Re: sh*tty lease terms (long)

[Mark Bamberry <Vws@scottvw.com>]

Greetings

Couple of quick pointers

1/ Auto-by-tel costs money, I couldn't afford to join them as the per
car added cost wouldn't make sense.

2/ I have had dealings with a number of customers who get a good price
via Auto-by-tel and then the dealer stacks in a load of prep fees etc.

3/ 1998 Jetta GLX's are in more than abundant supply I am selling them
for a $100 over invoice. Last year was different but VW has screwed up (
surprise surprise !!!!!) and built too many. there is also $400 cash
back so if you have your own financing you should actually pay $300
under invoice.

Hope this helps a little......

> On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 09:10:32AM -0700, Jeremy Brandow wrote:
> [Deleted]
> >    I hate Auto-By-Tel.
> >    Jeremy Brandow
>
> First of all, I'm new to the list... I don't have my Jetta yet, but
> I hope to by the end of the week.  I'm probably going to get black
> with leather seats, although the metalic green looks very nice too.
> Manual, of course.
>
> I filled out the info on Auto-By-Tel's site, and the next day I got
> a call from an affiliated dealer.  He said he had the car I wanted
> in stock, and offered me $500 over invoice right on the phone...
> from every thing I've seen, that's a fair price, and I probably
> would have taken it immediately if he wasn't 150 miles from here.
> I REALLY hate bargening over prices, and I really appreciated the
> "flat pricing".
>
> But since he's so far away, I decided to give my local dealer a try.
> He was a typical car salesman... he needed to be corrected on a
> number of "inaccuracies" in his pitch, he couldn't explain what half
> the features he was naming actually DID, and he couldn't even point
> out where the alternator was under the hood.  Then when it came time
> to talk about price, he accused me of stealing food from his kid's
> mouths when I offered him $1000 over invoice, after lying to me about
> what they payed, and also some other issues about sales tax, and told
> me that I would have trouble bringing my car to their dealership for
> service if I bought it at another dealer.  Fortunately, it seems now,
> the financing didn't go through, and he let me go.
>
> I'm going to get my financing done at a bank, and probably drive the
> 150 miles to the Auto-By-Tel dealer.  It's worth it.
>
> So that's my Auto-By-Tel story... so far, I'm happy with them,
> although I havn't actually completed a deal using them.  I'll
> post a followup when I actually get the car :)
>
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