WTH dealer won't budge on MSRP for order

You are lucky to get it at MSRP in the Midwest. If you can get one at all. A dealer in Lincoln, Ne as asking $36,000. Fly over states are going to be in this supply rut for a while. Some have flown to California to pick up the car. Prices with rebates are better there. Good luck. Several of us are in the same boat.

 

So you want to be exempt from one of the basic laws of capitalism: supply and demand.

You can either wait things out locally or go to a market with a large(r) supply.

 

You are being naive. All Toyota cares about is that the cars get sold. As you're walking out the door, buyers willing to pay the asking price are walking in: that's why they let you walk. @fotomoto has it right: supply and demand at work. Yeah, wait it out, never a bad strategy. Or shift your sights: go for a regular Prius?

 

we're assuming that toyota is making a profit on prime, or that they care about sales anywhere except california.

 

I went to Costco dealer last xmas and they refused to sell me the Costco price. Complained to Costco and they said sorry to me.. that's all they can do. I think Costco price maybe true after the hot season is over. It is impossible for now.


iPhone ?

 

I went through Costco and the dealer quoted me $500 under invoice - in writing - straight away.

 

I can't recall whether it was Consumer Reports site or KBB who said, at least back in January when I ordered mine, that they were selling, on the average, a few thousand over MSRP.

They charge what they can get for them. Supply and demand, etc...

 

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Doesn't that make you wonder what their cost is?

 

We had invoice prices in a thread somewhere. They were a couple thousand under MSRP, as I recall.

 

No order was refused. You wanted to pay less than what supply and demand dictated. It's as if someone came up to your factory and wanted to buy an item from you for less than the people on the waiting list. Wouldn't make sense for you to accept that order.

Don't worry though. Gas is cheap. The original PiP sold for MSRP as well. I got it for $4000 off 6 months later.

 

You simply have to wait for the supply of Prius Prime's to exceed the current demand. This probably means you will have to wait until September.

 

This is how a free market works.
"First adopters" usually pay a premium price.
GET OVER IT.
Would you rather have Government price controls on everything ??
(The correct answer to that is NO.)

 

I live in Northern California and decided that I wanted a Titanium Glow Advanced. There are 5 dealers within 3 hours drive. I went onto all of their websites and registered as being an interested customer wether they had the vehicle or not. One dealer had one with mats and the aero splitter. All of the dealers offered to get me the car as part of the dealer exchange program but the quotes were wildly variable; 1k over MSRP, 500 over MSRP but none came in under MSRP. I offered via internet 35k out the door, all in, cash, no trade in with the 1k Toyota incentive. I got the usual "We don't make any money on these cars, these cars are selling the same day back east for 2k over so you are "lucky" to pay 500 over, flat out "no",we have a waiting list for the car," and no response at all. I decided that I would need to wait until the year wore on and the car became less precious. Lo and behold a sales manager contacted me on the last day of the month and said he "just read" my email inquiry which was strange because they passed me through 3 people trying to get me to offer more two weeks earlier. He took the offer that "had never been brought to his attention" and boom, 24 hours later the car was in my garage. So hey, don't give up. The money is in your pocket and they want it. You will find your deal.

 

Price and Demands! How much you willing to fork out ?

 

OP madengr, When Mercedes was discussing introducing an affordable, C line concept to it's dealers, Mercedes planned on a $20,000 price. The dealers squealed about that being way too low for a Mercedes. They countered with a $ 30,000 price.

Yep, $ 10,000 more profit for the dealers. If I recall, the C sold very well and customers were happy being able to get a Benz for only $30,000 while their neighbors, the Jonses' could afford only a GM, Ford, Chrysler, etc..

It's supply and d . . .