I've been thinking, there are several threads about the deals people have gotten, deals people can't make, etc. I thought maybe a thread should be started where each person list the specifics of their deal. Don't really need all details of the truck but was thinking of the basics to help those out that are on the fence or maybe don't know if they are getting a fair deal or not. See below for template that I was thinking of. On the options try to keep to just the pakages or specific options that aren't standard. IMO this will let people know where some of the better deals are and if it's worth them traveling or just buying local. Jeff.

09' 1/2t Sport Crew 2WD, Inferno Red
5.7Hemi, 3.92 w/lmt slip, leather, receiver hitch, sun roof, mygig upgd radio, sport premium pkg, remote start. Dealer installed options include undercoating, pin striping.
List $42,955.00 cost $35,255.00
Purchased: Bluebonnet Dodge, New Braunfels, TX

 

Forgot to add, make sure the cost is the deal you got before TTL and any dealer addons as taxes are different in just about every state.

 

South Point Dodge in Austin, TX is doing crazy deals on their LoneStars....$15,000 off MSRP and 130% on Blue Book Trade-In!!!! (no typo)

09' 1/2t SLT Crew 4WD, Silver LoneStar
5.7Hemi, receiver hitch, all windows tinted, tubular nerfs, 285/65R/20 BF Goodrich tires, 2" leveling kit, and billet grille.
List $41,330.00 cost $26,330.00
Purchased: South Point Dodge, Austin, TX

 

Musselmans Dodge right outside Baltimore Maryland
09' 1/2t Sport Crew 2WD, stone white
5.7Hemi, 3.92 w/lmt slip, leather seats with cloth centers, receiver hitch, sport premium pkg. customer preferred package, Dealer installed options include undercoating.
List $35,656.00 cost $26,990.00

 

South Point Dodge has potentially good deals but they didn't have what I wanted and I've known them to be shady in the past. Their book was not the book I was getting on the internet in the past, despite what their radio commercial says.

09' 1500 Laramie Crew 2WD, Black
5.7Hemi, leather w/ cooled seats, receiver hitch, 32 gal tank, mygig upgd radio, remote start, dual exhaust, etc. No dealer installed garbage.
List $42,300.00 cost $27,300.00
Purchased: Boerne Dodge, Boerne, TX

 

09 Ram 2500 SLT LoneStar edition 4x4 white for 26,000.00 plus TTL at Maxwell Dodge in Austin. They even gave me what I needed on a trade. Great guys, highly recommended.

 

They laughed at my offer when I tried to negotiate at Maxwell Dodge. They had the sales manager come out and talk to me to tell me that they'd be losing over $5,000 on a deal like that. I told them that was not true,they'd still make money, even if not a lot, and that he was lying to me (he was, I've audited car dealerships, I know how things work). Then he just got mad and told me to leave and started getting rude. Went to another dealership and got it taken care of for the offer I gave them at Maxwell with far less trouble.

 

Just Purchased

2009 - Ram 1500 - Bright Silver
Big Horn
Bucket Seats - Perferred Seating package
Premium Cloth
Remote start group
Hemi

MSRP - $40,300
Out the Door $29,500 + tax tags

 

2WD 1500 Crew Lonestar Ed.
Remote start/security
premium bench seating

MSRP: 37,200
Price: 27,687

In hindsight, I could have driven a harder bargain. Maybe got a free bedliner or something.

Still feel pretty good about the price though.

 

$43,500 MSRP Canadian
$13,841 Discount 31.82%
$29,659 OTD approx $23,200 USD

Dealer ate my '08 lease with 8 months remaining!