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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / August 2005mazda employee pricing
Got a mailer last week advertising a Mazda employee pricing program. I haven't had a chance to get to a dealer yet, just wondering if anyone knows the details on this. In particular, does it include 2006 models? I'm looking at a Mazda 5 as a possible replacement for my current OTM. -Scott um, does anyone else find it odd that Mazda in the same year added a Mazda 5 to its line-up and dropped the "Miata" from the MX-5 name.. All this employee pricing crap is just another gimic and it seems to be working. Now everybody's doing it. Why? Because the average super consumer (american) is so enthralled with getting a 'bargain', that the mere insinuation that one is available will trot out tons of people, mostly paying more than they would have previously, to grab up the so called bargain! Sorry to sound so harsh but these marketting ploys should be viewed for just what they are! A friend of mine told me that his dad (a 30+ yr employee at GM) had purchased a new car every two years for......forever. Only twice did he use the employee discount, every other time being able to negotiate a better deal w/o it. I'm just saying don't be a lemming and go out and sign on the dotted line assuming you're getting a super deal. Good luck, Chris 92BB&T > Got a mailer last week advertising a Mazda employee pricing program. I > haven't had a chance to get to a dealer yet, just wondering if anyone [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > um, does anyone else find it odd that Mazda in the same year added a Mazda > 5 to its line-up and dropped the "Miata" from the MX-5 name.. Bravo!!! If they weren't making money at it, they wouldn't spend millions advertising it. When will people figure this out? > All this employee pricing crap is just another gimic and it seems to be > working. Now everybody's doing it. Why? Because the average super consumer [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > um, does anyone else find it odd that Mazda in the same year added a Mazda > > 5 to its line-up and dropped the "Miata" from the MX-5 name.. "Chris D'Agnolo" <cdagnolo@alltel.net> wrote: > All this employee pricing crap is just another gimic and it seems to > be working. Now everybody's doing it. Why? Because the average super [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Chris > 92BB&T I certainly have no illusions that they're giving cars away here. I did some shopping before the Employee Pricing thing came out, so I have a baseline. If the program applies to the car I'm interested in (the '06 Mazda 5 in this case), then I can go back and see what difference there is between what they were willing to do a month ago and what they can do now. While so called sales are often times as much hype as bargain, there is usually something to be gained even if it is less than they would have you believe. Even if the only difference is that you have to spend less time negotiating to get a reasonable price, that is still a gain in my mind. Don't know about you, but if I can buy a car for $x today w/ 1/2 hr of negotiating when it would have taken 3 hrs to get it for that same $x a month ago, I'm happy that I've just saved myself 2.5 hrs. -Scott FWIW, you might want to try going through Costco (if you are a member). Their web site will give you a dealer referral for $300 over invoice, no dickering. When I got my Miata, that was a few hundred better than I did with a different dealer but after a lot of haggling. > > All this employee pricing crap is just another gimic and it seems to > > be working. Now everybody's doing it. Why? Because the average super [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > -Scott $300 over dealer invoice can actually end up being about $1000 over dealer cost. > FWIW, you might want to try going through Costco (if you are > a member). Their web site will give you a dealer referral [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > > > -Scott > $300 over dealer invoice can actually end up being about $1000 over dealer > cost. I bought both my Miata's new, and they were both at least $1000 below invoice. But, after holdbacks and incentives were added in, the dealer still made several hundred dollars.  SignatureGrant Edwards grante Yow! I OWN six pink at HIPPOS!! visi.com Scott, Best of luck, sincerly! I get frustrated with the hype. Chris 92BB&T >> $300 over dealer invoice can actually end up being about $1000 over >> dealer [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > below invoice. But, after holdbacks and incentives were added > in, the dealer still made several hundred dollars. |
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