Okay, I work for a company that allows me to use the GM Supplier Discount.... now in reading this site I see a lot of talk about this GMID price, can someone clear up what the difference is?? Also, who gets access to this GMID discount... Planning on getting an H3 within the next week or so...

Pricing is the same between GMID and GM supplier. The biggest difference is that certain other programs are not compatible with one or the other. For example the GM card rebate money works with GMID but not with GM supplier. Check with your dealer for more details.

thanks for the reply, biggest reason i questioned whether it was the same was because i have read other threads saying GMID is 2% over invoice - and from what I looked at on the GMsupplier website, the price is NOT 2% over invoice...

GM SUPLIER IS UNDER INVOICE ON ALL THE H3'S WE HAVE IN INVENTORY. PARTICIPATION BY THE DEALERSHIP IS VOLUNTARY AND IF THEY ACCEPT IT THEY WILL SHOW THE INVOICE TO VERIFY THE PRICE.

Sorry for the capital letters I did not notice.

If the GM SUPPLIER discount is below factory invoice them its a GREAT DEAL. Even if its at invoice its good because you don't have to HAGGEL.

BUT

If its above INVOICE you can do better beating up the salesman unless of course your in an area where there are very few dealers and they keep pointing to the window sticker when you ask the price.

DO NOT discuss ANY dealer accessories untill after you find the price of the base plus all the factory accessories because those prices are a known factor. Dealer accessories are a blind item (high profit) so do a lot of homework on them...

Being in Miami I have 5 dealers in a close area so was able to buy without DISCOUNT CERTIFICATES
at dealer invoice. If fact didn't purchase any dealer accessories.

Good luck

RYD

ps: before anyone says anything remember the money saved is better in your pocket instead of theirs...

GMID and Supplier are the same exact thing, the term is just used differently here and there. This is the discount that you get from a GM employee that is willing to issue one out to you, they are able to do two per month! OR or you work for a company that uses or buys X amount of GM vehicles and you get the discount b/c of being an employee there. No difference at all between "GMID" or "Supplier" other than term. This is usually 1-2% above invoice.

The "GMS" term thrown around is what an actual GM EMPLOYEE get for themselves, that price can not be passed on to someone, direct family only! And that discounts ranges from 1-5% below invoice!

Now I Know Agriv8r says in all his posts that GMID aka Supplier is less than invoice but I don't know how or what, maybe mixing Supplier and GMS, don't know and not trying to start anything over it but he is only one that shows that? Dunno...

I get Supplier/GMID through work so I have a user name and log-in to the Supplier website that allows you to search out details of any GM brand car or truck that is sitting on any GM Dealers lot in the Country and tells you the MSRP and Supplier / GMID price of it!

I have looked at pretty much every H3 at the two local dealers and not one of them is less than invoice, they are all approx 1-2% over. And the Supplier price on the GM site has never been different from the price on the invoice the dealership has shown, 100% to the penny the same, never different so far! Esp NOT less than invoice! The GMS price for GM EMPLOYEES ONLY, yes has been lower everytime, but that is not what you get for GMID/Supplier!

For example the main one I'm after

MSRP 38,115 , Supplier 34,871.10, Dealer Invoice 34,424......Supplier = $447 ABOVE invoice on this one and every other on the Supplier webiste.

If you have one you are after already I can tell you what it is just so we could compare! I just need to know zipcode, dealerships name, and the last few if not the whole VIN (and if it is a base, adventure, or lux would help too!). Only takes 3 mins to look it up

I know Agriv8r is the GM of Hall Hummer, in Virginia Beach; but, he is confusing the GM Employee price ( below invoice ) with GM Supplier/ GID price ( about 1.75% over invoice ). Both GM Employee price and GM Supplier/GID are shown on the invoice, along with MSRP/sticker, invoice and holdback.
I just used GID, which I got from Mike E, of this forum, to buy an H2 SUT.
Here is a link to GM Supplier/GID prices.

NOT TRUE!!!

The GM Supplier price is preprinted on all invoices and is higher than the invoice only when that dealer does not have any advertising. Most dealers have advertising built in from the factory because the factory kicks in a certain amount of matching funds. The end result is that the invoice price on the same vehicle can vary slightly between dealers if they have a different ad program set up. MOST (but not all) dealers use about 3% advertising, in that case the GM Supplier & GMID will be below dealer invoice. It will be the same regardless of which dealer you are at and what they have for advertising.

What isn't true?
Look at the GM Supplier/GID prices at link and you will see they are about 1.75% over factory invoice.

You are not taking into account that different dealers have different invoice pricing.

What are you saying?
You can search specific dealer inventory, through the GM Supplier site, and see the window sticker, msrp and supplier price for vehicles, in stock, at each dealership.

What you are not seeing is the invoice price which can vary depending on the amount of advertising that the dealer has built in.

Give me the last 8 of the VIN# on several from differing dealerships and I will show you what I mean.

I understand that dealer's invoice ( price paid to GM ) can vary, by a few hundred dollars, on identical vehicles, depending on co-op advertising assessments. However, GM Supplier/GID price is still over invoice by 1.75 to 2%.

Here are some examples using actual vehicles and the same MSRP from differing dealers.

MSRP Invoice GM Supplier (GMID)
29500 28075.75 27599.43
29500 27942.65 27599.43
29500 27858.74 27599.43
29500 27908.58 27599.43
29500 27931.08 27599.43
29500 27207.70** 27599.43
**No Advertising in this invoice

Notice the variance in invoice but all Supplier pricing is under invoice. With a little more time I could find one that did not have as much advertising and it would be over invoice in that case only. The majority by a long shot will have advertising though.


Added one with no advertising at all.

A base Hummer H3, according to both MSN Autos and Edmunds.com, has an MSRP of $29,500., including $565. freight, and an invoice price of $27,185., including $565. freight.
An individual dealer's invoice may be as much a few hundred higher, with co-op advertising assessments. However, GM Supplier/GID price is still over invoice.

You may be missing the point that MSN Autos and Edmunds.com are both estimates. The numbers I posted are from actual vehicles and show that only in the case of a vehicle having NO advertising (which almost none do) is the Supplier price is ABOVE invoice.

Following your figures, don't you mean ABOVE?