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Originally Posted by mines13
Over the top.
How are you paying extra to purchase from a franchise? You are the buyer, you can always walk away. When you purchase a car from a manufacturer directly, in markets where it is offered, you pay MSRP (often at a not insignificantly higher cost then the what one would pay here in USD.). Possibly, you may get some sort of factory subsidized incentive on slow moving models (just like here). There is no incentive for one dealer to give you better service or pricing then another when they are NOT franchised. If anything, it provides you with leverage as the buyer that they ARE franchised. I admire your passion, I really do. But your logic is flawed.
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That is the argument FOR franchises. That everyone saves money because there is competition. But you know that's not the case, if it were no one would be throwing in 2000 ADM on popular models, offering standard features as options, or just tacking on useless baubles on the car--like 400 dollar pinstriping. Dealers have long learned how to bypass the MSRP through the ADM sticker, creative financing, and screwing people on their trade-ins.
How many people do you think proofread every one of the pieces of paper they sign at the dealership? How many do you think buy the worthless protection plans and extended warranties underwritten by some offshore company?
And this kind of behavior is encouraged, and the norm--not the exception. Car dealers just deny it because customers would be much more savvy if they came in knowing they may be screwed.