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In Reply to: Legitimate charge......., Mike Lynch [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:16:54

It is in some cases a legimate charge to the dealer and may even be itemized on the invoice but it is not a line item on the MSRP sticker correct? Thus, it really is a dealer decision to tack it on. Really no different than adding any other item you can imagine (e.g., electric charge to illuminate cars for night shopping, sevice driver charge to drive them over to car wash and keep them clean, ...). All dealers have advertising costs regardless of the source. I would assume that such advertising programs reduce their need to obtain their own advertising or increase sales. Thus, two dealers may indeed treat this differently.

However, the prep charge they are trying to stick prlf with is the real kicker. That is already part of the MSRP or paid by the manufacture. At least it always traditionally has been. A while back I think I saw something about a class action on this particular behavior because cusomers are in fact being charged twice.

However, like I said in my ealier post, it is the total price that counts. Shop it around. If a dealer that charges extra fees actually has the better price who cares? In this case it is just a shell game (deeper discount but with additional charges). Still it is tacky and reflects poorly on the dealership.


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• national advertising charge?, prlf, Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:39:00
  • Maybe I should clarify..., prlf, Sat, 19 Jul 2003 20:54:24
  • Legitimate charge......., Mike Lynch , Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:16:54
    • As a dealer insider correct me if I am wrong but...., saw, Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:22:57 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Legit charge aside, sales tactics can always be tacky.., Mike Lynch , Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:41:39
        • I don't understand the invoice/cost plus arguements, saw, Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:32:32
          • Buying service for example....., Mike Lynch , Sun, 20 Jul 2003 14:10:32
            • I am of course being a little dramatic, saw, Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:20:44
            • But what is invoice?, prlf, Sun, 20 Jul 2003 14:17:42
              • It's the dealers bill from the factory...., Mike Lynch , Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:34:43
    • That is not legitimate..., Allan, Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:35:02
      • Cost plus is very legitimate..., Mike Lynch , Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:14:39
        • If that's how you negotiated with your customer, Allan, Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:04:08
  • That sounds like a dealer extra charge, saw, Sat, 19 Jul 2003 08:22:54
  • Made-up, I think, TimBrown, Sat, 19 Jul 2003 06:42:57
    • transportation, possibly, TimBrown, Sat, 19 Jul 2003 06:46:56

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