More Dealer Annoyances

[DJP]

Specifically admin fees and dishonest pricing.

So you see a car that you like, then you see in the small print that there's an admin fee (typically anywhere between £100 and £500) on every car sold.

So the car's not £9999 then, is it? It's £10,495 or whatever.

Or a car that's advertised for, say, £9,999 but when you turn up the sticker price is £10,495. And when you query it, you get some waffle about the “internet price” and “if you want a warranty then you have to pay the higher price” blah, blah, blah.

OK, neither is a real biggy in the grand scheme. But why do it?

It seems pointless and leaves a nasty taste because if they can't be honest about the price, then what else are they not being honest about?

So a tip for the dealers: If you want £10.5k for a car, then advertise it as such – I'd still buy it and you won't look like an underhand tosser trying to pull a fast one.

[Rich_W]

Surely you explain politely that you ain't paying sticker price anyway. So expect them to waive that fee.

If not, walk.

[Northernchimp]

There's an increasing number of small sthole dealers charging c. £100 'admin fees'

Deceptive pricing basically, what happened to their costs being covered by their margins? - and maybe they wouldn't have to reimburse this under SOGA should they be required to refund the cost of the car?