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Staff Discount when working at a Ford Dealers?

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  • 28-12-2007 1:34pm
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    randomer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know if you get a discount on purchasing a new car if you work for a dealer? A friend of mine works for a ford dealer and is interested in buying a new car. Would they get a staff discount, and if so, any idea what it might be?

    Thanks,
    Randomer


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Has your friend asked her/his boss? Staff discounts are common but it's down to the dealer.


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    Owen
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    It's very hard to say as I don't know what margins Ford work with, and will vary from Dealer to Dealer. I'd imagine he'd be able to buy it at a trade price, which could amount to a thousand or two off the vehicle, but it's not going to be 5k or anything like that.


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    randomer
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    Thanks for that. I was just trying to see if anyone had an experience with a ford dealer.

    She hasn't asked her boss yet. Will get her to do that in the new year.


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    johncm
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    dont know about the dealers but a friend of mine gets a discount because his dad worked in the ford plant in cork before it closed. I think once the person who worked there is alive they get 2 vouches for either themselves of close family. The discount is a couple of grand but you have to keep the car for at least a year.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,711 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    johncm wrote: »
    dont know about the dealers but a friend of mine gets a discount because his dad worked in the ford plant in cork before it closed. I think once the person who worked there is alive they get 2 vouches for either themselves of close family. The discount is a couple of grand but you have to keep the car for at least a year.

    Ford Employee discount is a valuable benefit. It's a fixed %. Employee can get 3 vouchers in every 9 month cycle. Not sure if you have to keep the car for a year however. I doubt it.


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    djeclips
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    A guy that I used to live beside worked for a VW dealership. Got a new Mk IV Gti when they came out. Think he got a small discount on the car,but got the options at cost price...which was pretty much all of them!


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I don't think getting a massive discount on a Ford (unless it's a Mondeo) is a diffucult thing to do, regardless of whether you work for a dealer.


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