| will_not55 |
My recent purchase had me dealing with 3 dealers in the Miami area. My plan was to deal with them by phone. (Use Honda's website to get the phone # for the 'internet manager' of each dealer.
I first called Maroone Honda in Hialeah and told them that I was ready to buy today if they could beat another offer. (A little white lie on my part ;) ). To my surprise they beat the "offer" and confirmed it in an email .... $400 over invoice. Unfortunately the particular unit I wanted had too many miles on it, but they were friendly and professional.
I then called Braman Honda and asked them to beat the offer. They said they would consider it if I showed them the written offer I had already received. I faxed them the offer and they called me back saying the offer was too low and they wouldn't deal with me. I checked their inventory and they had at least SIX units with the config I wanted (and hadn't sold ANY in a week).
I then called South Motors Honda, and they immediately said they would match the offer, provided I bring it to the dealership. There was only 1 unit and I asked them to check the miles, he said 15. When I got there the unit had 22 miles and also had some hideously installed aftermarket faux wood interior "stickers". I was very upset but then decided I didn't want the silver color anyway, as I found it too light compared to other cars' silver. I fancied the sage brush, and luckily they had 2 on the lot. So I bought one. No haggling, no gimmicks. In fact, since their contract forms included a $499 dealer fee, they had to take that figure off the invoice price. End result is an EX-L sage for $400 over invoice and a 48 month loan @3.69%.
It wasn't perfectly smooth but I would recommend the dealership for honoring their deal with no "gotchas". :4:
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