"Plus £49 admin fee"

[Hoofy]

You what, Mr Salesman? I'm buying a car from you and you are charging me? Well, I'll be charging a £69 admin fee for you to sell me your car.

[whoami]

Exactly.

I remember buying a car from a Ford dealer.

He came back with the invoice which included a £99 "admin fee'.

fk right off.

[minghis]

Finance or cash sale?

[Hoofy]

whoami said:

Exactly.

I remember buying a car from a Ford dealer.

He came back with the invoice which included a £99 "admin fee'.

fk right off.

Did you walk out?

[Hoofy]

minghis said:

Finance or cash sale?

Well, that is a good question on the face of it, but I see some adverts stating that there will be a £xx admin fee which automatically induces a, "Well, if I am interested in that car, there fking well won't be an admin fee."

Besides, I thought finance would have the dealer making a little commission.

[whoami]

Hoofy said:

whoami said:

Exactly.

I remember buying a car from a Ford dealer.

He came back with the invoice which included a £99 "admin fee'.

fk right off.

Did you walk out?

No, took the invoice and put a line through the "admin fee" (which he tried to convince me was for and HPi check and "other stuff"), the GAP insurance (which we had never discussed) and the supaguard crap (which the car already had).

It was a cash sale by the way.

The bloke was a total tit.

[Hoofy]

whoami said:

No, took the invoice and put a line through the "admin fee" (which he tried to convince me was for and HPi check and "other stuff"), the GAP insurance (which we had never discussed) and the supaguard crap (which the car already had).

It was a cash sale by the way.

The bloke was a total tit.

Fair enough, then. I wonder how many got ripped off, though.

[B17NNS]

I'd have given him an invoice for my hours spent during the acquisition process and asked if he wanted to do a contra.

[bobbo89]

I had this recently and told them to jog on! The price in the window isnt the price in the window if I cant buy it off you for the price in the window!

[sjj84]

I've noticed an increase in adverts in the classified with these 'admin fees', there's another one that advertises a price and then in the text mentions that there is a compulsary 36 month warranty at an additional fee.

[POORCARDEALER]

As decent indi garages stop trading more and more of this will go on

[whoami]

Hoofy said:

whoami said:

No, took the invoice and put a line through the "admin fee" (which he tried to convince me was for and HPi check and "other stuff"), the GAP insurance (which we had never discussed) and the supaguard crap (which the car already had).

It was a cash sale by the way.

The bloke was a total tit.

Fair enough, then. I wonder how many got ripped off, though.

There was an old(ish) couple at the next desk beside me and Mrs Whoami.

They were getting the full hard sell from the tosser and eventually signed on the dotted line.

Shameful.

[Hoofy]

whoami said:

There was an old(ish) couple at the next desk beside me and Mrs Whoami.

They were getting the full hard sell from the tosser and eventually signed on the dotted line.

Shameful.

[Hoofy]

POORCARDEALER said:

As decent indi garages stop trading more and more of this will go on

Ah, I get you. Tis a pity. I guess it is survival of the fittest even if that means fighting dirty.

[CraigyMc]

Hoofy said:

Besides, I thought finance would have the dealer making a little commission.

Odd.

I'd have thought they'd make more money on finance than on selling cars in cash or equivalent.

C

[nails1979]

Same for us at a Evans halshaw wanted 99 quid admin including them doing a hpi on the car they were selling me! Cash sale also that they lost through greed.

[Perd Hapley]

I was rather proud when I found out my sister had walked out of a certain dealership when this £99 admin fee made an appearance. Unfortunately one of her friends bought a car from the same place and paid it without question.

[Hoofy]

CraigyMc said:

Odd.

I'd have thought they'd make more money on finance than on selling cars in cash or equivalent.

C

That's my thinking. In any case, given that I'm giving them money, not asking to sleep with his wife, you'd think a £49 fee isn't necessary.

[Butter Face]

It's a load of bks.






And I'm a car salesman.

[TerzoNeil]

bought a car from dealership and there was no admin fee with cash

managed to get free road tax and warrenty for nothing as said if i dont get it will take my money elsewhere