Anyone use Costco "discount" for Prius?

jrfaris · 10-11-2005, 05:02 PM

We ordered our Prius in January 2004. We went to the local Costco dealership (Palo Alto) and at that time, the Prius was excluded due to high demand, however the Costco rep went ahead and gave us $270 off MSRP because they wanted Costco buyers to keep coming back. We had to wait, but so did nearly everyone else at that time. Anyway, we've used the Costco program several times and have been very happy with ease of purchase it provides...

endoildependency · 10-11-2005, 07:40 PM

zqfmbg---

That's why I posted the other thread on "when were YOU told...?

The dealer with the COSTCO tie-in says "late Jan.-Feb."

Another dealer whose list I'm on says "late Dec.-early Jan."

Ranger · 10-12-2005, 12:00 PM

Toyota of Carlsbad is the local Costco Toyota dealership in North County San Diego. They exclude the Prius from Costco pricing. Toyota of Escondido will give you Costco pricing if you deal with their Internet Sales staff.

priusgrl · 10-13-2005, 02:31 AM

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Originally posted by Ranger@Oct 12 2005, 08:00 AM
Toyota of Carlsbad is the local Costco Toyota dealership in North County San Diego. They exclude the Prius from Costco pricing. Toyota of Escondido will give you Costco pricing if you deal with their Internet Sales staff.

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I was also referred to the Toyota of Carlsbad dealership for Costco pricing. I never received a response from either of the 2 reps nor did they return my phone calls. Incidentally, I had an appt. with the Internet Salesperson to check out the Prius, which he called to setup the day before, and he never showed up for the appt.

I'm still waiting to get my Prius, hopefully I can check out the 2006 model soon and order.

Jack 06 · 10-13-2005, 02:49 AM

Please report it to Costco.

Someone reported on another thread there's a "glut" of '05 Priuses at N CA dealers, as shown on Craigslist (which I've never seen).

Would you travel 400 miles to get one?

priusgrl · 10-13-2005, 03:03 AM

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Originally posted by Jack 06@Oct 12 2005, 10:49 PM
Please report it to Costco.

Someone reported on another thread there's a "glut" of '05 Priuses at N CA dealers, as shown on Craigslist (which I've never seen).

Would you travel 400 miles to get one?

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I will report it. And I would definitely travel that distance to get one. It could be a fun road trip!

acousticbiker · 10-19-2005, 12:03 AM

I'm getting $300 off MSRP (via the Costco discount) for my '06 at Stevinson West in Denver.

Jack 06 · 10-19-2005, 05:19 AM

Good!

Thanks---the third one besides me to report success with it.

Catskillguy · 10-19-2005, 08:08 PM

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Originally posted by Jack 06@Oct 19 2005, 05:19 AM
Good!

Thanks---the third one besides me to report success with it.

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They only had 1 dealer within 200 miles from me, and that one excludes the Prius from the Costco pricing (in CT)

blueshift · 10-19-2005, 11:39 PM

I posted earlier that I wasn't real happy with the dealer Costco recommended me to, however, I did want to offer that they provided me with a good deal on financing. I wanted somthing easy and decided after a recommendation from a friend to try lendingtree.com. Their best off was through Capitol One. I saw an e-mail later that made me think "Gee! I should check out the Costco loan program". I ended up and got .45% less than offer through lendingtree.com. I thought that constitued a pretty good deal! :-) The process may have been one of the easiest car loans I've ever done.

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Jack 06 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Winters, CA: Prius capital of US. 30 miles W of Sacramento Posts: 2,567 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Good! Thanks---the third one besides me to report success with it.

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