From: mrv on
On Mar 18, 11:46 am, John Reddy <johnre...(a)contbuilding.com> wrote:
> "$400 for recent college graduate?"

http://www.toyotafinancial.com/finance/college_grads.html
http://www.toyotafinancial.com/lease/college_grads.html

From: EskWIRED on
In ne.general John Reddy <johnreddy(a)contbuilding.com> wrote:

> Huh???

> "$400 for recent college graduate?"

> What the hell does that mean?

My guess: THe $400 is a Recent College Graduate special incentive, which
the OP didn't qualify for, so it was added to the advertised price.

--
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so
certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russel

From: Ed on
In article <99026$45fd7367$47c2b532$13165(a)msgid.meganewsservers.com>,
Ray O wrote:


> There are a couple of dealerships on the Cape that are highly rated in terms
> of customer satisfaction.


And those are?
From: surf on
On Mar 18, 12:05 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)ae86.GTS> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:29:37 -0700, surf wrote:
> > here is my recent experience at Boch Toyota. I was not aware of what
> > the MSR was on a corolla as I recently started thinking of getting
> > one. I saw Boch advertised $9988 on a new 2007 Corolla CE. Just below
> > where it listed the price it says 40 corolla's available, I called a
> > salesman there and he said there was 40 available as well. I called at
> > 8:30 in the morning and the ad had just come out that morning. He said
> > if I got there before noon I should be good to go. I was there by
> > about 9:40 that same morning. They set me up with a different
> > salesman than who I had talked to on the phone. The first thing he
> > said was that car was no longer available, someone had bought it
> > before the doors had even opened (there had been 2 cars at that price
> > he claimed). I told him I was told there was 40, he said there are 40
> > corollas, but not at that price ading that they can't give away the
> > store. After more talking he went away, came back and said that one of
> > the cars was available as the person who bought it had changed their
> > mind. He then wrote down some numbers adding $400 onto the price as
> > well as $500 for a rebate that I don't understand at all. Then there
> > was another $300 added for additional equipment which he acted like he
> > was not sure about. The $400 I did understand as it was for recent
> > college graduate and the guy on the phone actually did mention that
> > but nothing else. At that point the car was now around 11K which was
> > different but I was still prepared to buy it at that price. It had
> > recently snowed 9 inches the night before and rained, he went outside
> > and came back saying the car was in a big puddle in the back and I
> > couldn't look at it right now, then he proceeded to ask if I was
> > prepared to buy it. Feeling hesitant I said I had never bought a car
> > without looking at it, then I said, ok well what's the price ? Then he
> > wrote down the numbers from before and added another $650 for a
> > destination cost. The car price was now almost 12K. I sort of
> > complained that everything keeps changing and that when I bought my
> > tundra (different dealer) the car was advertised at a price and when I
> > got there that was the price. He claimed it was a great deal based on
> > the MSR and the other stuff was fine print at the bottom of the ad. I
> > should have said something like, "so I need a lawyer to buy a car
> > here ?" because it seems if I buy a car there is allways going to be
> > small print. At that point I felt very apprehensive and no longer in
> > the mood to even look at any cars, I was ready to just go home. What
> > was going through my mind was if I go through with this deal, I may
> > find more hidden costs or they might tell me something like I have to
> > wait two months before I can get the car or who knows what sort of
> > "fine print" they could come up with. My mother thinks I should
> > consider complaining to the Attourney General.
>
> Complaining won't work, you didn't read the fine print!
>

I'm looking at the ad right now, there is no mention of $500 rebate
that he took off (added to the price), nor a destination fee. The ad
says the price does not include optional equipment. Is A/C and a CD
player optional equipment ? That's all I would care about. If I
thought I could figure out what the price of the car is, I might be
tempted to buy it if it sounded like a good deal, but at this point
I'm not sure I trust them and am not experienced enough to know what I
might expect from dishonest salemen. I don't want to go through a big
hassle and a bunch of games to get a car.






From: surf on
On Mar 18, 11:46 am, John Reddy <johnre...(a)contbuilding.com> wrote:
> In article <1174210177.926999.239...(a)y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>
> "surf" <surfunb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > He then wrote down some numbers adding $400 onto the price as
> > well as $500 for a rebate that I don't understand at all. Then there
> > was another $300 added for additional equipment which he acted like he
> > was not sure about. The $400 I did understand as it was for recent
> > college graduate and the guy on the phone actually did mention that
> > but nothing else.
>
> Huh???
>
> "$400 for recent college graduate?"
>
> What the hell does that mean?
>
> I pretty much puzzled out the rest of your poorly written, more poorly
> thought out ramblings but that one's got me stumped.
>

Whatever I wrote is much clearer and easier to figure out than the
newspaper ad for this car dealer.