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Originally Posted by David3.14159
That is odd, as I went to that dealer not more than 2 to 3 weeks ago and I spoke with Willie Pettaway (at San Jose Courtesy Chevrolet), and he stated he spoke to his manager: the window sticker on the Camaro(s) was accurate. They wanted over MSRP. The window sticker stated either 5k or 7k over MSRP; I can't remember now which. I do remember the following: when pushed as to whether they would sell at MSRP, they said no way. They "might" do a "best offer" at maybe 2K plus. They wanted above MSRP whether it was a car on the lot or an order.
Have they taken off the dealer markup stickers on the Camaros on the lot?
On the thread http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...ose#post431797
Sidewayz_510 states he saw they wanted 5k plus MSRP back in April 2009. In fact, there are posts back to 2008 about this dealership.
Seems weird the sudden change.
Did this dealer go through a sudden ownership change?
How come all the threads about wanting above MSRP and now offering at MSRP?
Has anyone ordered a Camaro at San Jose Courtesy Chevrolet? And for what? And did they actually get it for MSRP? Were there changes made once the car arrived?
Since I didn't want to pay MSRP, I went away from this dealership.
Not trying to cause you any grief, but thought you should know what I and the other posts have previously seen at this dealership.
Heck, we are all here for the main purpose of getting this great car at a fair price. 
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@David-PI: Courtesy Chevrolet in San Jose is asking over MSRP. I confirmed this yesterday when I test drove an SS (Note: I'm from SoCal, but I'm visiting family in Fremont). Will was the salesperson that was helping me - a very nice and friendly individual. They had over 10 Camaros there, and Will said that they're the largest Camaro dealer in NorCal. On the SS model that I was looking at, I saw a market adjustment increase of just under $2K.
When I asked Will about selling the Camaro over MSRP, his comment was that the SS is a limited production model and that all dealers were marking up above MSRP (I didn't argue with him because I wanted to hear his reasoning and I wanted to keep things friendly). However, he did say that they aren't getting the whole markup, and agreed that it's really just a starting point for negotiations. If I had made an offer on that model, I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd let it go for MSRP.
Another data point is that Will mentioned that they would prefer to have fewer vehicles and markup more like $4K per car.
Personally I found the dealership to be friendly, but I wouldn't list them as an "at or below" MSRP dealership.
Cheers,
-Alan