WATCH FOR PRICE HONESTY! - rmarsh1957
WATCH FOR PRICE HONESTY!
I WAS INTERESTED IN BUYING A NEW 2024 KIA TELLURIDE FROM KIA OF JACKSON. IN TALKING TO TWO DIFFERENT SALES PEOPLE, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD A $3,000 MINIMUM TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE PROMOTION. SO, I ASKED THE FIRST AGENT FOR DETAILS AND FOR SOME REASON HE COULD NOT CLEARLY EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKED. THE MSRP OF THE CAR I WAS INTERESED IN WAS $42,980 SO IT WOULD SEEM ONE COULD GET $3000 OFF THAT MSRP. “JOE”, THE FIRST AGENT SAID THAT THE MSRP PRICE WAS A SPECIAL INTERNET PRICE AND I WOULD NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY FURTHER PROMOTION. (SO MSRP MUST BE “SPECIAL PRICING”! …WHAT A DEAL). A FEW DAYS LATER I CALLED KIA OF JACKSON AGAIN TO LEARN EXACTLY WHAT THE $3000 MINIMUM TRADE DEAL WOULD ACTUALLY BE. THIS TIME I TALKED TO AGENT “RIVER”. SHE ALSO HAD A DIFICULT TIME MAKING ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROMOTION WORKED BUT FINALLY SAID I WOULD GET $3000 OFF THE PRICE THE CAR WAS ON THE LOT…“THE LOT PRICE”. OK THEN I ASKED WHAT IS THE “LOT PRICE” FOR THIS CAR. SHE LOOKED IT UP AND SAID IT WAS $44,480 ($1500 ABOVE MSRP!) SHE CONFIRMED THAT I COULD THUS GET THE CAR FOR $41,480 ($44,480 - $3000) PLUS TAX & FEES. I TOLD RIVER TO PLEASE EMAIL ME THE WINDOW STICKER ETC. I SUBSEQUENTLY GOT HER EMAIL AND I WAS SURPRISED WITH A NEW LOT PRICE…THE MESSAGE SAID “…The lot price of the vehicle will be $45,980.00.”! SO, WHEN I WAS PLANNING TO EXERCISE THE $3000 MINIMUM TRADE-IN PROMOTION THE PRICE OF MY CAR INCREASED AND SO IT ENDED UP GETTING CHANGED TO EXACTLE $3000 HIGHER THAN THE MSRP.
I THINK MOST PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS KIA OF JACKSON PLACE WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO AVOID.
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