Price negotiated from MSRP

[Ram-a-Kin]

Has the affliate pricing been reinstated again. They had stopped honoring that back in October?

Yes they have reinstated it.

 

[Kamper]

what's strange is on the FCA affiliates program website, it is showing that the current DT is excluded... DS is valid. I am about to sign up for tread lightly affiliate membership and likely will as I live where we could use some tread lightly stewardship - but just in checking seems its confusing whether or not I'd be able to actually gain the affiliate on a DT purchase/order.

 

[mtnbikej]

what's strange is on the FCA affiliates program website, it is showing that the current DT is excluded... DS is valid. I am about to sign up for tread lightly affiliate membership and likely will as I live where we could use some tread lightly stewardship - but just in checking seems its confusing whether or not I'd be able to actually gain the affiliate on a DT purchase/order.

Just about all dealers are honoring the program on the 5th Gen DT models.

 

[JoeI21]

Mark CDJR makes these deals to hit volume bonus numbers. They are a small market dealer pushing consistent top five Ram sales volume nationally. Plus for every unit they sell, they have an excellent opportunity to sell back end products (warranty, tire and wheel protection, key replacement, GAP insurance, financing) The back end of the deal is where dealerships have always made the gross profit to offset a short front end deal.
Every dealership could operate this way, but the short sightedness of the dealership model is deeply ingrained. Skin the sheep! Vs. Sheer the sheep. Profit is not a dirty word, but dealerships posting 4x profits over 2019 on much lower volume is dirty. There is going to be hell to pay when consumers try to trade out of these insanely overpriced cars in three to five years.

can you share sandi’s email contact?

 

[jwortsman]

I'm being lazy and know I've read it, but can't tell you how much I've read since I ordered a month ago. Is the 30 days on Tread Lightly from when you join or when the letter is sent/received?

 

[jwortsman]

Sandi Amrith
Virtual Sales
Mark Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep LLC
3777 Gerstner Memorial Dr.
Lake Charles, LA 70607
O (337) 474-2640 ****M (337) 512-5615 CELL

 

[Kamper]

Just about all dealers are honoring the program on the 5th Gen DT models.

appears that DT models are included - all but the TRX !

 

[PoopsMcGee]

So as an absolute newbie to the Ram world, it sounds like I need to:

-Order from Mark Dodge
-Get the rebate from the website
-get the rebate from tread lightly
-how do I get the national incentive? Or is that just naturally applied by MD?

And shop for the Zeigler warranty?

 

[tomme12]

So as an absolute newbie to the Ram world, it sounds like I need to:

-Order from Mark Dodge
-Get the rebate from the website
-get the rebate from tread lightly
-how do I get the national incentive? Or is that just naturally applied by MD?

And shop for the Zeigler warranty?

Thats pretty much what I did.. Most likely even if its "truck month" its still probably $1k national incentive. The Zeigler warranty Im curious about. MD has their own flavor which is offered to me at $2800 and $100 deduct. 60 months 70k miles. Trying to go line by line vs Zeigler Im not sure I have the patience. But I have a week to decide. Zeigler is cheaper, but why?

 

[jwortsman]

Remember too, from all I've read, you can buy Zeigler at the same price up to 12k miles before it goes up in price. You won't use until you hit 36k.

 

[RJS]

Thats pretty much what I did.. Most likely even if its "truck month" its still probably $1k national incentive. The Zeigler warranty Im curious about. MD has their own flavor which is offered to me at $2800 and $100 deduct. 60 months 70k miles. Trying to go line by line vs Zeigler Im not sure I have the patience. But I have a week to decide. Zeigler is cheaper, but why?

Then call Ziegler if you are frustrated. You'll get the Mopar service contract not an aftermarket and it will be cheaper. 8 yrs/125000 miles and 200 deductible will be less than the quote you got. Why is it cheaper, Ziegler makes less per sale. A lot of dealers make a fair amount of profit on 3-rd party contracts. When I bought my 19 Laramie the dealer wouldn't even quote a Mopar warranty but wanted $4800 for a "better" third party one. I said no! and bought a Mopar one.

 

[tomme12]

Then call Ziegler if you are frustrated. You'll get the Mopar service contract not an aftermarket and it will be cheaper. 8 yrs/125000 miles and 200 deductible will be less than the quote you got. Why is it cheaper, Ziegler makes less per sale. A lot of dealers make a fair amount of profit on 3-rd party contracts. When I bought my 19 Laramie the dealer wouldn't even quote a Mopar warranty but wanted $4800 for a "better" third party one. I said no! and bought a Mopar one.

Not really frustrated.. just made me think. Love MD, but giving them a second chance before my deal is final final. Sent them the Zeigler quote saying match it with Mopar warranty (not third party) or I'll grab it from Zeigler.

 

[SnowBlaZR2]

Not really frustrated.. just made me think. Love MD, but giving them a second chance before my deal is final final. Sent them the Zeigler quote saying match it with Mopar warranty (not third party) or I'll grab it from Zeigler.

I wouldn't worry too much about Mopar vs LDS. The LDS warranty is about the same as the Mopar one. And the price I got from MD was a lot better than what you posted, and for 8 years.

 

[PoopsMcGee]

I wouldn't worry too much about Mopar vs LDS. The LDS warranty is about the same as the Mopar one. And the price I got from MD was a lot better than what you posted, and for 8 years.

Some LDS warranties are only good for their dealership, whereas Mopar is good anywhere. Not sure about MD and what they sell, but if it's the same as Maxcare then obviously it's worth it. But as someone who's had Mopar Maxcare and needed it out of state across the country, it's come in handy to not worry about with dealership I need to be at.

 

[SnowBlaZR2]

Some LDS warranties are only good for their dealership, whereas Mopar is good anywhere. Not sure about MD and what they sell, but if it's the same as Maxcare then obviously it's worth it. But as someone who's had Mopar Maxcare and needed it out of state across the country, it's come in handy to not worry about with dealership I need to be at.

MD sold me the LDS Ultimate, which is nationwide.

 

[m.hamner]

I paid 61K on a 76K MSRP

That includes tax, title, Processing, etc?! Either way, good deal!

 

[KWKSLVR]

That includes tax, title, Processing, etc?! Either way, good deal!

No, that's the negotiated deal on the truck itself with MD fees which are Doc, Temp Tag and Notary. My original MSRP was 74K but it's done nothing but go up since I ordered last June

 

[m.hamner]

I ordered my first truck from a local dealer, ended up cancelling that order and eating the deposit because the deal I got from MD was that good. I even tried to have my local dealer come close to MDs offer, but they wouldn't even touch it. MSRP for my new order was $73,480. They locked me in at $64,334 and they also locked the January incentives in which were $2,000. Which, coincidentally was the amount of my original deposit that I ate. So, driving 600 miles to save $9,000 is a no brainer.

I had a similar experience and it was really unfortunate. I was prepared to eat the 5k difference that another dealer offered me the next day when I signed on a truck, but when I asked about it, the sales manager just decides to drop the order. Unbelievable. I guess it worked out for me though. Saved another 5 grand.

MSRP on the truck is at 78,940 and they're selling the truck for 64,976.02 with incentives, before tax of 4,278.94, license/registration of 337.60, processing of 899.00 which is an insane Virginia thing, but all for 70,491.56 which was 5k under my last out the door price.

The professionalism and how they manage expectations from dealer to dealer varies wildly, I'm finding.

 

[Houstontiger]

A local dealer is offering me $10k off MSRP $73840 Limited Longhorn with rebates included. Trade in offered on my 19 Longhorn 1500 at $47000 (MSRP $62225 paid $43k in 6/19). Is this a decent deal?

 

[PoopsMcGee]

Based on everyone's replies here I'm gonna go ahead and guess the Rebel has less incentives? I have a $72.5k build and they knocked it down to $64.8. Still tremendous discount, just curious how everyone is scoring $10k+ before rebates, is all.