larry barnhart wrote:

Our local chev store at home has sent us 2 letters telling us we can get a new dually free by just coming in and making a deal. It went like this,,,, 'we can get you into a new 2011 (first letter) 2nd was into a new 2012 dually for less monthy payments than we are making on our 05 chev. If zero payments are what we pay this seemed to be a great deal for us.
chevman

Delaine and Lindy wrote:

I think maybe there is some confusion or maybe I'm wrong. The balance on the GM card is not what GM will give you credit for. We never roll a credit balance. We pay in full each month. To determine what you will receive off after the deal is made all you have to do is call GM and they will tell you as of that day you can receive off and there total is done at the end of the month. As I said the most we have ever been able to take off was $2,000 and we had $1,000 and GM matched that for a total of $2,000. GM has a limit they will let you take off and its based on a percentage of your total charges... Hope GM has changed the amount you can receive. Good Luck... Happy Trails...

elkhornsun wrote:

I bought a new fully loaded (every option except the leather seats and nav system) including heavy duty tow and haul package and rear camera, etc. and the diesel engine and paid under $42K. With the Business Choice deal I got a free bed liner, free tool box, and free chrome 6" oval side steps. Also got the dealer to switch out the stock mirrors and put on the camper mirrors.

I saved by not taking the zero interest loan which would have cost me $4000 on the price of the truck. I paid cash and did not have a trade-in to muddy the deal. I dealt from the beginning with the finance manager so there was no sales person's commission which also saved me a lot of money. Asking for the sales manager or the fleet manager is also effective as these people are on salary and do not get a commission.

Dealers get a kickback or rebate or whatever you want to call it based on the number of units they sell and this amount is not reflected in the factory invoice. The factory invoice is higher than what the dealer pays for the truck by thousands of dollars. And trucks are the highest profit item for the factory and the dealer, much better than they make off a luxury car or SUV, so they have more room to deal than with an economy car.

It also helps to go to the dealer on the last two days of the month as they pay the full month's finance charge to the company financing the dealer's inventory at the end of the month. They save if they sell the vehicle before the end of the month and then they also get money back based on the number of units they sold during the month so they have a lot more incentive to work a deal at that time. It helps level the playing field.

I bought a 3/4 ton as there are 10 times as many sitting on dealers lots as with 1 tons in California and so it was possible to find a great deal. If I told a dealer I was looking for a 1 ton they would know I could not drive to the next dealer and get a better deal as the other dealer would not have a 1 ton sitting on their lot. As it was I drove past 11 Chevy dealerships to get to the one where I got the great deal on the truck. I drove 125 miles but only spent one hour at the dealership signing the papers and writing them a check.