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$23999 For A '03?  Have To Return It Tomorrow.

No prob.....to each his own.....we're all AV owners. With me I had to go with what I could afford, that's how bad I wanted an AV, and all I could afford was the base model....

I know we all come in peace (y)
 
Go to Ebay and print one of the $3500 below invoice auctions on an Avalanche. Have the dealer you're dealing with meet or beat it. If they do match it, they'll still make almost $1000 on a fairly loaded one [something called holdback that is a rebate to the dealer only and generally does not affect you.], less on a strippy. Tell them you have a relative that works at GM when they call in to redeem your credit card points [I thought there was a $500 cap on those points.] and you'll get the $500 'relative' rebate with no proof of that relative existing. I just did it 3 days ago. Got the extra $500 and the 500 below invoice minus the rebates deal. Total was almost exactly $10,000 off of sticker. Go to Ebay right now and print one of those auctions as proof to your dealer. If you swing it correctly you can be the last deal of the year, and get an even better price.
 
Deals like that really don't jump out at me as being so unheard of. Case in point, of the last 3 new cars we've bought, the last being our Av, those were the kind of deals we got on the dealer's "first offer". We've never haggled, and if we have, we left in a matter of seconds and gone on to buy a car at the next dealer. It seems really easy down here in Delaware too, with the exception of I.G. Burton. Imagine this, go to buy a "leftover" '00 300M in October '00, got nice price on the car, but nothing on trade. Left, with the salesman running after us, called another dealer the next day, and got not only a more expensive car at a similar price, and a much better trade figure, on the first offer.

Now with the Av, I used GMBuypower, one of the greatest websites around. Searched all the local dealers with a basic idea in mind (black or pewter, 2wd, preferably Z66). Of the five closest dealers, only one had any 2wds, all four of which were Z66's. Our black 2wd with Z66, bucket seats, convenience pack, and OWL tires, had a sticker of $33,413. Emailed the sales guy, and within hours got a price of $26,411. Breaking that down, it was a $4,000 dealer discount from MSRP, $2,002 rebate, and a $1,000 "old-stock" rebate. Very simple, painless, and easy. All we had to do was get them to value our 300M, and it was done.

That $23k figure isn't far fetched, just take off the rebates, discounts, and figure from invoice. That should be the typical price expected.
 
Appreciate all your answers. But when it came to signing on the dotted line, I choked. Loved the AV but wife says too many toys and must get rid of one to buy it. Tough choice. But decided to keep the 1992 GMC Typhoon and 1999 Corvette Mallett 396. Guess I will have to drive the Typhoon to Kansas City (for the Syclone/Typhoon Nationals) in July vs. tow it.

It was a tough decision. Hopefully will buy a AV in the future. Learned a lot from this forum.

Incidentially, dealer is Andy Chevrolet in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Gave it back to them about 7pm last night. All they asked is that I visit them first when I am ready to buy.

Thanks again for all your comments.
 
They are running ads in our paper $7500 off any new
03 Avalanche. ?So looks like a OK deal but not a steal.
One's that brought early just paid more than worth
now.

Need to change $7800 off now

And see why not married -- If I wanted an item I
would buy it, no one (wife) is going to tell me what to
do. Same in reverse if she wanted something that
is her decision on what to do.
 
whvt01 said:
And see why not married -- If I wanted an item I
would buy it, no one (wife) is going to tell me what to
do. ?Same in reverse if she wanted something that
is her decision on what to do.
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LOL Sure! Just (very nicley and in loving fun) busting your chops here
No way that would happen man! No Way.
I am an independent guy and I still run everything throug my wife- mutual decisions in my house- not whipped, just smart cause I have to lie next to her in bed at night?
 
If I were in the market again, I would take that deal. When I bought mine back in June, the dealer discounted it $7500.00 off the MFSR. That is a really good price....
Tractman
 
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