My "full time" job is built on personal relationships. I've had some clients for over 30 years. Before buying my Escape, I had bad experiences with two dealers (Honda and Saturn). Bob Davidson has treated me with respect and I've never felt ripped off. I'm sure we will negotiate a good deal on the Bronco.
While I tend to agree with you, some people prefer to keep their cars dealership-maintained for the perceived resale advantage. Some like to have a good relationship for future vehicle or accessory purchases. Beyond that, why not reward a dealership that is dealing with you fairly and transparently by giving them 1st shot at your new purchase and/or recommending them to others?
This is not true. We are not leaning towards any dealerships and have not even begun our dealership selection/evaluation process yet. We have only taken some suggestions from members and have added them to our list of dealers to be considered. Rumors like these only hurt our negotiating position and take away some of our leverage.
Yup, my bad. It was more of a feeling and not a rumor ;-) after communicating with Musicguyusa, and Foordbrawnco. I have actually talked to the dealership myself and they seem very up front and as transparent as Granger Ford is too, but will wait for the final nomination since we have until 10/31 to change our reservation dealership. I only chimed in, because of the FREE delivery anywhere in the US since they are in the east. I know Granger is/would charge you for delivery.
Have they given you any sense of what the offer will be?
No. MSRP will be the price on the sticker. X-Plan, if offered, will get you below MSRP. Other dealerships in other regions are offering to sell at invoice LESS some amount. We would like to get to below invoice. Depending on your model, this could get you several thousand dollars in savings.
Is there a name we should be talking to there? Ultimately we would like to get several dealers competing for our collective business, but this is a GREAT starting point if the GM would extend that in writing to the group, or maybe even do better if they knew it would mean as many as 40 orders (or more!).
Not yet, Im letting the group deal with negotiations. All I felt was honesty and a willingness to look at what Granger Ford and Laura Ford were going to do. The main benefit for your group was the free shipping anywhere in the US, which could save you some money. Hope that helps.
Sales tax will be collected by the state you register your vehicle in, so there is no advantage to picking a state with a lower tax rate. It is important that we pick a dealer that is familiar with inter-state sales so this is correctly handled.
If you like your dealer and it is worth it to you to pay a thousand or more for that continued relationship, I won't argue with your decision. Customer Service and trust are important when making a big purchase. If you would not mind a question, when we get a bit closer, do you think the dealer would be open to offering a group purchase?
Thank you for the clarification. Agree. There is a power in keeping the rumor mill shutdown and not hitting every dealer before we know what we are offering them (As tempted as I am to call my dealer and say what we are doing).
Hang in there! Times are strange and I hope that it all works out.
I have a two door black diamond reservation with Koons Falls Church. The emails I’ve gotten are from Ali Zaka. He’s the gm there. The initial emails I got ended up in my junk mail folder. If you have a reservation there and haven’t heard from them check your spam folder. Here’s Ali’s contact info. I didn’t ask him about matching Grangers pricing when I emailed him.
