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Denton,#2Author of original report
Fri, March 27, 2009
Yeah it gets you in the door. It's a total trick. And people do not expect to pay below trade in value for a vehicle, they expect to pay below retail value for their vehicle. You will never get a vehicle if you expect to pay below trade in value. This dealership said up to $8,000 off of a vehicle and they did not come off of the price any, period. They offered $2,000 below trade in value for the trade, which is not NADA trade in value as they advertised. And who says you will be upside down after 15 months? To many factors involved in the purchase of a vehicle to guess that someone would be upside down after 15 months. It depends on length of contract, down payment and so forth. So you make no sense on that statement. After all of this the mailer was still misleading, and I hope they improve on these issues.
Swalden28
McKinney,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, March 27, 2009
This is how car dealerships do their marketing....Every single one of them...Nothing wrong with it, it gets people in the door and they know somethings up anyway. I worked for North Texas Nissan back between 2000-2002, before the new building went up. They are not lying to you, they say "Up To $8,000", not that your going to get a certain amount. Also, most dealerships do not give you trade in value for a car because the person that eventually buy's your trade in will want it cheaper then trade in value. Also, you should never trade in a car you have only paid on for 15 months, you will be upside down, besides the interest rate you have to pay, the vehicle drops in value. Oddly enough, it's the consumer that is responsible for the so called "Games" dealers play...Decades ago, the price you seen on the window is what you paid, no games involved...unless you had to get a bank loan.
Swalden28
McKinney,#4Consumer Comment
Fri, March 27, 2009
This is how car dealerships do their marketing....Every single one of them...Nothing wrong with it, it gets people in the door and they know somethings up anyway. I worked for North Texas Nissan back between 2000-2002, before the new building went up. They are not lying to you, they say "Up To $8,000", not that your going to get a certain amount. Also, most dealerships do not give you trade in value for a car because the person that eventually buy's your trade in will want it cheaper then trade in value. Also, you should never trade in a car you have only paid on for 15 months, you will be upside down, besides the interest rate you have to pay, the vehicle drops in value. Oddly enough, it's the consumer that is responsible for the so called "Games" dealers play...Decades ago, the price you seen on the window is what you paid, no games involved...unless you had to get a bank loan.
Swalden28
McKinney,#5Consumer Comment
Fri, March 27, 2009
This is how car dealerships do their marketing....Every single one of them...Nothing wrong with it, it gets people in the door and they know somethings up anyway. I worked for North Texas Nissan back between 2000-2002, before the new building went up. They are not lying to you, they say "Up To $8,000", not that your going to get a certain amount. Also, most dealerships do not give you trade in value for a car because the person that eventually buy's your trade in will want it cheaper then trade in value. Also, you should never trade in a car you have only paid on for 15 months, you will be upside down, besides the interest rate you have to pay, the vehicle drops in value. Oddly enough, it's the consumer that is responsible for the so called "Games" dealers play...Decades ago, the price you seen on the window is what you paid, no games involved...unless you had to get a bank loan.
Swalden28
McKinney,#6Consumer Comment
Fri, March 27, 2009
This is how car dealerships do their marketing....Every single one of them...Nothing wrong with it, it gets people in the door and they know somethings up anyway. I worked for North Texas Nissan back between 2000-2002, before the new building went up. They are not lying to you, they say "Up To $8,000", not that your going to get a certain amount. Also, most dealerships do not give you trade in value for a car because the person that eventually buy's your trade in will want it cheaper then trade in value. Also, you should never trade in a car you have only paid on for 15 months, you will be upside down, besides the interest rate you have to pay, the vehicle drops in value. Oddly enough, it's the consumer that is responsible for the so called "Games" dealers play...Decades ago, the price you seen on the window is what you paid, no games involved...unless you had to get a bank loan.