My MA said they are, although not on a percentage basis.

Common.....EVERY salesman is "commision" based, somehow or someway. Don't be nieve.

when talking to an MA, they mentioned that they get commission, but that it's shared between the MA's, so it didn't matter which MA we went with.

Hrmmmm...that would mean that the individual MA's pay is not performance based. That seems odd. I don't think I'd be happy if I was a great MA, had a terrific reputation, earned alot of referral business....and earned the same amount as my slacker co-worker employee who sold 1 MINI/month. Ya know?

Doesn't make sense--what kind of incentive is that? And what good is a salesperson without incentives?

Quotas. I'm sure they don't keep around salespersons who don't have the incentive to get out there and close deals. Of course, up until right about now, the Mini has held a very captive audience. They haven't had to seek out customers, the customers have been coming to them in droves. But I see that changing somewhat in the future.

Sure, you're going to have those diehard Mini people who will go to the same dealer over and over, no matter how much of a mark-up there is. But IMHO, since Mini seems to want to spread itself among different demographics based on what is supposedly coming out in '08 and '09, they might just have to change their ways. It may work with the hardcore people, but those just walking in, not too sure of what this whole Mini "subculture" is about, will probably walk right back out the door when they're told "market adjustment" or "MSRP or nothing".

As always, time will tell...

MA pay fact - it varies from dealership to dealership. Different dealerships will have differents ways of paying the MAs.

Well, I think the "market adjustments" will come to an end at some point in the near future. Either the dealers will get it once orders begin to slow down, or BMW NA will finally step in and say "enough is enough". At the same time the over the M.S.R.P. asking price makes sense from a business perspecitve; they only get so many units, so it makes sense to compensate the dealer for the lack of sitting inventory- BMW NA keeps it this way, otherwise they might have a potential market failure for the MC, since most Americans don't take to hatchbacks(blame your neightbors).

I have to wonder what the situation is for MINI buyers/owners in Europe?

Paid MSRP onmy "ordered" MCSa. Free cargo nets and 2 MINI key chains and a "promised" gift in the mail.

Just bought a new 07 MCS. Without any haggle i got 500 off of MSRP. Car was in stock and in the color and option i wanted.

i got MSRP.. and without asking.. i got a mini lanyard keychain, rubber floor mats, and a plush mini bulldog (makes a great backseat passenger).

I just bought a 07 MCS and after a little work ended up with

1. Paying half the dock fee
2. 500 of an extended warranty
3. Free mats, key chain, and tire gauge
4. And one Mini Mini Cooper electric car for my 16 month daughter.

Hey Mega Mini S Man, can I ask what you paid for the extended warranty. I will be picking up my car at the end of the month or early July and really think the warranty for me is important but if its outrageous, I may pass. I heard anywhere from $2,500 to $3,500. Thanks.

Sticker + we got a rear bumper strip protector, a mini checkered hat, a keychain and floormats for free, not so bad.

ahhh they offered me 500 off my extended warranty too... I didn't buy it though.. not sure how long i'll keep my r56. I already brought 2 new cars in less than a year.. might consider it later down the road.

the price was $1999 for 6 years/100k

All I got was a freakin' T-shirt from the dealer. : (

Should have tried to get some floor mats at least, or a diecast miniature version of my new baby. Maybe I'll try when I pick her up in 6 to 8 weeks. ; )

Matt, if you don't get a freebie toy, I found a Hot Wheels MINI the other day--even had my color (red), but there was another one in the pile, too. Not an R56, but who cares!

Good luck!

Spent 2 K on the 6 year 100K warranty.

I got my 07 MCS at Tate in Annapolis. I aslo had bought a 2004 mcs from them. On the 04 "this is the price" (MSRP). on the 07 its MSRP. when I came back to close on it the next day. The sales associate gave me $250 off just because. I did not ask for it either. Also Mini of Towson, MD is pretty good with a huge instock inventory.

Just a quick post (I'll be giving my full experience later (hint hint: ended up being pretty miserable but not as miserable as this guy's)

After a week of pain on par with giving birth (so I've heard) I got:
$200 off MSRP
Free stripes and their installation
Rubber floor mats
Rear bumper protection
Full tank of gas

I think you can get more if the car is on the lot (naturally). When you come with your internet printout they know they have you. I'll post here later to give those who are in the market my full experience and what to look out for. Man, it was miserable. I just refused to pay over MSRP via "packages" and such. I guess that is part of their tactics to get you to focus on actually unimportant things while they laugh behind your back!

When??? Is that now available? It was only roumored a few weeks ago...

When I got my car last saturday.. they said the 6/100k was starting on monday this week.

Paid MSRP. Got the guy who handled financing and warranties to come down 20% on an extended warranty (from like $2,300 to a bit over $1,800) but in the end I didn't take it (it just didn't seem like a great price -- going over their rates which were for more cars than just MINI's I saw that they wanted $1,800 for almost the exact same warranty I paid only $900 for on my last car). He was not very good at showing his disappointment and went from sales mode to fuming while we finished signing the rest of the papers. The MA that I had gone through originally had quit or taken a leave of absense or something (there were some obvious undercurrents of weirdness going on there) but his replacement was very nice and helpful. They actually asked me flat out: what did you agree to pay. I truthfully told 'em MSRP and they ran with it. They even assumed that I'd been offered free floormats and gave those to me (which shows you that the floormats cost basically nothing, honestly I don't even like them that much and I'm thinking of taking them out).

Paid MSRP also. After some frustrations with Princeton Mini, they threw in black carpet floor mats, valve stems caps, outdoor car cover and a set of wheel locks. I really didn't know what to expect but I'll take it.

Sparks

Anyone had any freebies at South Bay Mini or Long Beach??