h777

I was looking at the poll on the other thread and was surprised to see that how many people have gotten over $2000 dollar MSRP. I was wondering if some of those people can shed some light as to how they went about negotiating a good price and what they originally asked for? I am sure it is more than just saying I want $3000 dollars off MSRP or I am leaving. Any tips I can get to negotiating a good price, I would like to know. If it matters, I live in the Northern Virginia area.

dfw350

find another dealership in town and tell your dealer that they giving you 3000 off and free tint.
ask if they can match it.
worked for me

ihkskim

My Charm

i got mine for about 2500 off msrp when 9 dealerships i called woudln't touch MSRP. 31900 otd is250 manual

al503

I'll be getting a great deal on my IS in about a month.

I went in and told them that X is what I wanted to pay and that I could bring up clublexus.com and show him the thread on it. He did the 'gotta talk to the manager' thing a few times, tried to get me to trade in my G for KBB trade in value, etc., but he finally caved in.

I just let him know that I wasn't in a terrible hurry to get into the IS and could wait longer if I had to.

I could probably play them off of another dealership but I got an acceptable price to me and we shook on it. I didn't have to leave a deposit or anything. They said to give them 10 days notice and they could get the one I wanted (blk/blk nav, ml, sport.)

S L I C K

Don’t sound desperate and don’t let them take too much of your time.

armored350

It sucks here in Columbus, the 2 Lexus dealers in town are owned by the same guy.

Lem144

You "shook on it'? You never a leave a dealership without something in writing. That is rule #1. Good luck getting them to get you a car when you want it. They don't work that way.

I got $3900 off by submitting my order to about 8 dealers via the Lexus web site. One got back to be and offered 3% over invoice. He was further away, but then one nearby called and asked how they could earn my business. I told them to match the 3% and I'd do it. They agreed, and when I went in spent 10 minutes at the table to leave the deposit.

Easy.

al503

I've purchased from them before and they know I'll purchase from them again. Besides, I think when I walk in there with a check in the amount agreed upon, I doubt they'll turn me away.

I'd be more than willing to give you 2 to 1 odds, sir.

Badman Forever

this didn't occur on a lexus, but the technique would probably work:
i heard this story from someone who moved from hawaii to texas.
they kept their cell as a hawaii number.
emailed a local tx dealer to get a quote.
they called up the texas salesguy using a hawaii number (when in actuality they were in tx).
since the salesguy thought there was no way in hell the person would come get the car, he gave a ridiculously low quote.
the guy printed out the email, showed up at dealership next day and got the bargain of the century.

paeko73

How did that someone get the salesguy to transcribe his telephone conversation onto email to print out? If I understood you correctly, you said that the customer "called" to obtain the "ridiculously low quote", then the guy "printed out the email". I live in Hawaii, so perhaps I should use the same technique vice versa, using someone's Texas cell number.