This is from todays NY Times (reg required etc) article entitled
Finding the Model in Demand

Full Article

Think this is true?

 

:smile: We can only hope that the person that was lucky enough to get such a good deal, is on this forum and won't be shy about telling us their experience...

Chow!

Donna
donna@dcmetrominis.org

 

Dealer probably had a dog of a spec'd car they couldn't get rid of and the floor plan was killing them. Doubt it was an MCS with popular options. More likely a MC CVT.

 

Actually, as the new model year draws closer I think you'll start hearing about more of these deals as dealers feel they need to move the cars before the '04's come out. While there are some dealers who've got a limited inventory, others are coming to the realization that they have too many '03's that will immediately lose value when the new ones show up.

 

Well, while my deluding myself, you can say that I paid less than MSRP for my MCS.

The conversation went like this:

Me: So, you can order me a MCS and ship it to AZ?
Dealer: Yes, no problem.
Me: What do you think shipping will cost me?
Dealer: I just shipped a car to SoCal for $800 so it should be a little less than that.
Me (in an obvious dreamstate): Can you could ship it using the normal amount paid for shipping.
Dealer: We can't do that. (Yes... I knew the answer to that one before I asked. It was a setup for the next question.)
Me: I was hoping to limit my shipping to $500. If we can do that, I'll do the deal.
Dealer: Yes, we can do that.
Me: Let's do it.

That literally took 2 minutes. Maybe I could have done a little better but... hindsight is always 20/20.

From there, it was just mundane details of faxing forms back and forth.

The shipping came to just a tad over $830 so the dealer reduced MSRP by $330 and I paid the shipping directly to the shipper.

We fax forms back and forth and the dealer never collected a deposit. When the MCS came in, we completed the transaction, it was shipped to me and it included floormats at no charge. (Assuming full MSRP less $330 doesn't somehow cover that cost. :smile: )

Now, I'm not delusional but I got the MCS the way I wanted it without an unreasonable delay or additional cost. Yeah... I paid a few more $$$ to have it shipped here to AZ but it was worth it. Worth every penny.

AND, I got a hole boatload of friends here at no additional charge...what a deal! :smile:

 

well i got my mcs at msrp plus the dealer threw in 2 sets of floor mats for free

so if u add the price of the floormats..u can say i got that amount UNDER msrp

its all how u slice it and dice it

 

Well, there's only one MINI dealer in Westchester County...so perhaps we should ask our resident Trooper/Motoring Advisor. He works there (or right next to there, depending on the story of the day ). Ants???

 

When I went to Tom Bush yesterday to order my car they had like 8 solid gold MCs on the lot. He offered us discounts on them because they werent moving.

 

Hey, Doesn't Antsmini work there? Hey Ant is this true or was it written during the Times infamous "make it up" era of the last few months?

 

Got my MCS for MSRP and picked up the flor mats for free as well. No complaints here.

 

>>Got my MCS for MSRP and picked up the flor mats for free as well. No complaints here.


this is scary hank. our cars are similar. our purchases are similar..hmm
sounds like we are brothers from different mothers.

 

>>Hey, Doesn't Antsmini work there? Hey Ant is this true or was it written during the Times infamous "make it up" era of the last few months?

It is true, all of our 2003 MC, and MCS are going for $500 below list. Only two MC and four MCS left, will be here in a few weeks. Make way for 2004!