I guess I forgot to mention this was back in March, in CA.
So I do miss two CA rebate and Bay area rebate but NYSERDA rebate alone is $2,000 so I thought I could get close to this.
June is different for sure than this March article. You need to figure out the incentives you qualify for which is pretty tough to do without talking to a dealer. Any quote with a detailed breakdown will help. I had a dealer which told me my incentive amount I qualified for. Even though I didnāt think his deal was good, that number helped me tremendously once I plugged it into the leasehackr calculator. I knew with a small dealer discount Iād have a great lease and used that as my guideline for talking to other dealers.
Most dealers are going to want to keep all the extra profit from the rebates. If after using the calculator to determine how much discount is necessary for the lease deal you want, your job is to go find that dealer.
Different state in a different month with different programs makes it completely irrelevant.
Yes, true, but I still wanted to try this article as a guide.
I think I have all the qualifying rebates in my hand - I just need little more discount from MSRP.
Not easy but will try!
True, but wanted to get somehow little closer to it. 
The problem is you took an irrelevant data point to the dealer and said āI want this dealā. All you ended up doing is fouling your chances with that dealer by making yourself out to be an ignorant consumer. Referencing an irrelevant article in your negotiations hurt your position.
If you want to be successful in getting a good deal, it really helps to use real data to put together the real numbers.
The way to replicate this deal is be an informed shopper like the article author was. Know what incentives you qualify for, then go determine what a great deal could be.
I had to talk to a dealer to determine the exact dollar amount of the incentives since not everything was available to me online at Chevyās website or Edmundās forum.
Hmm this guy writes 107,but gives no real meat behind it. (11k of rebates is not enough)
And thatās why I am asking here, to see what Iām missing Iāll be more realistic!
I do think I have probably better rebates if I combine everything - itās just that the market changed and the stock is running so low and cannot get any discount on MSRPs.
Even last year, I could see easily on 10% discount on MSRPsā¦ Well I guess time changes.
I guess I will have to decide on the number I can be happy.
I believe the hidden meat is the discount in MSRPā¦ because rebates are set and we cannot change that.
Well the market has changedā¦ I guess I just need to accept that
Incentives vary by region, but you also likely have different rv/mf from March. You also have different tax situations.
Figure out what a Bolt will cost you at 10%, 5%, 0% discount. If any of the numbers make sense pursue the one that does and looks feasible.
I got 5% off just a couple days ago so I think with the right dealer itās possible to get a discount.
I have been asking for 5% but no one really once to do itā¦ ugh.
I think 2 days ago was 6/1, and looks like that was the last unicorn deal day, so good for you!
I guess I just need to know where to stop. Thanks for the advice
Should be easier to get 5% today than on June 1. Many dealers I talked to saw the crazy low payment spitting out and took the profit themselves (quotes for ~$210/mo). In my area 5% today I think would be $242, and 0% is $300. At $300/mo they arenāt going to be flying off the lot so some dealers will be motivated to get the older 2021s off the lot.
F.O.L.P. is real
The other best offer I have now is $249 (MSRP $39,890) with 0% seller discount, so I guess I have pretty ok deal.
I wish I lived in an area with more Bolts in stock.
I agree FOLP is a thing, but in this case the low payment spit out of their desking software so they just reduced the discount (+profit) until the payment seemed more ānormal.ā I didnāt float a number to them, just asked for the 5% + the incentives.
two sides of the same coin
Thatās actually encouraging if you are correct thatās indeed 0%, because if you could find a dealer to do 5% youād be around ~$185/mo