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TheGrimm · 05-26-2014, 10:06 AM

So I went to a dealership here in town to negotiate the price of a new car which I had ordered and put a security deposit on. It's a 2015 just released so there aren't a ton of them available here yet. While I was negotiating via SMS with the sales rep he said that they wouldn't provide me ANY discount as "All the dealers made an agreement to not discount the <model>."

I am no legal expert but isn't this price fixing? I immediately asked him about it and he said that so long as they aren't agreeing to inflate the price beyond MSRP they are fine. Seems pretty sheisty to me.

Anyone know if I am crazy or whether this is something that shouldn't be happening?

05-26-2014, 10:06 AM	#1
TheGrimm Scoring Winger Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: In a van down by the river Exp:	Is this price-fixing or not? So I went to a dealership here in town to negotiate the price of a new car which I had ordered and put a security deposit on. It's a 2015 just released so there aren't a ton of them available here yet. While I was negotiating via SMS with the sales rep he said that they wouldn't provide me ANY discount as "All the dealers made an agreement to not discount the <model>." I am no legal expert but isn't this price fixing? I immediately asked him about it and he said that so long as they aren't agreeing to inflate the price beyond MSRP they are fine. Seems pretty sheisty to me. Anyone know if I am crazy or whether this is something that shouldn't be happening?