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tsolin01

Thanks, i'll check out miami. The price I posted is for an automatic and does include destination. Since it wasn't the car I wanted, I didn't ask for a breakdown.

Parrotguy

Am I wrong that we board members, who do not work for a Nissan affiliate, and are requesting a VPP claim check from Robert are classified as plan D? I am confused as everyone seems to be talking about the A/B category discounts.

LinPark

Apparently, Nissan has re-instated the old "Sell 1" program that allows Robert to issue as many VPP Plan A/B claim numbers as he wants until 3/31. Seems like a smart thing for Nissan to do right now given all the bad press for Toyota. Has anyone that received a number from Robert actually closed a deal yet and willing to share their numbers?

Robert_Nash

Hi,

There are companies that are affiliated with Nissan that can take advantage of the VPP program and I believe that the discounts they get are essentially the same except, perhaps, for actual Nissan employees.

The difference with this current promotion is that I can give claim numbers that give the exact same discount that I can get walking into a showroom and buying a vehicle.

The "Plan" lettering can be confusing but what's important is the discount received.

By the way...I did get a bit behind but am working to catch up on everyone's request tonight (Saturday 2/27)...if you've requested a VPP number and haven't heard back from me sometime tonight please contact me again.

Thanks to everyone...the response has be great!

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shoopajae10

i went in today to several dealerships with my vpp, and no one seems to be able to find a 2010 base+sport (solid red) for me. =( im in dfw area and the only one they found was in mississippi.

they also said if i were to order one, it could take up to 3 months, now if i sign a deal with them using vpp now to get the car ordered, would it void itself out if the car really takes 3 months to get in and not before march 31st?? or am i not allowed to sign a deal using vpp until the car arrives?

it seems like im the only one with this issue.

they also found me a 2009 solid red base+sport that is slightly used, 400 miles, they were willing to sell it for 29,500. i thought that price was ridiculous.

LinPark

MSRP for a 2010 Base 6MT with Sport is $33k and Invoice is $31k. If $29,500 was ridiculous what price did you have in mind? I'd bet that car has a few other options too so I'm thinking you'd be saving at least $2k on a new one and the '09 isn't even past the breakin point yet.

Wonder how far away these dealers do searches for? There's a Red 6MT with Sport near me in Clearwater, FL. Given they want to charge everyone $720 for destination they should be willing to go and get you that car no matter how far away it is. Really strange.

tsolin01

I'm assuming the VPP number can only be used when the car actually arrives and will probably be void past march 31st. I'd rather not take a chance and will most likely have to settle on something if my dealer can't get the car I'm looking for.

Why can't they get you the car from Mississippi? my dealer in houston said he's looking as far as kansas city, MO. I'm going to ask him about that car in miami that LinPark found. I kind of doubt he'll go through the trouble of getting it from that far but we'll see.

My fall back car will probably be either a Mont. Blue one fully loaded or 40th Anniv. Unless a new shipment magically appears in the next 3 weeks with the car I want... which could be possible as I'm not sure the accuracy of the inventory system.

Robert_Nash

Unfortunately, yes...they do expire on the 31st.

See my earlier post here:

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specblue02

Thanks again Robert!! Worked like a charm yesterday when I went into the dealer to take delivery. I gave them the VPP papers and no problem at all! They also had a 1k rebate if you owned a registered Toyota in the household. Cost of my car was 30,126 (base + sport, 6spd). Minus 1k for the Toyota rebate so before anything other fees the car was 29,126 + doc + reg + tax. 32.8k out the door w/ 3M clear bra! I am VERY HAPPY!!! can't wait to go to some meets this summer in the Jersey area!

BalanBro

If you don't mind, what dealership did you go to and what are the details about the toyota rebate? I wonder if my Scion would make me eligible for this as well?

shoopajae10

can you clarify something for me...

so if you have robert's plan a/b, i understand you get the 4.3% discount. and if you had the plan d you got the 2.87% discount.

but i've read in some other forum that they charge a 5% dealer transport fee in plan d. dealer pays 2.5% and you pay 2.5%.

with that said, with plan a/b, do we pay the dealer transport fee of 2.5% as well? or does the dealer pay the whole transport fee themselves.

also when the dealer says "dealer trades" or "dealer swap" , is this referring to the transport fee?

i apologize ahead of time if these questions were already answered somewhere.

MakoFury

My dealer said the 40th edition was excluded from VPP...another lie maybe?

Seems like all the dealers around me have 1 40th edition available, not many ohter 2010's around.

scruffydog

I could be wrong for saying this, I don't think it's so much a lie.....but if it's optional for dealerships to participate with the VPP then no way any dealership will want to sell you the 40th anniversary edition using any discount when they could sell their 40th Anniversary at full price (MSRP) as they're limited. I would think dealerships would expect people to pay whatever price they demand. Whether if that's worth it, that's a different story, but I don't see any reason why any dealer would offer you any discount on the one car they could make the most profit on especially if the VPP participation is optional. This even goes for dealerships that gets more than 1 40th Anniversary Edition 370z.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only time I can see any dealership wanting to participate the VPP for the 40th anniversary or for any 370z or cars for that matter is they feel like they could use this VPP as their advantage to boost sales or to move more cars because they don't want too many of the same cars sitting around for a long period of time; they simply just want to make more sales. From a dealership perspective, as long as they're making money, even if it's a little from the VPP, they don't mind, but for the case of a 40th anniversary edition, I don't see why they'd let you pay under invoice for it when they could sell it for MSRP. Personally, if they're as hot as we all think, we should be surprise they don't jack it up above MSRP, I've seen scenarios like these before...do I think it's logical to buy a car above MSRP? I think that's ridiculous, but dealers can do whatever they want....it's all about supply and demand and timing. To put things in better perspective, the 40th Anniversary Edition's base price alone savings is already $4000 of profit a dealer is expecting to make, I highly doubt any dealerships out there would give up that much money for a VPP - what's in it for them?

I hope someone could agree with me.

At first I thought at an economy like this, dealers are having a hard time selling impractical cars like the 370z, maybe dealerships would do whatever it takes to boost their sales....apparently I was wrong about that last time I went into the dealership. Which is more reason why I am sure about what I said about the 40th Anniversary Edition.

Robert_Nash

Dealer participation in the VPP program is 100% up to the dealer.

As I’ve mentioned before; some dealers simply won’t participate at all on any vehicle, some will participate on anything they sell while still others will do so on some vehicles but not on “high demand”/”special” vehicles.

Keep in mind that dealer’s are independent businesses – Nissan doesn’t own them – and as independent dealerships they have to make what they feel is the best decision for their dealership/their market area.

That said, I suspect that finding a dealer who will do the VPP on the 40^th Anniversary model will likely be a bit difficult but certainly not impossible…at the end of the day, every dealer wants to sell cars!

On other things…

I have several requests for claim numbers to process that have come in since late Saturday night; I will likely not get to those until sometime this evening but I WILL get to them!

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Robert
-My Basset Hound Is Smarter Than Your Honor Student and Barack Obama -

LinPark

Plan A/B doesn't include the 5% dealer transport fee from what I can see - since its a Nissan employee offer I guess they skip that part. Not sure about the "trades"/"swap" question. I think the intent of the VPP program is for you to choose a car on the lot - the dealer would prefer to not have to trade/swap with another on a car he's not gonna make a whole lot of money on anyway would be my guess.

Also, keep in the mind the 40th Anniv Edition is just a Touring with an additional package added on - you could get VPP on the Touring piece and then pay regular price for the package add-ons. I'm curious, I heard they are making 1,000 of the special editions - I would wager there are less than a 1,000 fully loaded Black Cherry ones out there for 2010 so which one is more rare?