Quote: Dwight wrote:...If I get a good feeling about my nearest dealer...(but)I could save a few hundred bucks by going to a more distant dealership...
Hi Dwight, I appreciate your input, but the majority of responders to this thread do not echo your sentiments...nor do I.
If a certain dealership has some trumped up or bogus charges added on to their price in order to line their pockets with my money, such as a $300 "set up" charge, a $225 "documentation fee," a $400 "freight charge" (which is usually included in the MSRP of a vehicle), etc., then that dealership, from the get go, is showing itself to me to be less than forthright, and quite frankly, dishonest. Therefore, it would be impossible for me to get a "good feeling" about that dealership, or to trust any of the departments or people in that dealership.
On the other hand, if a dealership a couple of hundred miles away is selling the same vehicle without any added, trumped up charges...no $225 "documentation fee," no exorbitant "set up" charges, etc...then my initial impression of that dealer is that he is being forthright and honest with me, thus giving me a "good feeling" about the dealer and instilling a sense of trust within me towards the dealership and the departments within that dealership...thereby ensuring my future patronage of that dealership.
It would be a contradiction in terms for me to have a "good feeling" or trust towards a dealership that is initially putting the screws to me in the form of trumped up, bogus, and dishonest additional charges. It appears as if almost every respondent to this thread agrees with that.
