I agreed to buy a new Mazda for 1% over invoice. Now the car is in and the dealer showed me an invoice that includes not only the car and "transportation" charge (which I expected) but also a Regional Advertising Assessment of $278 and a "Warranty Retail Parts Recovery" fee of $77.
Are these valid invoice items? Is the dealer in fact charged for these, or does he recoup them on holdbacks? Is it reasonable and customary for the dealer to include these on an invoice sale like this?
2006-11-21 01:53:06 · 10 answers · asked by David B 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
No wonder Mickey G got out of the business. Absolutely the advertising is a legitimate cost charged by the manufacturer. The money goes into a pool to advertise in the market that you are in. I work for Chevrolet in Chicago and we are charged 2% of MSRP before destination in advertising. On a $50,000 Suburban that is $1000. This is money we are forced to charge so unfortunatelly you are forced to pay as a consumer. Every product that you purchase has advertising built into the price, you just don't get to see the invoice. The reason it is disclosed on car invoices the way that it is is because it is charged regionally depending on the market that you are in. Obviouslly Chicago will be higher than Topeka Kansas. The other charge is usually associated with the parts department involving Core Charges. If the dealer is charged that, unfortunatelly so are you. 1% over invoice is more than a fair deal. Enjoy.
2006-11-21 11:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by typhon1991 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, The advertising is an actual add to the invoice. However that money is often put into an account for the dealer to use for advertising. I personally have never seen the Warranty Parts deal.. I work for a domestic dealer....
So the final answer is yes......
You are only talking about 35.50 they are additions to the price of the vehicle from the manufacturer to the dealer in other words they add to the total cost to the dealer.. your agreement was for 1% over total invoice not an adjusted invoice...
2006-11-21 02:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are valid charges to the dealer but technically, you shouldn't have to pay them and as one person said, refuse to pay those fees go to leave and they should tell you to hold on.
The first fee, they are charging YOU for their advertising expenses.
The other fee...I don't know about that one.
I just bought a new mazda 6 and the only fee I paid was their processing fee of $299. I practically bought the car at invoice. I'm happy with my purchase. I told them the price that would make me come in and sign the deal and they did it. No BS.
go here:
http://www.carbuyingtips.com/car3.htm
This is where I got some good info about those types of fees.
2006-11-21 07:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by LpYrBby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The invoice price should only contain items that the manufacturer charged the dealer. These sound like generic costs involved with the sale of all of their cars and certainly do not apply to the car you purchased.
2006-11-21 02:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I worked in dealerships for 15 years and have never heard of those charges. If it comes down to the wire, demand that they explain what those charges are for and insist they whittle it down some. The most puzzling is warranty retail parts recovery...what an oxymoron since all warranty work is paid by the manufacturer at just over wholesale cost. I would fight it as far as possible. They should have disclosed this before you agreed to anything.
2006-11-21 02:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by mickeyg1958 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 22:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell the u will not take the car untill the charges are removed from price...a friend did it and walked out and got in his car befor the salesman ran out and made the deal...be tough...he wants to sell more then you want to buy...
2006-11-21 02:05:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are all reasonable charges. The one thing I would never pay when I bought a car was prep charges.
2006-11-21 02:15:45 · answer #8 · answered by captbob552 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wats a mazda?
2006-11-21 02:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anubhav~~!! 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋