# PSA...Holiday car sales are a gimmick **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Ramp\ **Created:** [May 15, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855 "2019-05-15T20:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mp11477](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mp11477/32/9283_2.png) [@mp11477](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mp11477)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/1 "2019-05-15T20:25:15Z")
Since the question gets brought ad nauseam every single holiday at least once, and usually more, here’s your auto leasing PSA for the week… HOLIDAY SALES ARE A PURE MARKETING GIMMICK TO GET YOU IN THE DOOR. ![image](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/2/5/25b54faa35c6c4776e1ad5f3c4534708e59d3f0e.jpeg) Back to your regularly scheduled programming. ---
**Author:** ![BoardWalkNJ](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/boardwalknj/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@BoardWalkNJ](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BoardWalkNJ)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/2 "2019-05-15T20:26:45Z")
I’ve just been copy and pasting my pre-written response and editing to the correct holiday. Easier to just link to this instead for all holidays, so kudos ---
**Author:** ![mp11477](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mp11477/32/9283_2.png) [@mp11477](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mp11477)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/3 "2019-05-15T20:29:12Z")
It should probably be a FAQ, but I don’t have access to put it there. ---
**Author:** ![anon92897398](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/anon92897398/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon92897398](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/anon92897398)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/4 "2019-05-15T20:35:32Z")
How dare you?! Next you’ll tell me that Irvine BMW sends emails to everyone. I happen to know that Private Sales Events are truly exclusive. They definitely don’t send invites to just any schmuck whose address they have on file. ---
**Author:** ![chevysalesgirl](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/chevysalesgirl/32/5484_2.png) [@chevysalesgirl](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/chevysalesgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/5 "2019-05-15T21:03:35Z")
it’s already mid-month so i’m starting to get an influx of the ‘i went there because they offered this BUT THEN’ is it june yet? ---
**Author:** ![joeblogs](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/joeblogs/32/44022_2.png) [@joeblogs](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/joeblogs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/6 "2019-05-15T21:09:12Z")
I still can’t wait for Cesar Chavez day coming up next March! They practically give them away… ---
**Author:** ![max\_g](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/max_g/32/9426_2.png) [@max\_g](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/max_g)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/7 "2019-05-15T21:10:16Z")
April 31 has the best deals. ---
**Author:** ![mp11477](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mp11477/32/9283_2.png) [@mp11477](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mp11477)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/8 "2019-05-15T21:36:17Z")
![image](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/2/3/23f1c4b8d4b88e9481a0aa88336e930534c11765.gif) ---
**Author:** ![michael](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/michael/32/162_2.png) [@michael](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/michael)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/9 "2019-05-16T04:13:19Z")
Ford usually adds some bonus cash for the holiday. Toyota might add $500 or so on certain models. But, yeah, don’t expect a huge difference. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Shteinberg](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mark_shteinberg/32/211183_2.png) [@Mark\_Shteinberg](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Mark_Shteinberg)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/10 "2019-05-16T05:51:37Z")
I actually think that June (terrible 2) is an opportunity for both sellers and buyers to find a win win situation. ---
**Author:** ![ElectricEliminator](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/electriceliminator/32/7382_2.png) [@ElectricEliminator](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/ElectricEliminator)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/11 "2019-05-16T11:16:06Z")
Everyone knows that October 9th is the best day all year to buy or lease a new car. ![cover4](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/9/2/921c8e0af8c861793b1d62f53451deeddea6324b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![XxHaimBondxX](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/xxhaimbondxx/32/6899_2.png) [@XxHaimBondxX](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/XxHaimBondxX)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/12 "2019-05-16T12:10:41Z")
If anything, you’ll probably end up paying more. Crowds of people believing they are getting a great deal due to a “holiday special”, why would dealers deeply discount at all? ---
**Author:** ![LeaN69](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/lean69/32/123051_2.png) [@LeaN69](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/LeaN69)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/13 "2019-05-16T12:26:15Z")
When I worked at Nissan they always dropped extra rebates on holidays sometimes even more towards second half of the day. ---
**Author:** ![mp11477](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mp11477/32/9283_2.png) [@mp11477](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mp11477)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/14 "2019-05-16T12:30:16Z")
While that may be true, it wouldn’t be substantial enough to say that you couldn’t meet or beat that deal any other time a comparable program would be offered any month of the year. Bottom line is that 99% of the time, holiday sales events at car dealers are a marketing promotion to get people who have been brainwashed into thinking they are fools for not buying now into the store in what would otherwise be a slow sales period. Nobody wants to waste a day at a car dealership on a holiday…unless they “think” they’re getting something for doing so. ---
**Author:** ![trism](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/trism/32/26973_2.png) [@trism](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/trism)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/15 "2019-05-16T12:53:44Z")
My luck has really been amazing. Every time I want to get a new car, dealers are having blowout sales… many with prices too low to even advertise! ---
**Author:** ![mp11477](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mp11477/32/9283_2.png) [@mp11477](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mp11477)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/16 "2019-05-16T14:08:56Z")
> [@XxHaimBondxX](#): > > why would dealers deeply discount at all? Especially when a holiday falls at the end of the month and they’ve hit their numbers already. ---
**Author:** ![kimcicle](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/kimcicle/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@kimcicle](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/kimcicle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/17 "2019-05-16T14:11:20Z")
Next you’re going to tell me that the flyer I got in the mail begging for my used car due to high demand isn’t real as well. ---
**Author:** ![mp11477](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mp11477/32/9283_2.png) [@mp11477](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mp11477)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/18 "2019-05-16T14:12:54Z")
That made me laugh as I got a phone call to renew my warranty on a car I leased 3 cars ago yesterday instead of one of those “we want your car” messages I usually get ---
**Author:** ![conku](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/conku/32/2847_2.png) [@conku](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/conku)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/19 "2019-05-16T14:17:51Z")
its the same in mall/outlet, during holiday all these store with big 50-70% off, but in reality most of the stuff are always half off but some even mark up their price. but when i go mid week when season change i get a t shirt from DKNY for 5 bucks, or if i wanna go real cheap then old navy will have some 85 cent t shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Electric](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/electric/32/70040_2.png) [@Electric](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Electric)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855/20 "2019-05-16T14:23:49Z")
Or the mattress/furniture store that has it’s annual “going out of business” sale. [Next page](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/psa-holiday-car-sales-are-a-gimmick/130855.md?page=2)