Hey guys.. new here..actually the G is my wife's car.

She has had the car for about 2 years now. It's a 2010 G.

The dealership she bought it from has called about 3 times over the past year saying they know she has a g37 and would like to know if she would be interested in them buying it back. They want to put her in a newer one.

WTH? I just need to know if there is something special about the 2010 G37 that the others dont have. Why would the ds be calling like they need a favor from her and offer to put her into a newer car.

And yes btw we are current on payments.. lol

Is there something I dont know about with that model G?

 

Its just a sales technique and not at all uncommon. Has nothing to do with your car.

 

Ya they are going to give you a low offer, get you into an overpriced brand new car

 

yup, same thing happens all the time. just got the call/email/letter for both my '09 S (from Infiniti dealer) as well as my wife's '15 Highlander (from Toyota dealer). my dealer said they had people 'looking for my exact model', or some BS like that. yeah, sure. i can't remember the last time i saw an '09 (or 8 model yr old) car for sale at a new car dealer.

as was said above, it's all a ploy to up-sell you into a newer vehicle and low-ball your current vehicle. dealers typically make great margins on used vehicles.

out of curiosity i contacted the toyota dealer. they said they were offering 'highest ever' trade in values and 'lowest ever' pricing on new vehicles. wound up offering me $30k for the HL with 20k kms on it. these sell for ~$38-$39k all day long but usually with significantly more mileage. as for the new car deal? same price as i found on the "build your car" app on the corporate website. classic - it was a short conversation.

 

The correct subject line should say: "Dealer wants my money"
There is nothing special about any 7 year old car. They just want you to think you have something special.

 

Only had this become beneficial once with Mazda. Think they offered her KBB value for her 2012 Mazda 3 in order to put her in one of 3 select new models.

No real incentive to change if we didn't have to but we were leaning towards putting her into an SUV with AWD anyways so when opportunity came knocking we answered.

 

These threads happen a few times a year. Someone new to the world of dealership marketing gets a "personal" letter that the dealer wants their car... implying their car is unique and special (and by association the recipient is unique and special.) There's money to be made here by everyone! LOL

There's no difference between this scam and the cold-calls you get on your phone. However, embarrassment is always a tremendous teaching moment. So embrace the embarrassment, and then move on.

When someone reaches out to you to sell you something, unprompted and uninvited, it is never in your best interest. Never.



Here's a fine example of grifting... a fake university from a fake president.

 

^Usually the case. Remember reading a couple stories on the Mazda forums where guys received the fill_in_the_blank promo letters and were very sour once they realized what happened.

Like Sonic said, there's nothing special about a 7 yr old G. Just a dealership's way to try and get you into a new car and buy yours for .60 cents on the dollar.

 

Truer words never spoken.

 

When the salesman hangs up:

 

Priceless pic lmao


That"s what I told them too, Especially when I wanted to trade my 09 for a newer one they took 10 000 off my car 6 mth after I bought, bastard told me the infiniti doesn't depreciate much, my *** it doesn't

 

Classic sales tactics, I imagine it probably works really well though lol

Nick C.

 

I am so happy threads like this exist. As a lot of you may know I had a bad experience with a dealership and sales agents. Got a letter in the mail this weekend that want my car as well, and are willing to put me on a brand new car for a good deal. I honestly want to give them the middle finger salute lol.