a thought...
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 07:26 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 07:27 PM
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There all selling at employee prices b/c car sales were down 5% the last quater and they can't clear cars out of the lots. I saw it on NBC
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 07:30 PM
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For example, Chevorlet.com has a lil pop up calculator thing thing.
All I can say is on the site a few months ago it was a cool 40 plus for a Silverado SS. Wit the employee pricing its a lil above 30. But does that really mean anything?
SSR gets discounted...
On a side note, I was a Chevy guy...right until they felt the need to mass produce crap and discontinue the Camaro.
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Aloha350z
How do you know what the employee price is anyways? You've got to know that the company needs to make money...even if they're selling their cars to their employees. So if the employee price is above invoice, then how much different is it from what we're paying? Just a thought...
You can visit the website to view "employee pricing," but in reality, the company may have a written employee price, but then run specials to employees that gives them an additional 5 or 10% internally.


There's two "invoices": 1) Cost to Manufacturer 2) Cost to the Dealer

Employee pricing still contributes to the manufacturer's bottom line, but I'm sure they have to provide some type of kick back to the dealer. In most cases, when you hear "invoice," its referring to #2--the cost to the dealer.

Even then, I'm not sure how it is in the automotive industry, but many manufacturers provide certain incentives for dealers to buy model X with, let's say a lower cost. You may already have a few Xs on the lot with a higher cost and now you're adding one with a lower cost. So the dealer creates a "weighted average cost." This "WAC" allows them to discount all the Xs on the lot . . . With a rebate, the manufacturer simply returns a given amount on the number of vehicles sold.

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When i was thinking about buyin a new '05 Z the sales person said that they'd give me a letter so that i'd be able to get the employee discount for the car if i bought it.
But then i just figured i might as well try and save as much $$$ as possible and bought a used '03.
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 09:14 AM
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Nissan is not as desperate and is not a dying company like GM haha
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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Thats a little suspect
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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"employee" pricing at our dealer is somet times more then what normal customers pay...

Even for parts on our web site...

So, I dont know their cost's on the cars etc... but, in some case's on some cars... Employee price is higher...
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by NocaCrawl
Jeff, do you do any audio mastering
No I just write/record my own music.
My website really needs to be updated most of the music on there is rather old.
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 09:34 PM
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if you want a car for a good deal with no negotiating, deal with the internet department. They will generally give you the car for 500 over invoice with no negotiating. I was able to get it to ab out 200 over invoice dealing with a salesman, but personally i think the 300 bucks was worth not dealing with that ********. The costco auto program is also a good way to do all that, also 500 over invoice. Check out edmunds.com for invoice pricing.
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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They list all the prices on the main websites, looks like anywhere from 3-11k off, I think the srt-4 is part of the deal, just not the other srt's.
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Old Jul 11, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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due to the fact that GM lost a billion dollars in just one quarter... they're trying to push every car out.
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I think the pricing thing sort of has to do with the dealer. To compete here, I think that all of the dealerships are doing "employee pricing." I know that all of the dealerships are advertising it no matter what the make. I'm sure they have exclusions since they are doing it themselves though.
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