file.newsgroup.cars.102906 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (STEVE LEE DUNHAM)
Subject: Re: Car buying story, was: Christ, another dealer service scam...
>While not exactly a service incident, I had a similar experience recently
>when I bought a new truck.
>
>I had picked out the vehicle I wanted and after a little haggling we
>agreed on a price. I wrote them a check for the down payment plus tax
>and license and told them I'd be back that evening to pick up the truck.
>When I returned, I had to wait about an hour before the finance guy could
>get to me. When I finally got in there, everything went smoothly until he
>started adding up the numbers. He then discovered that they had
>miscalculated the tax & license by about $150.
This seems to be a popular scam with dealers. Last month my brother bought
a new Audi 90 series quatro from a local dealer. They came back with the
final price, tax and all, and he added it up for himself. There happened to
be an extra $300 tagged on under the tax part. He pointed out their error
and asked them to re-think their addition. They came back with the right
price the next time.