This is the cheapest price for one anywhere in Australia
Yep, Costco sell cars, in partnership with Autoconnect
From what I seen, reviewers judged the Omoda 5 as being ok to drive, but marred by overly intrusive lane assist beeping, which was resolved by a software update.
If you have Costco premium black card, they accept 1 year return on everything.
No questions asked
Even if you take it to a destruction derby? 🤔
Do they come in a pack of 48?
If you can profile letter of intent and proof of funds. Deal on 🔥🔥
the dealers start at $100 more than this
So essentially saving people $100 from having to deal with a salesperson?
Bargain.
Are ming moles extinct now?
@KLF23: Times sure change quick; it wasn't too long ago that the Macquarie Dictionary asked if it should go into the dictionary.
is an insulting term
You must be pretty fragile to be offended by words. Or are you one of those types who is offended on behalf of someone else?
Losing an entire day to the dealership's shenanigans? I really don't need to meet the manager, or the finance guy, or the ming moll…
@thatguyfromthatplace: I don't get these comments. I bought two cars (one used, one new) from dealers in the past few years, both times it was easy and straightforward. Test drive, a little chat about the price, "Do you want any options? No? Sign here", done.
I really don't need to meet the
Did you try telling them that? Or did you sit there all day stewing under your breath that you wished you were brave enough to speak up for yourself?
I knew the car I was going to buy, and it was the only dealer with stock. I asked the reception to put me through to the youngest sales person, because seemed nice to do. I spoke with them and told them the deal: I'll buy it, but make sure I don't have to speak to any other sales people and don't try to up sell.
Got to the dealer and they were happy and had it all ready for me. But where did my wife go? The ming mole (which unbelievably is a thing at both dealerships I went to) had taken my wife to her office and tried to sell her some bizarre paint insurance on a white car. The salesperson apologised as soon as we were out of sight. They were good.
Another dealership, just as I was about to sign, tried to sell me on $1500 dashcam. I have an issue where I am on ozbargain so much I memorise the prices of the top 50 of anything I'm about to buy, and the cam set was $350. I said I'll pay $500 as $1500 was taking the piss. They dropped their tone and said "we need to make a profit too you know!" - lost the whole sale for that.
2 for $6 shapes anyone?
Good on you, i walk in with shorts and t shirt have the money, paying cash, and they started to sell me i just said you lost a deal bye…Call me arrogant but sometimes saying nothing means more
$40 after Costco membership fee
Is the $40 Chery Omoda 5 FX in the room with us, or?
Yeah. I love to check in on the community but you really see a lot of stuff that isn't deals these days. In a world of inflation and flat out crappy value propositions being drilled into people's heads on every social media platform I genuinely think it's important to uphold the meaning of what a deal is and not let companies astroturf their way into pre-inflating and marketing creating huge overheads for profit.
A deal is when you get to stick it to the big monolithic companies because they bit off more than they can chew. When they have excess inventory and they need to sell it at a loss. When a new company breaks onto the market and has undercut competition. When your favourite restaurant does something cool to celebrate a day or event and you can actually get a deal. When a product just is being replaced by the next new thing
so it's going for cheap.
It's depressing to see the slow brainwash hit our community where we have now have perverted ideas of what a deal is and it's so abstracted from any concrete
market value. It's the classic "iPhone is worth more because we say so" which doesn't actually make much sense because the hardware is simply not differentiatable from other offerings. But now we apparently accept the trend of sellers upping prices before sales? So many companies marketing practices have this baked beneath the hood now. Ever notice how everything you buy from Woolies or Coles doesn't feel on special anymore? It's just $9 for a bag of lollies unless you're lucky and you pay $5 when we know the original price is so inflated it's actually stupid to buy them at RRP.
I could go on forever. But your point is valid. This ain't a deal. It's a Costco post because most of us as ozb guys associate with some great deals we picked up from there in the past. Besides the conversation piece of oh wow Costco sells cars it really only has the effect of any guerrilla marketing campaign or astroturfer would shilling brands value propositions.
I hate politics and caring too much about issues, I hate not being open to change but above all I hate the idea of losing our identity as bargain hunters by eventually just posting cash reward clones and a few 'bargains' when the next item of fascination is reduced by a measly 4% but it's a bargain because we all know it's a really cool thing that we all want more of. I don't like the direction I see the site slipping into at all.
Indeed it takes the value out of ozbargain, the best we can do is not up vote such listings
Come on! They add some sorely needed panache.
Honestly this is the one thing I don't like about OzBargain, you can't neg a deal without commenting. Let me neg deals without having to justify myself every time
Post some good bargains for us then sensai.
We need to take a stand
I completely agree although I see a role for "RRP deals"
I find they can be helpful if you don't know about it, the ones that are good value will get upvoted and the ones that are not so much so will disappear quickly
The problem comes when people don't vote on the deal and apply value judgment to it like Tesla / EV deals
Totally agree. I have read idiots saying it's ok for new cars* to cost much more [than they should] because they have newer technology. Tech has been increasing in cars since day 1. So when there is any discount from a massivley inflated price it's the deal of the century to them. This is the type of mentality you are arguing against.
*any tech product.
You mean like posting what movies are on Netflix this month
Well said @GrumpyGandalf.
"This deal shall not pass!"
Ever notice how everything you buy from Woolies or Coles doesn't feel on special anymore?
It's called inflation, and the cause of it is various governments who print money like it's going out of fashion to satiate the demand of a population who demand that the government solve all of their problems for them. If you can solve that issue, the rest will solve itself.
Yes inflation is relevant. However the paragraph you are responding to is really about pricejacking techniques. I don't think a bag of lollies should have a RRP of $9 and go on special every fortnight for $5. It SHOULD be illegal since the AAC literally has clauses to prevent this. Supposed to have a clear baseline market value. There are rules about discounts (they need to be genuine verifiable discounts). Coles and Woolies are blurring the lines to insane levels, in my opinion.
Discounts at Coles and Woolies weren't a huge thing once. You basically could trust that the prices were pretty fair. If you saw a special you knew it was a special, that it was being offered at a fraction of what it is worth on the market.
The membership is fully refundable at any time, is that a deal now?
cars or memberships
Does the Executive level membership apply? If so, it is 2% discount, which is $536 off, for a $130 membership
Don't forget to split payment and use 106x discounted Coles visa/mastercard gift cards for extra discount.
Costco shall sell house next, car, house, coffin
what about spouse?
If they do there will be no return policy
No return, or point of no return?
do they offer samples? asking for a friend
they do sell coffin
It is a marketing ploy. Making shoppers feel that their life can end anytime so have no regrets on buying things in bulk which you may not even need.
No it's a great table to eat 2 dollar hotdogs
mind = blown. That's some Mad Men level subliminal messaging.
Was gonna say lol. I love how it's just on display by the exit, right next to the jacuzzi
Nice looking car
Good luck finding a VY that isn't clapped out
easy to find, but they cost this much
well i mean a clean SS is this much…
Cool.
engine maybe, but the rest of it not so much
Welsh plugs?
Time to stock up on discounted Costco gift cards.
Good to see that Chery are finally making automatic cars (their initial models were only available as manuals).
It's entirely because of demand.
no one is buying manual anything unless its MX5 86 or M3
Also WRX (excluding wagon)
no one is buying manual anything
I prefer manual cars. People like me to exist. It will be a sad day when all cars are automatic.
@Lucille Bluth: So do I, but no one in else in my family knows how to drive one, so had to part ways.
Don't forgot work utes, surprisingly some employers still cheap out
Upvote because you said mx5
cupra is a enthusiast performance platform based on the VW Audi Q5 whatever so you pay for what you get…
I’ve had a Cupra for over 2 years and it’s a great car!
Made by seat i think, basically a hot vw with sometimes nice sometimes weird styling.
Only a $4k difference between this and a Haval H6 SUV, if people are looking for a bit more room.
Cupra is a performance car. It's actually been around as SEAT the Spanish brand. Cupra are the performance version of SEAT.
Compared to
Chery is something that might work with a 50/50 chance in 10 years.
Chery is something that might work with a 50/50 chance in 10 years.
tbf ANY VW product also has the same odds…
I do find it funny how conveniently people forget about euro's and their deplorable reliability when it comes to chinese cars
@Drakesy: the difference is that the Euros will actually drive quite nice when they are working and I mean there's always the badge appeal…
I do find it funny how conveniently people forget about euro's and their deplorable reliability when it comes to chinese cars
I get what you're saying, but there's plenty of 30 year old plus Euro cars on the roads. How many 2024 Chery Omodas do you think you'll see driving around in 2054? Hell, Chery have been in Australia since 2011 and I don't think any of that first batch survived the first 10 years…
@1st-Amendment: Oh agree with you on that, Its the 30+ year old euros that were great, volvos and mercs were bombproof.
As soone as they delved into complicated electrics, thats where it all fell apart.
Euro stuffs reliable…. As long as you have deep pockets for routine maintenance
@DannyBoy: I just bought a 2011 Skoda Octavia manual for $5K. Drives very nicely, fuel efficient, nice styling.
@braddsey: I was looking at a very similar model just recently, can I ask how many KMs on the odo when you bought it?
@Empharand: 167,000 km's. We bought it from a friend who moved overseas, so didn't do comparison on other cars and didn't haggle - it was just convenient, and price is about right. It's a wagon, it's straight, but comes with standard nik's and such on front and rear bumper. Doesn't worry me in the least, and i have 2 kids who will soon learn to drive so i'm not paying anymore than needed considering the upcoming risks! Everything else is very straight and clean, and inside is emaculate. Only thing I had to do was replace the rear door gas struts ($75).
I also installed a factory tow bar that I bought off marketplace for $150. This detail isn't really relevant to the price i paid, just a bit of a humble brag. :-)
if you buy from Costco does it have the same return policy as other products
Drive for a year then ask for refund
Front of this car looks suspiciously similar to the Nissan design language
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/qashqai/362842/new-niss…
Many Chinese cars look suspiciously similar to other cars 😂
just so you guys know:
https://paultan.org/2021/11/24/chery-omoda-5-debuts-in-china…
omoda debuts in 2021
https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/nissan-qashqai…
this is a nissan equivalent in 2021
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/qashqai/362842/new-niss…
this is the upcoming nissan in 2024
so who's copying who? tbf the chery is not worth copying given its so goddamn ugly
Looks suspiciously familiar to the Hyundai Nexo (2018)
https://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/2018-hyundai-nexo-revi…
Value for money has nothing suspicious. McGA c=China ;)
Now I see why Americans call it Carsco…
10/10
I got a quote of $22k for automatic roof pergola 3mx4m now I feel that I'm being ripped off
with an approximate extra $3,000, BX is better value.
Only has 8GB of RAM, no buy.
Can I buy and return?