$400 for XM, has honda lost it?
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Rep Power: 787 $400 for XM, has honda lost it?
I saw for the 06 civic, if you want to add xm to your factory "xm ready" cd player/navi you need a kit from honda that costs $400 for the tuner and equipment. wtf? At best buy i see kits from $20-$100. Who do they think will buy that?
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Rep Power: 399 Its 650 from BMW for sirius. They can charge whatever they want, its honda. Meanwhile you'll figure out why everyone just goes to best buy
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Rep Power: 363 actually the 400$ charge is for lifetime membership never another bill for the sirius service at all. I know this due to considering adding it to my current clarion HU
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Rep Power: 0 I know that I was amazed when the accessories rep came in to talk to me during the purchase of my '01 sedan:
$500 + labor for spoiler; $399 for tint; $250 for floormats; $500 + labor for foglights...
...uh, no thanks, I'll pass.
$500 + labor for spoiler; $399 for tint; $250 for floormats; $500 + labor for foglights...
...uh, no thanks, I'll pass.
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Originally Posted by eye_see_you
actually the 400$ charge is for lifetime membership never another bill for the sirius service at all. I know this due to considering adding it to my current clarion HU
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Rep Power: 787 yes this is to "add" actual xm capability even though the stock deck is xm ready. and no it doesn't come with navi its a separate accessory.
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Rep Power: 293 Its easy for car dealers to add "accessories" onto the purchase of a vehicle because most people finance and instead of it being "$400" like it is to us, to the person financing see's it as just "$1" extra on there car payment.
We do dealership work (I work at a car audio dealer part time) and those people almost double what we charge for stuff when they sell a car (We sell a NAV unit to a dealer for $1700, they mark it at $3000 to the customer).
We do dealership work (I work at a car audio dealer part time) and those people almost double what we charge for stuff when they sell a car (We sell a NAV unit to a dealer for $1700, they mark it at $3000 to the customer).
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Originally Posted by dma001
I know that I was amazed when the accessories rep came in to talk to me during the purchase of my '01 sedan:
$500 + labor for spoiler; $399 for tint; $250 for floormats; $500 + labor for foglights...
...uh, no thanks, I'll pass.
$500 + labor for spoiler; $399 for tint; $250 for floormats; $500 + labor for foglights...
...uh, no thanks, I'll pass.
i laughed at my other friend tho, he got an oem accord spoiler installed at the dealer $700!
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Rep Power: 787 when i was shopping around for my car at the dealer i saw a red 02 coupe with $1800 oem lip kit, $500 tyc projectors, $700 tanabe exhaust, $400 lowering package. The car was $23k total.
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I saw for the 06 civic, if you want to add xm to your factory "xm ready" cd player/navi you need a kit from honda that costs $400 for the tuner and equipment. wtf? At best buy i see kits from $20-$100. Who do they think will buy that?
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Originally Posted by orion_squall
Because they sale very little quantities relatively speaking, that is why the price is high compare to bestbuy who sales electrinics for a living.
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No you are wrong. Have you ever sold car audio? 400 is way too much for the cheapest quality stuff. figure after install the mark up is 3 times on speaker 2.5 on decks 2-2.5 on video and sat.
I only referred to a basic economical reason.
Didn't the thread starter say bestbuy is selling the same unit for much less? Are you following the thread at all?
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Originally Posted by gearbox
when i was shopping around for my car at the dealer i saw a red 02 coupe with $1800 oem lip kit, $500 tyc projectors, $700 tanabe exhaust, $400 lowering package. The car was $23k total.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
yes this is to "add" actual xm capability even though the stock deck is xm ready. and no it doesn't come with navi its a separate accessory.
As I said before, you only need to "add" it to the non-navi models. The navi radio does not need the accessory, only the monthly subscription
http://automobiles.honda.com/models/...lName=Civic+Si
http://automobiles.honda.com/models/...me=Civic+Coupe
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Originally Posted by orion_squall
No, I am not a radio sales person. Are you?
I only referred to a basic economical reason.
Didn't the thread starter say bestbuy is selling the same unit for much less? Are you following the thread at all?
I only referred to a basic economical reason.
Didn't the thread starter say bestbuy is selling the same unit for much less? Are you following the thread at all?
The idea is "If the dealer installs it its under warranty" Well no its not. When it would break they dealer would simply make an appointment with their customer and drive the car to us. So it took more time to fix. It also means that you miss out on the chance to talk directly with the person fixing the problem. So often times it doesnt get fixed to your standards. Its comedy.
Basic economical reason only works in the books.
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Rep Power: 250 Expensive. Its a business and addon - alot of places make most of their money on add-ons - Look at Earls, Boston Pizza - addons are money makers, would you like meat sauce with that Boston Brute? - F*Ck NO!
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