ive been noticing all the pitches for these "rebates" being advertized lately, and curious as to how they really work.

a guy on another forum was explaining that he was considering upgrading his ride because he had a $7k rebate in hand.

my guess would be that if you came in, made your best deal on a new ride that was essentially the same "good" deal that any other shumck would get, and then whipped out a $7k coupon:

that a very long list of "restrictions" would suddenly apply.

probably the biggest of which would be a trade-in of the same manufac, adding yet another variable into the dealers bag-of-tricks to determine the size of your check. new price, trade value, loan and the value of your loyalty to the brand.

anyone have any experience with these discounts?

PS- im SO sick of rebates that i could hurl.

Still have my ML rebate coupon that MB sent me...

...I'm sure that they will devalue my trade-in or something in order to not make it matter.

Fortunately, I'm holding on to my current one.

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car