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Market adjustment
- Thread starter Buguyed
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Mike in Anchorage
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- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
Dang, if that's in Denver, Anchorage will probably do a market adjustment of $18k. Sheesh!
Buguyed
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Other dealers in town selling them all day at MSRP so no sweat
Yeah, stuff like this is, to me, the equivalent of posting a "Get off my lawn" sign on the dealer's front door. See it, run away, fast.
I lust after cars as much as the next enthusiast, but damned if I've ever wanted a car enough to pay a 15% or more premium for it. Even if I had the kind of money that where I could drop fifty large on a whim, the principle is odious.
I lust after cars as much as the next enthusiast, but damned if I've ever wanted a car enough to pay a 15% or more premium for it. Even if I had the kind of money that where I could drop fifty large on a whim, the principle is odious.
vj123
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- The Detroit
- Car(s)
- 19 & 16 GTI - sold
I would never step into such dealerships. On the other side, dealers markup because someone is willing to pay.
On the other side, maybe the vehicle was airlifted from the factory line to the dealership and it has 1.5 miles on the clock. Someone would pay a premium for it [emoji23]
On the other side, maybe the vehicle was airlifted from the factory line to the dealership and it has 1.5 miles on the clock. Someone would pay a premium for it [emoji23]
LOL
NCM
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- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf R
I don't how many they're going to send to the US this model year, but I think my year was under 4,800 units. At least now you get every option except for transmission. I had to wait months to get the combination of DSG, DAP and the I wanted. When I looked at how many were made like mine it was under 100 units for the whole country. I was happy to pay only MSRP.
When the 2015's first came out the dealer I go to for service wanted $4,000 over for a blue one. Even now you can blame VW for letting us have so few.
Ya, vw forces a higher demand by limiting supply, but adm’s are sleazy dealership tactics, and I don’t mean all dealers are sleazy, I mean the ones who do that show you right away that they are sleazy and should be avoided. They figure, that there is an ass for every seat. A smart dealer realizes it costs them more money in customers lost, lost possible return business and loss of referrals than the big hitter they might make on the one sale. I’ve bought many new cars throughout my life and make a point to avoid any dealer I’ve ever seen trying to charge an adm, even if it was on something I wasn’t interested in purchasing, and I know I can’t be the only one. The sad thing is manufacturers cannot stop it either, the adm is completely a scumbag dealer tactic preying on the stupid or impatient.
Al_in_Philly
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Philadelphia USA
I don't know, "Market Adjustment" sounds so much nicer than "Anal Sphincter Surcharge."
kevinkar
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- United States
This is what auto dealers have done for decades if not forever (I wasn't around in the 1930s...) All popular or limited quantity cars are marked up so no one here should be shocked at all. At $40k for the R, I can't imagine everyone here is a 20 year old noob (what 20 year old can afford a $40k car???) so the older buyers certainly know this already.
Doesn't mean we can't complain about it though!
Doesn't mean we can't complain about it though!
Junebugz_GTI10
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- Location
- Panama City, FL
Sales manager needs to put the marijuana away when pricing his vehicles...
Al_in_Philly
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- Philadelphia USA
Good one!Sales manager needs to put the marijuana away when pricing his vehicles...