New & Used Dealer Premiums: Who's paid the HIGHEST price?

[John Michael]

During June in the Atlanta area about $2,000 seemed to be an often heard amount. At Toyota Mall of Georgia I made an appointment with the internet salesman. He wasn't there when I arrived for the appointment and eventually another salesman agreed to talk to me. Things started off with him leaned back in his chair saying, "We used to mark these (Prius) at 49,900 but thought that was gouging. We are getting 4, 500. - At this point I got up out of the chair and he quickly said, "but I can check and see if we can do 2,000." The last thing I heard as I went out the door was, "Don't go"

Of the five other dealerships I visited it seemed about 2,000 was ballpark for what they would end up taking. That was the ADM (Additional Dealer Markup) I paid. One "Corporate Dealership" told me that they could not ever guarantee I would get what I wanted to order.

That awful phase is behind me and I am growing to love my Prius.

Of course no one held a gun to my head or to anyone else's to buy one of these things and the law of supply and demand does operate best in a free market.

[FlipStylee270]

if this helps, friend of mine couldn't wait for the new Prius and bought $42k otd BMW... after riding with me today with my new Prius III, he immediately regretted his purchase, especially since his car is V6 3.0 liters that uses only premium gas...

If anyone paid $10k over MSRP, atleast its a Prius...