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Complaint Review: McGuire Auto Group - Little Falls New Jersey
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McGuire Auto Group
1625 Route 46 East Little Falls, 07424 New Jersey, U.S.A.
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McGuire Auto Group Dealer Markup plus add ons came to around $4500.00 over MSRP for a new Pontiac Solstice RIPOFF Little Falls New Jersey
I put a deposit a new Pontiac Solstice in April 2005 and recieved it on Sept. 30, 2005.
The MSRP on it should be 23,185.00 but they marked it up to 27,579.00 which included a tire and wheel replacement service package for $948.00. This was added without my permission.
They said they marked it up because they were selling on ebay for much more.
Someone also came in to the dealership and offered them $30,000.00 for the car-another reason for the markup. I don't know if this practice is legal but it's definitely unfair.
Christopher
Clifton, New Jersey
U.S.A.
The MSRP on it should be 23,185.00 but they marked it up to 27,579.00 which included a tire and wheel replacement service package for $948.00. This was added without my permission.
They said they marked it up because they were selling on ebay for much more.
Someone also came in to the dealership and offered them $30,000.00 for the car-another reason for the markup. I don't know if this practice is legal but it's definitely unfair.
Christopher
Clifton, New Jersey
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Alan
Saint Paul,Minnesota,
U.S.A.
don't ever pay over MSRP
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, October 07, 2005
I remember people paying 30K for a Mazda Miata when they first came out and were rather scarce. A year later when they produced mass quantities that same car went for 13K. As with anything new, wait I will assure you Pontiac will tons of these things and the prices will drop.
Doug
Stirling,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
Not completely legal
#3Consumer Comment
Thu, October 06, 2005
I cannot comment on the inflated price for the vehicle, as I am unfamiliar with such laws/practices. However, the $948.00 for the "tire and wheel replacement service package" should have been removed because you had not requested it. Of course, if this was on the order sheet then it is uncontestable. If not, then you could have refused to purchase the car and demanded your money back if they did not remove the unauthorized option. Word to the wise in regards to sale prices over sticker value....never pay over sticker price. Sometimes you can walk into a dealership and see that a "hot" vehicle is priced higher than MSRP with the added charge noted as something like "adjusted market value." While some people are willing to pay it, no one should pay more than what MSRP garners. If you come across this, walk out and find another dealer that would at least be willing to charge MSRP. Sorry this happened to you. I don't know if hiking the price was legal, but you are correct in saying that you were treated unfairly. It is good that such reports are listed so future customers can be on guard. Best of luck with the car.
Robert
Jacksonville,Florida,
U.S.A.
It's perfectly legal
#4Consumer Comment
Wed, October 05, 2005
It is called Free Market Capitalism...supply and demand, if you will. If I have a bottle of water and I am not thirsty, the bottle is "worthless" to me. If I am thirsty and have no bottle of water, the item becomes "priceless" to me. That is the long and the short of it. It is also the same principle your employer uses to generate the profits that pay your wages.
Michael
Barnegat,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
Were numbers discussed?
#5Consumer Suggestion
Wed, October 05, 2005
When you put the deposit on the car back in April, were numbers discussed? Presumably they "didn't know what the price was going to be" way back then, but did you make an agreement to either pay something over invoice or something over MSRP? The practice of taking deposits without numbers is going the way of the Do-Do in the auto industry. In the old days, you'd put a deposit on a car and you'd be a 'number' on a list. Deposit number 1 got the first offer of whatever price they wanted to charge, if they didn't like it, number 2 got the option, and so on down the list until someone agrees to the deal. If the deal was something along those lines what you should have done was just walk out and try to leave a deposit with another dealership. Hindsight is 20-20, of course. Sorry for your problems.
