What is GMS?
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If that qualified for anything it would the program that dealers come under. I don't know anything about it.
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I can't tell you about the dealer program, but, this is what I know as of last month about GMS.....
If he is a GM Employee, or a retired GM Employee, the discount plan is open to immediate family, spouses, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, but....
Your Dad must process your certificate through the system.
He can do it on the employee WEB site, if he has all of his employee info handy.
I hope you were a good child and didn't give him a lot a problems when you were growing up.
It is up to the dealer if they accept the certificate. Very few dealers are accepting GMS on verts. Some are on coupes. You might have to visit a few before you find a dealer which will take it. Depends where you live.
You might check with some of the forum dealers here. Not sure if any are taking at this point.
If he is a GM Employee, or a retired GM Employee, the discount plan is open to immediate family, spouses, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, but....
Your Dad must process your certificate through the system.
He can do it on the employee WEB site, if he has all of his employee info handy.I hope you were a good child and didn't give him a lot a problems when you were growing up.
It is up to the dealer if they accept the certificate. Very few dealers are accepting GMS on verts. Some are on coupes. You might have to visit a few before you find a dealer which will take it. Depends where you live.
You might check with some of the forum dealers here. Not sure if any are taking at this point.
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Went to the auto show in Detroit on Sun. two weeks ago. Got in before the public, (connections!). Went right to the Chevrolet display. Sat in the Coupe. Tried to remove the hook from my mouth. Set too deep. Hopeless! Started on Mon. to find a dealer who would order for me GMS. All wanted to sell me GMS from stock. I politely informed them that I never let others choose my women or my cars. Found a dealer nearby who said OK on Sat. and placed my order. Order accepted by GM. Tick, tick tick, tick. Now I wait. Up to my ears in snow so I can stand the wait. Guess what I bought honey! No complaints as long as the car is red she said. You see it was my new Rally Red 67 vert. that convinced her to go out on that first date. Smart girl (about the car that is). I think I'll slide on down to Bowling Green and watch them build it when the time comes. Anybody out there who can tell me how to pull that off. Who says you can't relive the past?
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GMS is GM supplier discount. I don't work for GM, but I do work for a canadian company located in Toledo, OH. We make bumpers for many of the Cadillacs and we just started producing the Chevy Cobalt bumpers. The discount is 4% over dealer invoice on GM cars. We also get discounts on Chrysler cars too since we make the Dodge Ram front bumper.
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Originally Posted by Buckeye guy
GMS is GM supplier discount. I don't work for GM, but I do work for a canadian company located in Toledo, OH. We make bumpers for many of the Cadillacs and we just started producing the Chevy Cobalt bumpers. The discount is 4% over dealer invoice on GM cars. We also get discounts on Chrysler cars too since we make the Dodge Ram front bumper.
Persons eligible for GMS pricing; (please note, this is cut from the GM employee website):
Who is eligible for the GMS Employee Discount?
Eligible participants in the GM New Vehicle Purchase Program can share their discounts with any of these eligible family members:
Spouse
Children
Stepchildren
Grandchildren
Stepgrandchildren
Parents
Stepparents
Siblings (including full, half and step)
Mother-/father-in-law
Sons-/daughters-in-law
Brothers-/sisters-in-law
GMS pricing is approx. 2 percent under dealer cost. I believe Ken Fichtner started a thread on this showing the discounts.
GM does offer a GM supplier discount, but because it says GM Supplier, does not mean that GMS is GM Supplier. The "S" in GMS stands for "Stock." A few years ago, there were two GM employee programs. One was GMS, which allowed a GM employee to purchase a vehicle off the dealer's lot; the other was called GMO, where the "O" meant "order." For GMO, the GM employee would order the vehicle; not purchase off the lot.
There is also a program called GM in the Driveway. This program allows any GM employee to obtain a certificate for a friend or relative (a relative not eligible for GMS employee pricing) that allows that person to purchase a vehicle at the same price as a GM Supplier discount.
Dealers can offer discounts to their employees; however, a dealership employee is NOT a GM employee since dealerships are owned by separate individuals or entities.
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GM employee discount is how I got my C6 coupe. Whent to gmbuypower.com and found the exact C6 (color/equipment) that I was looking for. Told the salesman that I would only buy it if he honored the GM employee discount. He said yes. I asked him why he was the only Chevy dealer in my area willing to give me the discount. He told me that they just wanted to move cars. They were willing to do whatever it took to get me to buy the C6. Maybe when I purchased it (last Saturday in October) the dealer was having some kind of sales contest. They are a big volumne Chevy dealer. By the way my sister worked in a GM plant that made the electrical harnesses. It was her discount that I used. I now worship my sister! 
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Originally Posted by Vette junkie
Got in before the public, (connections!)....Anybody out there who can tell me how to pull that off.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Actually it is not too hard to find out your sequence number once your car hits code 3100, then you can find out what cars are currently on the line, figure about 150/day (although that can change due to delay problems) and you'll know when to go and see you car. I did it on my first Vette and followed it all the way through. My dad retired from GM so he pulled a few strings to get me an escort for the entire process (about 10 hours I think). It was WAY cool. Good luck and if you don't mind email me the name of the dealer who gave you GMS. vettinman@yahoo.com
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Dealers can offer discounts to their employees; however, a dealership employee is NOT a GM employee since dealerships are owned by separate individuals or entities.
Guess having a father who sold GM cars won't cut the mustard for the GMS program. Oh well, never knew about this in the past, so, nothing lost!
thanks for the info.
Guess having a father who sold GM cars won't cut the mustard for the GMS program. Oh well, never knew about this in the past, so, nothing lost!
thanks for the info.
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Originally Posted by Buckeye guy
The discount is 4% over dealer invoice on GM cars. We also get discounts on Chrysler cars too since we make the Dodge Ram front bumper.
When I bought my truck, it was $400 below invoice, that's much better than 4% over invoice.