Originally Posted by i3urton

i make a horrible mistake and purchased the car at the begging of the month. My friend is the Gm at Lexus of westminister...he tells me that i should of waited, i got 3700 off msrp on an is350 for 43 out the door. The is250 they wanted to give to me for 32,300 which is 35k out the door... msrp was 38500.

Originally Posted by mrtrance

So the dealers in the Bay Area won't even do $1200 under invoice now. Fremont Lexus told me the numbers are way off. How come it's getting so difficult now to deal on these cars. Like a week ago people were posting it was so easy to get a discount from such dealers. Any ideas???

Originally Posted by kennyz7

I got mines about 3 weeks ago through the internet sales manager, Sam from Stevens Creek Lexus in San Jose. Mines was the IS 250 premium package with Navi, price quoted was $31,985. According to him it was about $1300 less than invoice. You may want to give them a shot. Fremont Lexus was willing to offer $1000 less than invoice, but this was from the fleet sales manager, who happened to be a high school buddy of my coworker. All the other lexus dealership didn't want to budge, except Putnam Lexus (Redwood city), they said they might match it, but I would have to come in and discuss with them. So after all that, I just went to San Jose, signed my papers and left with my car in an hour and knowing I got a pretty good deal.

Wow, 31,800 might be pushing it especially with XM. But hey, give it a shot. You have less to choose from, but they should be giving you better deals now that the 08s are rolling in.

Originally Posted by mir

I think the deals on cars can be best described as buying/selling stocks. There are limited supply and finite demands. Depending on situation things will fluctuate. I bought my car two and a half months ago and I did not pay rock bottom price as many have posted. However I did get nice discount off the invoice so I was happy. I suppose I could haggle around for two more months to find that savings of extra 800-900$. But that would had also robbed me of two months of enjoyment that I have been having. So take your pick. Enjoy now and pay whatever market demands. Or wait and see if market falls to your pricing and deprive yourself of a nice car. Choice is yours.

Originally Posted by kennyz7

Mrtrance,

Which Sam did you speak to? There are actually two guys with the name Sam that works there. One is just a regular salesperson, while the other one is the internet sales manager, Sam Samanha or Samaha? Can't really remember his last name. He did mention to me that if I go to the dealership I need to mention his full name or I might get the wrong guy. Hopefully that wasn't the internet guy, if it is, then maybe they aren't selling it for that price anymore. Good Luck

Originally Posted by mrtrance

I spoke to Sam Samanha. I don't think they are doing it at those prices anymore. Inventory is low and demand seems to be high now. Nonetheless I got my IS250 today fully loaded and am happy with my purchase. No more dealing with internet managers.

Originally Posted by ExTrEmE99

How much did you pay?
Options?

Originally Posted by mrtrance

Inventory is low and demand seems to be high now.

Originally Posted by mrtrance

$32,500 (MSRP $38,377, Invoice $33,854)with Premium/NAV/XM.

Originally Posted by ExTrEmE99

Is that a OTD price or +TTL