CorvetteRL

Surfing Ebay to see what Stingrays were on and the only ones I found are from greedy, self-serving dealers that price gouge! Looks like one if $5000 over and one is $10000 over. There were plenty more but all over MSRP!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-Coupe-2-Door-2014-corvette-wz-51-3-lt-/331038305017?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item4d136baaf9&vxp=mtr
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Corvette-3LT-14-corvette-stingray-5000-buy-it-now-over-msrp-/171143214479?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item27d8ee358f&vxp=mtr

eshuber

That's the price of instant gratification! Plenty of dealers will order one for you at MSRP.

Mid Life

This is nothing new . . .

Remember the last redesign of the Ford Thunderbird? It's now considered a failure and there were DEALERS in my area paying up to $7000 over MSRP just to get one.

Remember the PT Cruiser? People were paying over sticker AND waiting A YEAR to get one.

Remember Cabbage Patch dolls? Oops, never mind. Too far!

This too shall pass but it's going to take a while. Maybe next summer or a year from now things will cool off a bit. What I've been looking for is a killer deal on a leftover C6 but the factory is only offering a measly $2k. The dealers are giving decent deals but they can only go so far without help from GM in the form of juicy rebates and incentives.

John Ulrich

How many remember 1978 and the "rare" Pace Cars!!!!

E.T.D. Corvettes

Price gouging is defined as "pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available." Alternatives are available, so charging more than MSRP is not gouging.

With all due respect, why does it matter what someone tries to sell a vehicle for? Even MSRP stands for "manufacturer's suggested retail price." I don't see anything wrong with the free market dictating the price. A car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, not what the manufacturer or NADA or KBB say it's worth.

When dealers are advertising Corvettes below MSRP will you cry out on behalf of the dealers? Aren't they being "gouged" by the customers at that point?

And why did you post in the C7 for sale forum? Just wondering...

Turbooo2u

Well said.

CorvetteRL

SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE CAR DEALER/SALESMAN

E.T.D. Corvettes

I take that as a compliment!

Mikev078

Same thing with most new model cars. I was looking at the new Subaru BRZ and Scion FRS when they first came out. Due to such high popularity and demand, dealerships were loading them up with all the options they could which jacked up the MSRP of $19999 all the way to $28-32k. It was ridiculous...yet people were happy to pay it cause they wanted the car so bad. Give it time and they'll drop just like they always do.

Keep 'Em Flying

Anybody remember 2001 when the Z06 came out?

sixty8

The car listed on E-Bay located in Baton Rouge smells fishy. The dealer that has it listed is the Dodge Dealer and the tags on the car show it to be at Gerry Lane Chevrolet, which is one of the Chevy dealers intown and are not affiliated with each other.

LES STANFORD CHEVY

This is a really easy topic to post in---

Do not reward them with your money. List is more than fair all parties involved.

DNAST1

I received an email today from one of the local chevy dealers in Vegas stating they just received shipment of the new Stingray. I asked if they were selling for MRSP. He said no. Mark up is $7500. I know the other local Chevy dealers will follow. I told him thanks BUT not thanks and referred him to this post.

DocHorton

Correction....spoken like a believer in a true free-market economy.

E.T.D. Corvettes

RedC7AZ

It's only gouging if you let it happen to you.

JCtx

Indeed . You have to be crazy to pay above MSRP for a Corvette. And love attention to pay MSRP, with all the problems they're bound to have, and knowing in a month or two they could be had for thousands less. Not a financially wise decision just to be the first kid on the block with one for a few weeks. But to each his own. At least those folks are assuring those dealers will stay in business longer than otherwise . Good for the economy .

BobJ

In the end the market determines the sale price.

jol

Remember the Miata???? $10,000 above MSRP and people were lining up. If you want it, it's worth it.

ladder13

This thread is ridiculous