200 extra bucks to buy a toyota

got home friday and in my mail box was a letter from the toyota dealer where i got my truck. ty for being loyal ect. and to show appreciation from march 1st to the 30th if you refer a friend or family member and they buy or lease a new toyota you both get 200 dollars. it appears to be a southeast toyota dealer thing. i read the card and it is for nc sc ga al and fla. anyone else get one of these? and if not wanna buy a new car? lol .... if that woulda happened a month sooner i coulda got the 200 bucks. a coworker just bought a new vehicle . damn the luck...

 

It's just a scam. They will add that 400 back into the price of the vehicle somewhere, either through 'dealer charges' or some other non tangible charge. Or they will just not be willing to come down as much as they would have otherwise.
But, even IF they were to actually give away $400 total on a new vehicle, it's still a pretty cheap offer from them, because that is a very small price for them to pay for selling a 25-30,000 vehicle.

 

heck as long as i got a check for 200 bucks who cares.......lol

 

^^True dat! Especially if someone else is paying for the new vehicle, right?

 

My dad was in the car business most of his life. Once we were discussing the 'free' tank of gas w/ vehicle purchase. He said he would include anything the customer wanted for 'free' as long as they asked for it before the deal was made so he could add it to the purchase price. No such thing as a free lunch.