How large is the bargaining power of "cash buying"?

"Howard Beale" > wrote in message
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> I know two people who made "No logos" a term of sale and one
> of them walked out when the vehicle had the logo on it and they
> refused to remove it. Stopped by the manager's office and told him
> why he lost the sale, asking him how it felt to lose a sale out of sheer
> stupidty.
>
The logos that are put on with double sided tape, come right off with hot
water when new.

Earle



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Interesting. I went to pick up my van and they had "done me a favor" by
giving the vehicle a "detail job". This consisted of taking the previously
flawless Honda paint and swirling the hell out of it with an orbital buffer.
I was very mad, and showed them what happened before I drove it away
(paperwork had been signed already)... they claimed that it was that way
before... right... like I suddenly had my eyes fixed AFTER I had looked over
every inch of the vehicle to make sure there were no defects? I never went
back to them... and wrote a letter of complaint.

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KWW

"Dick" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 May 2006 09:43:27 -0500, "Howard Beale"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"Dick" > wrote in message
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>>[snip]
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>>> The only downside was, as others have mentioned, that I told them I
>>> wanted the car just like it came from the factory. No add-ons! When
>>> I went to pick it up they had put on mud flaps, door and fender guards
>>> and a phony wax job. I couln't do anything about the wax job, but I
>>> made them take the other stuff off while I waited. Other than that, I
>>
>>I hope you didn't pay for the wax job. I would have told them in no
>>uncertain terms I wasn't paying for ANY of it, and if the added junk
>>wasn't
>>removed and the car deliverable on the original terms in 30 minutes the
>>deal
>>was over and complaints would be filed with the attorney general's office
>>and Honda for deceptive sales practices.
>>
>>I know two people who made "No logos" a term of sale and one of them
>>walked
>>out when the vehicle had the logo on it and they refused to remove it.
>>Stopped by the manager's office and told him why he lost the sale, asking
>>him how it felt to lose a sale out of sheer stupidty.
>>
>>It's really too bad that car dealers are often so sleazy.
>>
>
> I don't think the dealer was so sleazy. We always order new cars from
> the factory. When they get to the dealership, they unload them off
> the carrier and send them to the prep building. There they all get
> the same treatment. Mud flaps, door and fender edge guards, Auto
> Buddy wax treatment, and pin striping. I got there in time to stop
> the pin striping. It would have been nice if they had discussed that
> while I was signing the order. I also caught it before they put on
> the dealer logo, although theirs is very unobtrusive, and not metal.
> The Auto Butler cost $200 which I wasn't happy about, but it is
> reapplied every six months for at least 3 years. I don't have the
> contract in front of me. I couldn't get really mad at them about the
> Auto Butler. I did get a really good price (well below invoice) on a
> (at that time) hard to get EX V6 with Nav. I'm happy.