I was surprised that Nissan's answer was "No" instead of a counter offer. Entering into a negotiation would have been appropriate.
Mike On August 29, 2016 7:50:47 PM MDT, Mark Abramowitz via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >Amazing that they would embark on such an effort without first talking >to Nissan. > > >Sent from AltaMail > > >From: Rick Beebe via EV <[email protected]> To: Electric Vehicle >Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Nissan.ca sez >'No' To Leaf-Group-Buy> ticking-off 3700+ EV buyers = a lose-lose Date: >8/29/16, 6:27 PM > > >One has to wonder if the people setting up the group buy pulled that >target price out of their ass. I can sympathize with Nissan if that >price is below wholesale or worse. Are you really losing "sales" if you > >would have to actually pay the people to take the cars? I would tout >how >much money I saved the company by not giving away the cars at a loss. >And I doubt Tesla will want to tender a group buy for $20k per car when > >they've got 400,000 to sell at full list price first. > >--Rick > >On 8/29/2016 6:12 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote: >> In the first week of August, a group of EV lovers in Montreal, Canada >set up >> a group-buy effort for the Nissan LEAF. About 2,500 people initially >signed >> up for the group-buy deal and the number of interested buyers had >climbed up >> to 3,700 by the time their proposal reached the Nissan’s corporate HQ >in >> Canada. The main idea of the group buy was to use the strength of >numbers >> (almost 4000 orders) as a leverage to get massive discount on the >sticker >> price of the car. >> >> The Nissan LEAF has a sticker price of $31,998 (CAD) for the S Trim. >The >> members in the group-buy deal were hoping that they could get Nissan >to sell >> the car at a $20,000 CAD each. However, in an “understandable” turn >of >> events, Nissan Canada’s president has rejected the group buy offer >and >> effectively shut down the plan. > >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160829/e6b10572/attachment.htm> >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
