TL/DR; Dealer drags things out so out of state car - ericjcarlson
TL/DR; Dealer drags things out so out of state car registration is late and slips back in stupid charges after they make you wait hours and hours for paperwork.
Maybe I should have expected this, but this dealer pulled every sneaky trick possible. The engine on my daughter's car blew and she was rushed to purchase a new car. Planet Honda had a nice 2015 CR-V at a good price so we went to purchased. She was told she'd be given $2,500 for her old car with blown engine (a 2010 CR-V with NO rust, clean body and interior and new tires on alloy rims). So we arrived at 1pm on a Saturday and the negotiations began. Agreed upon a price for the car, but then it comes in $1,153 more for an "options" package ($595) we didn't ask for (pin striping, window tinting, etc. - this was already on the car for the advertised price). Then they added the xx "etched glass" protection and nitrogen in the tires for $558 more. We declined the protections ($389) but left the nitrogen. Now all of a sudden, the trade-in was only worth $1,000 because they hadn't looked at it in details (except they had already given her a quote to repair it).
Fast forward, or should I say slow-forward six hours, we are still waiting for financing. It's 7pm, we haven't eaten and they are dealer-dragging. We finally get into the finance office and it's 1,000MPH for paperwork. Again, we decline protection, extended warranty, etc. Every single time the finance manager has us sign, it's on an iPad and we've scrolled to the signing lines. The "additional fees" are small print lines and blended in with other fees. Let's just say there was another $1,257 in fees that appeared on a scrolled by line six hours later in the day. The "safe and secure" $558 package magically reappeared in the final sales, slipped by the goalie. Yeah, we mighta caught it, but this is the dealer-scam: make you wait so long, you'll sign anything to leave.
Now here's the kicker: we purchased the car in NH, but live in MA. It's been 9 days and no plates, no registration. Checking on-line, they haven't even filed the paperwork yet. We can't inspect the car in MA (which you have 7 days to do) because of this.
Just a heads up, pay attention with this dealer as they drag things out and make it difficult for you.
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