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Originally Posted by hypercarfanatic
Is it just me, or is this nonsense? Am I missing something?
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On paper it's MSRP, decent enough idea, most people go home happy and you can save an hour or two runaround at the dealership because they should be getting a good profit without wasting time.
In practice it's just the way you're interpreting it, dealerships add on what they want and hide behind 'pure price' on a car with some cheap leather seat covers or aftermarket navigation saying they're worth >$2k. And of course does not prevent the dealer sitting you in a room for 4+ hours and trying to sell you service plans and warranties and lojack or whatever.
But this is all dependent on the dealer, some have gotten good discounts on new cars, some have had quick and trouble free buying experiences, you can definitely try to haggle and there's leeway in the add-ons (if you can stomach paying for stuff you may not want in the first place).