VW TDI goodwill package: Offers $500 Visa cards & $500 dealer credits to TDI owners

jay_fyp

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You can apparently use the "dealer" only card with your paypal account, its a visa and will add just like any other visa.
Did you personally try this and succeed? The one that doesn't say visa on it is the dealership card, perhaps you tried the other one with PayPal?
 

hex_915

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HOME
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12' TDI Sedan
Can not make up my mind what to spend $500 dealer on. Don't need new tires. Was thinking
20 quarts oil
3 diesel filter
4 oil filters
2 pollen filters
1 engine/snow filter
rear rotors pads
maybe front if still haven't reached $500

How does it sound. I have a manual.
Same here, I don't have a single reason to take my car to the service dept since I don't have a DSG trans.

I used to work at one of the local VW dealers and still have a good relationship with my old parts guys. I'm going to get tires for my Tahoe through them, if you ask nicely I'm sure they can get whatever you want through an outside source as long as the bill is paid at the dealer, or just load up on parts
 

blackhat840

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Did you personally try this and succeed? The one that doesn't say visa on it is the dealership card, perhaps you tried the other one with PayPal?
No it's the white dealership card, it added, shows visa but I have not purchased anything using it yet.
 

jay_fyp

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No it's the white dealership card, it added, shows visa but I have not purchased anything using it yet.
Nice, so that means you can technically add it to PayPal, then withdraw the funds into your bank account?
 

Tmmpsych

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Got a flyer in the mail from our local dealer...just adding $50 to the dealer $500 if we buy there.


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AmandaSch

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I've come to the conclusion that the best thing to use the Visa card is to get a tattoo, so whenever mine arrive that is what I'll be doing.
 

zagato27

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Savannah
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2012 JSW TDi CW Titan 6MT Pano Nav Interlagos
Received my "Goodwill Pkg"/VW Bribe today. Will get them activated this Saturday. Really undecided on the VW card. Probably get my radiator flushed and filled on my JSW TDi and probably on the wife's Passat Komfort Wagon. After that?????? As to the Visa card, would like to either transfer it all to my Paypal account or to Amazon if that's possible. Anyone have any ideas on that? Cheers
 

pknopp

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Seems today is the day. Got mine today also....I won't be able to get to the dealer until Friday.
 

Mike777

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Southern Coast of OH (Cincinnati)
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Registered on 10-November. Received my cards today. Earliest I can get to the dealer is probably Saturday or more like the week after Xmas.

So, 34 days - that's not bad; I figured with the crush of people applying it would be closer to 40 to 45 days to get them out.
 
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njwalt

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HAHAHA! I was talking to one of the sales guys while waiting since it seemed a little too good, and the $5k off is in addition to regular end of year discounts and the $2k VW owner loyalty discount. They are really trying to get sales moving. But he did admit that it really only makes up for the lost trade in values since they are offering ridiculously low amounts of money for TDI trade ins.
 

notoveryet

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got my cards today and activated them at Douglas VW. Wanted to trade for a GTI or a gas Jetta but the dealer wouldn't even go out to look at the car. They do not take any TDI trades at the moment, he says. This is really pathetic. What good is 1,000 bucks if your car is worthless. I've also been trying to sell privately on Cars, eBay, and CL from 2.5 months now. Lowered the price 4 times. Not a single lead. Not even bargain hunters low-balling me. I really sucks because I really want to get rid of it.
 

linux_author

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Fahrvergnügen
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got my cards today and activated them at Douglas VW. Wanted to trade for a GTI or a gas Jetta but the dealer wouldn't even go out to look at the car. They do not take any TDI trades at the moment, he says. This is really pathetic. What good is 1,000 bucks if your car is worthless. I've also been trying to sell privately on Cars, eBay, and CL from 2.5 months now. Lowered the price 4 times. Not a single lead. Not even bargain hunters low-balling me. I really sucks because I really want to get rid of it.
what a whiner! man up, dude!

willie
on the free-carry Gulf of Mexico
 

Perry01

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Well, still nothing in the mail after registering on the first day (11/9). It was supposed to have shipped on 12/7. A guy I work with registered 2 weeks after I did and got his yesterday. Very frustrating. The cutoff for online Christmas shopping for guaranteed delivery before 12/25 has passed. Bummer :-(

I've been getting Xmas cards from all over the US mailed after 12/7, strange...
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scooperhsd

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Kansas City KS
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got my cards today and activated them at Douglas VW. Wanted to trade for a GTI or a gas Jetta but the dealer wouldn't even go out to look at the car. They do not take any TDI trades at the moment, he says. This is really pathetic. What good is 1,000 bucks if your car is worthless. I've also been trying to sell privately on Cars, eBay, and CL from 2.5 months now. Lowered the price 4 times. Not a single lead. Not even bargain hunters low-balling me. I really sucks because I really want to get rid of it.

Right now is NOT a good time to try to get rid of your TDI, even if you desperately want to and are willing to take a huge bath to do so. If you don't care what you can get for it - you can get rid of it anytime for a low enough price.
 

kjclow

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He didn't get it yesterday PO doesn't deliver on Sunday...I got mine today....registered on the 9th
We've had Sunday deliveries for the last three. I was surprised to see them pull up while the Panthers were busy getting another win.
 

Revpeach

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Ordered mine on the 9th and got it today even though when I went to check it online it said my registrations was invalid. My son, who lives in Iowa, who ordered his within minutes of mine got his today also.
 
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