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Mercedes-Benz - $6,500 off Your New C-Class Now and $6,500 off Your Next New C-Class

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Mercedes-Benz - $6,500 off Your New C-Class Now and $6,500 off Your Next New C-Class
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bonky on 14/07/2013 - 15:01 www2.mercedes-benz.com.au (1046 clicks)

Just incase anyone is in the market for a new Merc …. and with all those pennies they have saved buyin all the bargins.

Mercedes-Benz is changing the way you think about the number 13 for the better.

Right now you can take advantage of $6,500 off the recommended drive away price of a new C-Class Sedan or Estate. In addition, you will also receive a further $6,500 off the recommended drive away price of your next new C-Class in three years’ time. How lucky is that?

The Lucky 2013 offer ends 31 August, so visit your authorised Mercedes-Benz dealer and make 13 your new lucky number

Excludes Coupé and AMG models. Discount based on the manufacturer’s maximum recommended drive away price. First car must be ordered and delivered between 1 July 2013 and 31 August 2013. Second car must be ordered and delivered between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016. Offer not transferable. Cannot be used with any other offer.

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  • PlagueistheCheap on 14/07/2013 - 15:02
    +28

    This looks like a terrible deal put in place to make you buy a car every 3 years.

    • Folly on 14/07/2013 - 15:33
      +3

      I don't think you're obliged to buy another C-class in 3 years time under the terms of the promotion. But if you do (within the very limited time period provided) you get an additional $6500 off that purchase too.

      I suppose it suits people who are purchasing now in that they save $6500, and it doubly suits people who upgrade their C-class every 3 years. (I am neither of these people. Haha)

      • lostn on 14/07/2013 - 15:50
        +4

        For people who can afford to buy a new Benz every 3 years, $6.5k is no object to them. That, or they can get better discounts than $6.5k through arrangements they have with dealers, or their employer's arrangements with dealers.

        In other words, I'm not sure who this is for. If you can get $6.5k off a $30k car, that would be a good deal. As a percentage discount, you always aim for at least 15% off the drive away price when you haggle with a dealer. $6.5k off the price of a C-class is kind of meh.

        • spackbace on 14/07/2013 - 18:46
          +2

          15% off drive away? Insane unless its rrp. Some advertised drive away campaigns are lucky to have $1000 profit for a $38990 car

        • Folly on 14/07/2013 - 18:55
          +1

          I don't necessarily disagree with the thrust of your criticism lostn, but there aren't any cars in Australia being sold with a 15% premium at the dealership. As Spackbace said, dealers are lucky to make a grand on a midrange car.

          $6500 ends up being about 10% off for a C-class (and this is coming from the manufacturer), so its nothing to turn one's nose up at. At the very least it's quite a few added options for no increase in price. And I can't think of any other car being sold at the moment where you can get 10% of rrp (plus a guaranteed 10%-ish percent off in the future if you buy at a certain time).

          If you're in the market for a C-class, this is a sweet deal.

        • May4th on 14/07/2013 - 19:19
          +1

          the tight margins you refer to mostly applies to the small car/budget brands where a price difference of $500 can make a huge difference in market capitalisation. luxury makes like merc/bmw/audi have much more room for discount especially if you have an established relationship with the dealer (corporate/prof membership etc) so while it represents substantial saving it's nothing to jump up and down about either

        • lostn on 15/07/2013 - 06:33

          15% off drive away? Insane unless its rrp.

          Of course it's off RRP + onroads. Sometimes you can do better. It depends on the car.

          Some advertised drive away campaigns are lucky to have $1000 profit for a $38990 car

          Was it the dealer who told you they only make $1000 profit? They're not the most believable people in the world.

          I'm not counting campaigns in any case. I'm counting full price.

          You will find that even if the dealer doesn't make that much margin on each car, they can still do big discounts during promos because the factory is the one that's cutting the price. The factory makes more than the dealer, and they're willing to subsidise them. You'll find this always happens during runout sales where the car is discounted by more than 20% sometimes.

        • lostn on 15/07/2013 - 06:59
          +3

          I don't necessarily disagree with the thrust of your criticism lostn, but there aren't any cars in Australia being sold with a 15% premium at the dealership. As Spackbace said, dealers are lucky to make a grand on a midrange car.

          Err.. like I said, my sister in law got $10k off a $60k Merc Benz.

          Dealers price their RRPs with room for haggling. They anticipate it. They never reveal their true price, because very few people actually pay the full price. I've known plenty of people who got more than 15% off RRP. There's an entire thread on whirlpool on it about discounts negotiated.

          A broker has offered me bigger discounts than that. Timing matters.

          If a dealer tells me there's only $1000 to be made, I don't believe them. They're among the least trustable people in the world.

          BTW, I'm not sure if 'midrange' includes MBenz.

          If I had the money to buy a Benz, I'm not settling for only $6.5k off. And them offering me a further $6.5k off my next car in 3 years time, well they're making more than $6.5k off me on the next car so they'd be the ones in front.

          If you're in the market for a C-class, this is a sweet deal.

          Eh.. your money I guess.

          And I can't think of any other car being sold at the moment where you can get 10% of rrp (plus a guaranteed 10%-ish percent off in the future if you buy at a certain time).

          Jesus… Just this year I had a relative buy a Lancer LX auto this year for just under 23k in metallic with some extras. Their website advertised the car for over 30k RRP DA. We all know website RRPs are bulldust. Just now I check Hyundai's website for the price of an i30 Elite Auto, and it's 30.5k drive away in metallic. I bought it for under 25k this year. That's 5.5k off RRP, which is more than 10%, and almost as big a 'discount' as the C-class. And these cars count as 'midrange' or even cheaper.

          If you read newspaper ads, you may often notice '3-day weekend' campaigns where cars are being sold at RRP, and all the onroad costs are slashed (dealer delivery, CTP, stamp duty, rego, etc). That discount is usually more than 10% of the recommended drive away price already. VW does this a lot, and their dealer delivery alone is 2k for most cars. Subaru is another who does this. When that drive away deal is on, you can get a base model Impreza for $23,990 where it would normally cost about $28k according to their website price calculator. That's a 4k saving. That means they're obviously making more than the $1000 per car that you're claiming they barely scrape. In some cases the dealer really doesn't make that much, but due to the promotion, the factory is subsidising it, in which case it's the factory that loses margin, not the dealer. To you though, who cares who is losing the margin, as long as it's a bargain for you? Those insane finance deals (1%-2%) again are subsidised by the factory.

          The point is, RRPs are BS and way over-inflated unless it's one of those $19,990 or $20,990 base model Corollas/Mazda3/etc.

          I presume the 6.5k off the C-class is based on the RRP, which is already heavily inflated to pre-emptively counteract haggling.

          If you can't find any cars that can be discounted by 10%, either you're not very good at negotiating, or you're buying 20k cars. Or you believe what dealers tell you about their profit margins. Some brands don't discount much. Some discount a lot. YMMV. MB is not a brand that won't discount, unless you're getting the new A-class.

          People who buy at fleet pricing for example get bigger discounts than private customers (easily more than $1000 cheaper than a private can). According to you, the dealer would be making a big loss to every fleet customer. Wait till you see how cheap insurance companies can buy them for…

          If I'm a MB dealer, and I can get a customer to guarantee they'll buy another car from me in 3 years time if I give them another 6.5k off, I'll be all over it.

          The other thing you're overlooking is that dealers don't make their money only from cars sold. They get massive factory bonuses if they reach sales targets. When I was in the market for a car a few months ago, a broker told me about a current special on BMW X5s which were going for 40k off! Bringing them just below the luxury car tax threshhold. BMW dealers were making a loss on these, but the bonus they were getting from BMW Australia more than offset the loss on each car sold, so to them it was worth it. That is how brokers can sometimes get massive discounts. 6.5k doesn't seem all that impressive after that.

        • johnd320 on 15/07/2013 - 11:08

          Thank you lostn for your detailed explaination. Your points are well made.

        • spackbace on 15/07/2013 - 17:33

          My figure of $1,000 comes from actually being in the industry, seeing real world figures ;)

          Depending on fleet sizes, in some instances the private cost is actually cheaper.

          Despite the fact we are considered some of the most untrustworthy people, you'd be surprised just how many cars get sold with little to no profit, and occasionally into negative real world territory.

          So keep believing we have stacks of money to move, coz sometimes we just don't ;)

  • maxixix on 14/07/2013 - 15:02
    +4

    Awesome have to sort out the remaining $99999999 and we are in business.

    • erroorfree on 14/07/2013 - 23:45
      -1

      If I had Mercedes, I wouldn't be perilously hunting for bargains on ozb! This deal is a mock to our ozb spirit. burn you Merc

  • easternculture on 14/07/2013 - 15:04
    +12

    Was just thinking of downgrading from my SLS AMG

    Thanks OP

    • jtd on 14/07/2013 - 18:30

      I'll swap you for my SLR.
      bonnet is too long, can't see anything when coming out the driveway.

  • tsunamisurfer on 14/07/2013 - 15:06
    +6

    I saw this in the paper and commented back then how shizer this deal is.

    A) It encourages you to buy a new C Class whe the one you had is still good.

    B) It 'locks' you into a C Class.

    C) It 'locks' you into a Mercedes.

    D) You will have very little bargaining power when dealing the second buy.

    For the amount of loyalty Merc's expect, 6.5 Large is very small.

  • MasterNoob on 14/07/2013 - 15:11

    ewww, don't buy! the discounted ones don't carry v8 engines!

  • [Deactivated] on 14/07/2013 - 15:11

    Is this deal just because the new season of Top Gear UK has started airing?

  • pmupsinep on 14/07/2013 - 15:12

    You can buy refurbished for much cheaper.

  • lostn on 14/07/2013 - 15:15
    +16

    This is hilarious.

    You can easily get more than $6.5k off your Benz by haggling with them. My brother's wife got $10k off a $60k Benz and I don't even think it was that great a bargain.

    $6.5k is nothing off the RRP of a Benz unless it was the new A class.

    I like how they try to lock you into a buying another Benz in 3 years time to get another $6.5k discount. The car you buy now will have depreciated tens of thousands when you trade it in.

    Make no mistake. This is a bargain for Mercedes Benz, not for you. They're the ones who gain from this. If you have any negotiation skills at all, you can do better than $6.5k on your own.

  • ibargainhunt on 14/07/2013 - 15:20

    I'll take 10.

    • lostn on 14/07/2013 - 15:45
      +1

      You're in luck. If you buy 2 of them, you get $10 off both and a further $20 of the 3rd.

    • Serapis on 15/07/2013 - 03:04

      Technically, it's buy 9, get the 10th one free =P

      • lostn on 15/07/2013 - 07:11

        Don't forget to buy the paint protection with them also. Wouldn't want that $60k investment to have its paint start peeling would you now?

  • May4th on 14/07/2013 - 15:24
    +11

    thanks OP, this will go great with my $39 GPS

  • cuteseal on 14/07/2013 - 15:25
    +9

    Price match at Officeworks?

    • tdonovic on 14/07/2013 - 15:50
      +5

      Dick Smith already ran out of stock, so I guess that is our only option.

    • SupaRooter on 14/07/2013 - 15:51
      +4

      PMSL…. Ahh that one cracked me up… YOUR OZBARGAINER OF THE YEAR

      • cuteseal on 14/07/2013 - 15:52

        Thanks, I try my best. :D

    • akula on 14/07/2013 - 16:29
      +1

      Don't forget to post the receipt.

      • vash12 on 14/07/2013 - 19:59
        +1

        Didn't need it but bought one anyway!

    • tooblue on 14/07/2013 - 22:29
      +1

      And use ING card for 5% off.

  • cdaddy on 14/07/2013 - 15:42

    Thanks OP Just bought one!

  • HereYeeHereYee on 14/07/2013 - 15:45
    +1

    I first read $6,500 for the new C-Class :(

  • rjb on 14/07/2013 - 15:52
    +1

    Thanks OP ! I would love to queue up tomorrow morning but cant, I just cant afford a Mercedes Benz.

  • Bugatti on 14/07/2013 - 15:53

    You do realise that the new c class is almost out!

    • Ragnarok1983 on 14/07/2013 - 15:56
      +1

      No its not, New C Class will be 2015 (by the time it actually hits the market in availability)

      • MrZ on 14/07/2013 - 16:21

        It's coming out next year.

        • zelda707 on 14/07/2013 - 16:43

          it depends on the source

          sales should start late 2014/ early 2015

        • MrZ on 14/07/2013 - 16:46

          It's almost certain to be released next year, as Mercedes have a 7 year model cycle on the C-Class. Australia usually gets new model Mercedes very quickly - within 2 months of release in Europe in most cases.

        • mini2 on 14/07/2013 - 17:21

          It's not even an almost, it's actually a certainty. My usual Merc salesbloke already warned me not to buy a C until later when they really going to run them out or pre-order a new one.

  • SmiTTy on 14/07/2013 - 16:20
    +3

    Watch out Mercedes.. Youre going to get ozbargained!!

  • tdw on 14/07/2013 - 16:27
    +1

    Excludes Coupé and AMG models

    nooo! NEG NEG NEG NEG NEG lol

  • RockyRaccoon on 14/07/2013 - 16:41
    +1

    Wait for a Korean Clone…

    • PinzVidz on 14/07/2013 - 18:02
      -4

      Wait for a Chinese Copy…

      Fixed that for you.

  • slowmo on 14/07/2013 - 17:42
    +1

    I am going to broden this deal!!!!

    lol

    seriously anyone who works in bigger companies can get a better deal than this… like free servicing for 4 yrs and corporate pricing.

  • kasumi on 14/07/2013 - 18:08
    +2

    Why would you want a non AMG merc anyway?

  • ExPrinceHairy on 14/07/2013 - 18:43
    +7

    They're gonna have fun with me paying for my Merc in $99.99 installments via my ING paywave card.

  • zooter on 14/07/2013 - 18:55

    out of stock at my local store! :> — just when I was about to buy 3 for me, wife and kid and 3 more after 3 years

  • Roary on 14/07/2013 - 21:30

    $6500 off what? Please put the RRP in the title?

  • washoku on 14/07/2013 - 22:29
    +4

    10 min later all these Mercedes flooding Ebay…

  • tooblue on 15/07/2013 - 11:55

    Discount based on the manufacturer’s maximum recommended drive away price.

    How much can you haggle off the RRP usually?

  • silo on 15/07/2013 - 13:31
    +1

    QUICK! BUY NOW THINK LATER!

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