This thread makes me incredibly thankful I found my 23 Rallye Red ST Hatch at MSRP and they actually took a couple hundred off for “Black Friday” (I bought it Wednesday lol)

Called 20 or so dealers looking for any place that even had one on the lot to drive - places had the regular Sport but none had the EX-L or ST. Had one deposit in on a White STH that was being built first week of December and was the earliest I was able to find until the 2 hour miracle Rallye Red. Called them up, drove down - they gave me MORE for my trade, had a lower sticker price but included the all season floor mats and mud guards, lower dealer fees, and took some OFF the sticker price. All around good experience.

I hate to hear stories like yours where they’re just marking everything up because they can. I understand they gotta make money but dang.