Do you have to pay for it? Can you negotiate it? So this takes in digital filing, administrative paperwork, and any other part of the sale process. Dealerships can sometimes employ several people to handle these administrative activities. So there is some cost involved for the car dealer. Dear Abby Horoscopes Lifestyles Music. View Obituaries Place an Obituary Celebrations. Home Drive Working.
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Some links and services recommended on this website provide compensation to RealCarTips. Labor strikes? If you could wave a magic wand and imagine what How can you justify the negotiation of additional installation fees to be taken off the purchase price? A doc fee is not legitimate, period. Those fees do not straddle the line between legitimate and illegitimate. It is a FAKE fee.
Dealers sell at a price. Price includes all dealer costs plus profit or loss. The minor costs associated with documents is a dealer cost. Hence, those minor costs are part of the price. There is no legal reason why a car dealer must charge a doc fee nor is there a legal reason a dealer cannot remove a doc fee. The inclusion of doc fee or the non-inclusion of a doc fee is solely a decision by the dealer.
When a dealer states they cannot remove the doc fee what they are saying, as noted, is their attorneys have advised them removing the fee from a contract risks being sued by people who paid the fee. Regardless of whether the dealer includes the fee on the contract, they buyer as no legal obligation to pay the fake fee. The smart buyer will reduce the price by the amount of the fake doc fee.
Why supposed consumer advocates drift to suggesting or stating doc fees are legitimate is a disservice to car buyers. This is correct. How did I do that? If they start to give me guff, I get up and walk away. Thanks for your assistance.
What is the best way to find the dealer invoice? Love the videos keep them coming… jimcatlette gmail. Funny that that law was made to help the dealers?
Dont let that thief say, cant tell you because of the privacy law. Because of what the car has. Is this a real fee? What is a cost of compliance fee? And , should I have to pay it when buying my used car. I asked what the Services Fee was and they told me it was for cost of compliance. I live in Ohio.
The only true fees are state fees and they are called TAXES, such as state tax, luxury tax, some states might even have an a tax for vehicles that over produce or put out too much emissions due to state emission laws, but that is mostly commercial vehicles and large heavy duty trucks.
While I did not know these non-legitimate fees, I felt the price was too high for the car, so after a lengthy negotiation , I walked out of the store without any regret, the sale manager was very pushy and rude too. I feel more confident to deal with car purchasing next time after reading your article.
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