So-how is the "special price" arrived at?
The dealership sets the price, I am failing to understand why you cannot understand that a dealership can set fixed pricing as they see fit and that Costco has absolutely nothing to do with the pricing that a dealership sets.
My last dealership employer set fixed pricing for online quotes, if the fixed pricing they set for one specific vehicle was $30,000 for an online quote was also $30,000 for a Costco referral please tell me exactly what Costco would have to say or what they could do about that? What would be the issue in your mind?