Anyone use Costco "discount" for Prius?

After I viewed this thread I called the Costco-approved dealer in my area (Salt Lake City) and was told that they have very special pricing on everything but the hybrids for Costco members.

Then I called Costco to let them know, and the Member Advocate (1-800-800-5778) told me that all Prius were excluded.

I suggested that if Prius is systematically excluded then it should not be allowed as a choice of vehicles when you are on the 'find a dealer' screen. She said that a message comes up saying that it is excluded, but that didn't happen for me and I reported that.

 

Bummer. How about Karl Malone's sister dealership in Albuquerque? Maybe the UT Karl Malone could tell you if the NM Malone is Costco-affiliated.

I lived in SLC for 18 years and miss the Wasatch and Liberty Park and Brighton and Alta skiing a lot.

 

I used Costco in South Jersey. The discount is only $100 below MSRP. I didn't order the car , however because they wanted to add a $179 "Documentation Fee." This would make the car $79.00 ABOVE MSRP. Not a deal around here.

Hope that helps. <_<

 

I live in Minnesota. What is COSTCO and how do I get price quote for my 2006 Prius from them? Is there a dealer in my area?

 

There are I believe two or three Costco stores in the Twin Cities. One is in Eden Prairie. One is in St. Louis Park near 394 and Louisiana. It's a big box membership warehouse store like Sam's Club. I just looked at Costco.com last week under "Services" for the auto program, and it said the Prius was excluded. I don't know if that meant in my area, or nationally.

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Not nationally; it's up to individual dealers.

 

I called Costco's Auto Program and was told that there were no dealers in Alaska that handled either Ford or Toyota vehicles (initially I was looking to price a Ford Escape because I knew of three in the area and also knew that the Toyota dealer had no Prius'). I was also told that the Prius was not on the discount list.

The CAP directed me to a Tacoma, WA dealer, which contacted me about their Ford Escape. In my conversation with the salesman, I asked about whether they had any Prius' on the lot and found out that they had one that the buyer that ordered it bailed.

No discount--I wasn't expecting any--and pretty soon I'll have a 2006 Prius in the Silver Pine Mica color and equipped with Package #4 on a barge headed north.

Oh, and I financed through the CAP-connection with Capital One @ 5.54%.

To say the least, I'm looking forward to my new ride and the apparent learning experience that goes along with it. And my order for a set of snow tires will be going in as soon as I hear it's on the barge.

 

Congratulations! Amazing how you can make a simple call and hook up with a Prius like that.

Now there are enough of you (PCers) in Anchorage to stage the First-Ever Anchorage Prius Group get-together. Is it good enough weather for a nice BBQ? :huh:

 

COSTCO gets us a 100 bucks off of 2 dealerships here in phx. Not much else.

 

Apparently they do that token "discount" to be in Costco's good graces---although most dealers won't even do that. I was lucky.

 

Just bought my 2006 red Prius (HK #6 package) today through the Costco program in northern Virginia. Got $500 off MSRP without even having to ask. Can't be more painless than that, the paperwork was signed in 10 minutes, car is on a boat for delivery this or next week

The dealer in question is Springfield Toyota and the salesperson is Jim Duffy. I can only recommend them!

 

Welcome to PriusChat! And congrats---that's a very short turnaround time.

 

The dealer found one locally and i just got it yesterday instead of having to wait until next week (they were closing their fiscal year and did a swap with another dealership). So I basically had to wait one day after I bought it. I was expecting a waiting list and having to pay over MSRP. I am really happy.

 

It appears from this thread that, back when premiums over MSRP were common and waiting lists were long, the Costco program didn't offer any serious help.

As Prius demand has plummeted in the three years since the last post in this thread (2006), does anyone have any more recent experience with the Costco Auto Program they'd like to share?

 

Checked with my dealer here last week. Costco discount was $500.
I'm waiting to see what happens with the rebate program after 3/2.