mikemote

Do you think there are many on this forum who will pay over sticker? IMHO I don't think so, they are above average car people.

millpond

I would guess:None

Never-Enough

People that pay over sticker are idiots with too much money. Just cut me a check. I would put that money to far better use.

PaulB

There are lots of people here on this Forum that will pay over MSRP. But, I wont be one of them. I dont have to be the first person in my area to have a C7 ...

RocketGuy3

"Above average car guys"? I'm honestly not sure what that means or what it's supposed to imply about car buying habits...

michaelinmech

"Many" - I do't think so. "Some" - sure.

JustinStrife

Maybe not on this forum. But people who aren't on this forum? Sure.

Daekwan06

Who cares.

Is it your money they are spending?

tuxnharley

We all should care - because it makes dealers think they can get away with that cr@p with the rest of us!

KBow_Photo

would never spend over MSRP, hell id practically never spend MSRP either.

*C7*

There will be many on this forum that will pay over sticker. For a lot of these buyers $5,000 does not mean anything.

MikeyTX

Rapid Fred

They learned generations ago that they can get away with it -- until the inventory starts building up on the back lot. Nothing new and never gonna change as long as "gotta be firsters" are willing to outspend patient buyers.

Bill17601

I met a man this week who told me that GM was cracking down on gauging dealers. Said they can not charge more then MSRP. I asked him if he knew what the "S" stood for? He did not...manufactures, by law, can not dictate to a car dealer what he charges for a car. I worked in gasoline. They would have thrown me in jail if I told one of my race fuel distributors what to charge..

DaveFerrari458

I know some very smart, successful and intellectual people that have paid over sticker for cars. To call someone being in a position of having the luxury of paying more for what they want on the spot (without delays) idiots is not too smart.

tuxnharley

Well, I think if they were really well informed - with only minimal effort to become so - they would realize that in most cases they don't have to pay over MSRP, they just need to look else where to purchase. Perhaps at that level they just can't be bothered...............

Blackdevil77

Mark ups is one of the reasons I won't be buying immediately among a few other reasons.

OnPoint

There will be lots of early C7s sold over sticker.

DaveFerrari458

Some don't plan their purchases months ahead. Some suddenly see a car and get that "I gotta have it" moment and don't want to search cross country and maybe find a car that would take a few weeks to arrive, etc. They would just rather walk into a local dealer and drive the car home in two hours. To them the joy of that instant gratification outweighs the few thousand $ they would have saved waiting.

Guibo

Is that law really enforceable though? I wonder how other manufacturers can get away with it, and by what mechanism dealers can prove that practices, like withholding future allocations, were punitive measures for gouging.

Can definitely see both sides to this (not that those who buy over sticker are stupid; that's just supply and demand at work), and I won't be surprised if there are even $20k markups.
On the one hand, we have the first new Corvette built without Old GM's push production mentality, one that seems to confirm a new committment to quality, one that can now fully implement Bob Lutz's goal of offering a product that doesn't require incentives and rebates to move. It's also possible that GM have looked at the economic climate and constrained (relative to previous ones) accordingly. This suggests that it might take a long time to reach the level of excess supply of previous generations, if ever.
If, on the other hand, what Bill says is true, that GM is going to be cracking down on gougers, then we may see new cars offered at MSRP. But it does nothing to stop dealers from, at the very least, offering used cars over MSRP.