The dealer makes very little on the base chassis. Their money is made on the conversion of the van. Today, base cost for mini conversion (lowered floor,powered door, powered ramp starts at about $14,000. Hand controls, kneeling system, electric securement and secondary controls are priced seperately. There is very little room for negotiate other than the rebates which are available and another term not known by the consumer called "Dealer Cash". But that is another story. W In a message dated 9/26/04 1:59:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I am referring to vans that already have the lift and kneeldown and are at the handicap dealer facility awaiting purchase. Additional modifications would be the hand controls etc. I will have to make another trip to the dealer but the sticker price on the window was roughly 35,000 and rebates would bring that price down to 27,000. My thought is first how do you negotiate that price? Voc will hopefully pay additional modification costs but it sounded as though we were stuck paying that sticker price with no room for negotiation. I now regret not studying the sticker price because it seems the costs for kneeldown and lift should also be paid by Vocational Rehab since those are modifications even though already provided during manufacture. Please guide me in this process. Thanks, Karen >>
