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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.



Well Ward, if you haven't noticed yet, I DO tend to be the "iconoclast" 'round here a bit , but Moe here kind of sees what I'm sayin'.(BTW Moe, nice "Dwightish"!!!

However Ward, I'm still having a hard time agreeing with your idea that if Dealer-X is using those tack-on charges to raise the price that he's "dishonest". You see, each dealer has his own individual overhead costs(lease-costs for the building, employment-costs, insurance-costs, etc) which fluctuate from dealer to dealer. Some use those added costs as a bargaining tool, which I've always viewed as "fair enough".

It's always been the comsumer's responsibility to know this and to adjust their bargaining strategy accordingly, ask what the "bottom line" or "out the door" cost of your desired vehicle is, and then make your decision.

Your "bargaining tool" is to tell the dealership that's most convenient to you locale and with whom you feel you could possibly cultivate a good relationship when it comes to your future needs, and then make your choice as to how much in dollars and cents that future relationship will be to your advantage in the future.

With a few exceptions out there, dealers do tend to give "priority" and the perks to their customers who made their initial purchase from them, ya know.

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)