Dealer #1’s response is the honesty and transparency customers are always complaining they can’t get.
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Yeah, @the5rivers that really is a pretty reasonable response. I wouldn’t call that ridiculous. For some dealers, thats just the policy.
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Rookie mistake
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Customer - “I want to pay XXX for this Odyssey”
Me - “I will have to pass unfortunately, a 21% discount on an Odyssey is not possible”
Customer - “Anything is possible”
Me - “Is it possible for you to pay more for this Odyssey?”
Customer - 
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10char.
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Dealer: We put in writing that we will match or beat any dealership’s price on an in stock vehicle, so we will NEVER be undersold.
Me: Heres a copy of the signed vehicle contract, can we agree on the same terms to purchase today on an identical instock unit?
Dealer: Michael Scott Voice “NO, JUST NO”
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This was truly one of the funniest texts ever. I remember reading that and everyone on our entire team was dying! Especially since BMW of Encinitas (who the text was from) is in our market. 
That’s the best!
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As the Internet Overlord sometimes you have to give the customer a good slap. My rap name is Chance the Slapper.
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The one I get most often is “I can’t even get that discount as an employee!”. I laugh every time I hear/read that line. I wonder if it is part of a sale script somewhere.
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isn’t that how most LH deals are accomplished until a salesperson gets broken from the harassment
Sometimes it’s true. I run a lot of loser deals for LH and they won’t lose money on employees. Employee handbook is $100 over invoice
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You mean to tell me that in real life you wouldn’t be able to get the same discounts on “the loser deals for LH”?
This is super common. I think the only exception is when there are special deals straight from the manufacturer making you eligible for an employee lease.
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100%. My Mirai deal was a +1700. My Tundra was a 0; My Highlander was +550. Store policy is to not lose money on employees
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Honda Dealerships don’t have any special pricing for employees (well, it is up to each dealership I suppose). My General Sales Manager’s deal he gave himself was only negative $200. If you work for Corporate Honda you get a voucher that gives a ridiculous discount, though.
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I broker deals for a good portion of the sales folks I work with at stores.
Especially if they work for a large parent company with 40 stores across various brands. Usually their employee deals are easy to beat.
Some brands, definitely not, though.
BMW employee deals always sound super strong!
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Don’t be fooled. @Cody_Carter said it best. There’s plenty of LH deals I’ve done that were better than a CEL (Center Employee Lease). Pretty much anything in the Trophy Garage would qualify.
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Sounds like employee deals are terrible and definitely not LH worthy.
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Unless you work for corporate. I used to know a couple of Porsche guys that were getting killer 1-year or 2-year leases…