TheProfessor
05-12-2005, 08:38 PM
Not sure if anyone here is thinking of purchasing but if you are and you are looking into using the Mazda Owner Loyalty program read this:
First off, from their website:
\"Owner Loyalty Programs
At Mazda Canada Inc., we appreciate our customers and are fully committed to continuing our relationship with you. In appreciation of this relationship, we are pleased to provide our current customers with the following programs on future purchases.
Retail Financing
Mazda Owner Appreciation Program: The Mazda Owner Appreciation Program presents qualifying customers with a 0.50% rate reduction towards the purchase of any new or non-registered demonstrator vehicle. Please contact your local Mazda Dealership for details.
Leasing
Mazda Re-Lease Rate: The Mazda Re-Lease Rate Program presents qualifying customers with a 0.50% rate reduction towards the lease of any new or non-registered demonstrator vehicle. Please contact your local Mazda Dealership for details.\"
Now I know 0.5% isn\'t that much, but every little bit helps. So my wife and I have bought two Mazda\'s from Avante within the last three years and we wanted to purchase our third, the 3 Sport. We speak with a salesman there (don\'t want to mention his name as he was nice) and he told us that we do not qualify for the program since we ended our P5 term early (60 month finance, we sold it half way through and paid off the balance of the loan). This salesman said that since we did not finish the full 60 months we do not qualify. I questioned this and he went and got a manager, who after about 10 minutes confirmed this. So we were a bit put off cause we were sure we could get this.
Fast forward a month and we walk into Scarboro Mazda just to see what they could offer us.....besides giving us a better deal than Avante, they said that as long as the P5 loan is paid in full (which it was), we get the 0.5%. I asked them to confirm as I heard conflicting stories and they did.
In the end we bought from Scarboro, got the better deal, and not only did we qualify for the loyalty program, we got better than 0.5% off the posted rate!
So the moral of this long story is that if you have finished paying for a Mazda you DO qualify.
Please note, I still like the service at Avante/Toronto, however their sales have left a sour taste in our mouthes.
First off, from their website:
\"Owner Loyalty Programs
At Mazda Canada Inc., we appreciate our customers and are fully committed to continuing our relationship with you. In appreciation of this relationship, we are pleased to provide our current customers with the following programs on future purchases.
Retail Financing
Mazda Owner Appreciation Program: The Mazda Owner Appreciation Program presents qualifying customers with a 0.50% rate reduction towards the purchase of any new or non-registered demonstrator vehicle. Please contact your local Mazda Dealership for details.
Leasing
Mazda Re-Lease Rate: The Mazda Re-Lease Rate Program presents qualifying customers with a 0.50% rate reduction towards the lease of any new or non-registered demonstrator vehicle. Please contact your local Mazda Dealership for details.\"
Now I know 0.5% isn\'t that much, but every little bit helps. So my wife and I have bought two Mazda\'s from Avante within the last three years and we wanted to purchase our third, the 3 Sport. We speak with a salesman there (don\'t want to mention his name as he was nice) and he told us that we do not qualify for the program since we ended our P5 term early (60 month finance, we sold it half way through and paid off the balance of the loan). This salesman said that since we did not finish the full 60 months we do not qualify. I questioned this and he went and got a manager, who after about 10 minutes confirmed this. So we were a bit put off cause we were sure we could get this.
Fast forward a month and we walk into Scarboro Mazda just to see what they could offer us.....besides giving us a better deal than Avante, they said that as long as the P5 loan is paid in full (which it was), we get the 0.5%. I asked them to confirm as I heard conflicting stories and they did.
In the end we bought from Scarboro, got the better deal, and not only did we qualify for the loyalty program, we got better than 0.5% off the posted rate!
So the moral of this long story is that if you have finished paying for a Mazda you DO qualify.
Please note, I still like the service at Avante/Toronto, however their sales have left a sour taste in our mouthes.