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Originally Posted by fotze
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(This is what I am thinking may happen to myself) we agreed on the price and it was clear that it was the final price with GST and such, after looking at the slip thing now I am wondering if they are going to add some of the fees that look like are on the slip. There is some blank room for those fees but he hadn't included them.
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Fotze, are you paying by cheque or financing?
If by cheque, phone the dealer right away.
Ask him what the total amount, including all taxes, etc is. Confirm
this with your written quote. Any discrepancies, phone him
and tell him he may lose the sale unless this is sorted out now.
Next, go to your bank, and make out a bank draft or certified cheque
in exactly that amount.
When you go to the dealer, show him the cheque.
He, or his cohorts in the back, will try to sell you undercoating,
and what not. Show the cheque again. "I have this, and I suppose I
can go back and come in again in a couple of days with one
for more." Be very eager to do so when you say it.
They will not let you leave. They know that once you leave, the
return rate is less than 20%. They will drop all surcharges that they
try to suck you into. (If they do let you leave, find another
dealership, go through the same motions. I've always wondered
what would happen if you took the cheque to another dealer
and said, "I'll buy it for this much everything included, here's
the cheque!")
I've done this twice with new cars. They shut up and do
the paperwork (even tossing out "admin fees", "freight&pdi")
Once you are done, you can then write another cheque in
the amount they didn't charge you, and send it to me.
Good luck,
ers