Or maybe Nissan just doesn't want to step on the slippery slope of group
buys. If non dealerships can buy wholesale, then they will be selling to
costco, walmart, and the boy scouts.
Peri
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From: "Rick Beebe via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Sent: 30-Aug-16 5:00:36 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Nissan.ca sez 'No' To Leaf-Group-Buy> ticking-off
3700+ EV buyers = a lose-lose
Of course we don't really know if there was negotiation or not. It says
they "rejected the group buy offer" but that could mean they rejected
the group buy OR they rejected the offer. Maybe they counter-offered
and it was too rich for the group. Just like we don't really know if
the groups hope of $20k was just a hope or whether they had actually
gotten that number from someone at Nisaan.
--Rick
On Aug 30, 2016, at 1:23 AM, Mike Nickerson via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
I was surprised that Nissan's answer was "No" instead of a counter
offer. Entering into a negotiation would have been appropriate.
Mike
On August 29, 2016 7:50:47 PM MDT, Mark Abramowitz via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
Amazing that they would embark on such an effort without first
talking
to Nissan.
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From: Rick Beebe via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Electric Vehicle
Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Nissan.ca
sez
'No' To Leaf-Group-Buy> ticking-off 3700+ EV buyers = a lose-lose
Date:
8/29/16, 6:27 PM
One has to wonder if the people setting up the group buy pulled that
target price out of their ass. I can sympathize with Nissan if that
price is below wholesale or worse. Are you really losing "sales" if
you
would have to actually pay the people to take the cars? I would tout
how
much money I saved the company by not giving away the cars at a
loss.
And I doubt Tesla will want to tender a group buy for $20k per car
when
they've got 400,000 to sell at full list price first.
--Rick
On 8/29/2016 6:12 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
In the first week of August, a group of EV lovers in Montreal,
Canada
set up
a group-buy effort for the Nissan LEAF. About 2,500 people
initially
signed
up for the group-buy deal and the number of interested buyers had
climbed up
to 3,700 by the time their proposal reached the Nissan’s corporate
HQ
in
Canada. The main idea of the group buy was to use the strength of
numbers
(almost 4000 orders) as a leverage to get massive discount on the
sticker
price of the car.
The Nissan LEAF has a sticker price of $31,998 (CAD) for the S
Trim.
The
members in the group-buy deal were hoping that they could get
Nissan
to sell
the car at a $20,000 CAD each. However, in an “understandable” turn
of
events, Nissan Canada’s president has rejected the group buy
offer
and
effectively shut down the plan.
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