Gift for someone who gave me a S plan #?

[Black93fiveO]

I picked up a 08 Mazda3 i touring about a week ago and my neighbor was kind enough to give me one of his Ford A plan numbers. I would like to get him something for his trouble, but I don't really know him well enough to know what he likes. Does anyone have any good gift ideas for this type of situation? Your help is much appreciated. Thanks

[TRSpeed3]

Well how much did he save you???Dose he have a bbq grill???

[Sacrilicious]

what kind of car does he drive? failing that angle, there's always the bbq/other household/lawncare items you can give, since you can probably tell what he doesn't have...;)

[BlackCherry06]

I'd give him a gift card to a nice local restaurant. That's a pretty universal and appreciated gift.

[CX-7owner]

Gift Cards say, here I don't really care but I have to give you something.

Just get him some expensive steaks or something of the sort.

[Sierra117]

Get his hot daughter pregnant? Or herpes. The gift that keeps on giving.

[clos561]

a good handjob never fails (nana)(birthday) lol

[USAF_TRobertson]

Get his hot daughter pregnant? Or herpes. The gift that keeps on giving.

a good handjob never fails (nana)(birthday) lol

Holy shit... LOL

[ZoomVT]

lmao.
how much did he save you?

yeah a gift cert is inpersonal; but you dont really know him so what else could you do? perhaps talk to him, thank him , and insist that you treat him and his wife to a nice steak house?

[Je5ter]

Get him a subscription to the jelly of the month club. Its the gift that keeps on giving the whole year... ;)

[evilmonkeyMSP]

if he's a car guy you could get him a subscription to autoweek or C&D or something along those lines... if he doesnt have them all already....

[Vengure]

Lets just say my company gets me S plan pricing on my MS3 thats coming in and its at dealer cost :)


I say buy him the works at the local "specialty" massage parlor.

[ill_eagle94]

Lets just say my company gets me S plan pricing on my MS3 thats coming in and its at dealer cost :)


I say buy him the works at the local "specialty" massage parlor.

Thats funny, because my company has S Plan on all Mazdas except the Speed 3.

[Vengure]

It depends on the dealer some dealers will honor the MS3 at dealer cost some will not.

[Kobyoshi]

It depends on the dealer some dealers will honor the MS3 at dealer cost some will not.

+1

I can get S-plan pricing and was told by two different stealers that the Speed3 doesn't qualify.

BUT, one offered me invoice and the other offered me the door.

[SuperStretch18]

Good bottle of wine and a ride in the new whip...

[livelyjay]

If he's a meat eater a nice combo package from Omaha steaks would be a nice gesture.

[TheMAN]

E plans and S plans are not applicable to people who are not members of the employee's family... E plan is only allowed for members of the *immediate* family, and S plan is allowed for relatives... furthermore, you cannot go back and redo the car deal AFTER you picked up/bought your car even if you were eligible.... your kind neighbor should've known the rules and use common sense about doing something ex post facto

[ZoomVT]

errr. TheMAN, nobody is discussing if this is valid or not; or whether he should have done it or not.
He is just asking what is a good gift to give to someone that did him a nice favor.

[B1GHAM]

ACTUALLY theMAN - He said his neighbor gave him his Ford A plan number which CAN be given to a certain amount of friends and non-immediate family members during any one year period (I think 1 or 2, cant recall). That Ford A plan can then be transferred over to the S-plan through mazda (but not Eplan).

So, you are wrong... sorry to break it to you. Good try though.

In either event, not too many people bring salesmen gifts - and to be honest - It would be awesome even if all a customer did is bring a gift card to a restaurant/conv. store in the immediate area of the dealership. Free food is already a win-win.

Or you could just give him the extra $200 he probably lost by doing the deal @ s-plan :p

If youre his neighbor, what do you know about him? You could personalize it then.

[Black93fiveO]

I like the Omaha steaks idea. Maybe that and a two six packs of good beer. I also like the restaurant gift card idea. That would be less complicated. Im going to look for a company that puts gift baskets together and see if they can put together something like this. Overall he saved me about $1000 or so. Thanks everyone for all (well most) of your suggestions.

[blake_peanut]

I agree with the steaks and some nice beer - I would be very impressed with that. I think that is the best idea...never know he'll probably invite you over for steak and beer.

On a side note - who the hell is this "TheMAN"? He sounds like a real winner! "HIGH FIVE" le douche. People like that bother me...

[skylar2ups]

I also got my Mazda on the S-Plan and they told me I could use it on any Mazda they had in stock including four Speed3's I ended up just getting the iTouring (insurance and gas) and the S-Plan saved me almost $4k (TTL I walked out with my car at about $15.5)

2007 MZ3 iTouring
Auto, Sunroof & 6-Disk CD changer, Airbags(ALL),and Sat. Radio.

[Scooter70]

I've given S and X-plan PIN #s to lots of people and have never expected anything in return. Just a thanks is enough for me. It takes all of 5 minutes to create a PIN. If it saves a friend money and keeps them from buying another company's product, I'm happy.

That's my 2 cents.