Today 09/12/24 drove from Texas with cash in hand (Cashie - rick
Today 09/12/24 drove from Texas with cash in hand (Cashier Check) to buy there 2024 Ram 2500 Big Horn Crew Cab advertised for $63,775 MSRP $75,030. Their literature clearly states cut and pasted off their sight. (All ‘Internet Special” pricing is with finance 20% down or trade equity). This is clear, as wrote. I get the discounts if i finance thru them or i get the discounts if i have a trade in, basically one or the other, my choice as its wrote. I was not happy about being forced to finance when i had cash to pay. But were talking about $11,255 discount received if i finance. Remember i don't have a trade in. i told the young man fresh out of high school only been working their couple wks. salesman Jacob who made me aware of what i just stated to start the process. After waiting for about 15 minutes while he consulted his sales mgr. (who never made an effort to meet my wife and i, even after the deal went ugly) he comes back with the final figures. It was $1,205 higher than advertised. Jacob stated that i was charged back that money because i did not have a trade-in. When i pointed out again there advertising did not say i had to do both finance and have a trade-in it clearly stated (or) meaning there's a choice of which one i chose. I chose finance. He went on to tell me how important a trade-in was as they make money off selling trade-ins and they were losing money on this deal already and basically a trade-in was needed to offset the loss they were taking. He then went to sales mgr and got a factory invoice sheet which shows they were losing several hundred dollars on the deal. I'm 56 yrs. old and i'm not falling for this bait and switch tactics that honestly i thought this age and day were over with. Here we are in the days of google and all the other search engines at our fingertips. It's very well-known fact that all dealers get several high dollar rebates back from the factory making their profit higher than the factory invoice which they are very quick to print up for you. It's like back in the old days you remember the commercials before google, factory blow-out sale on vehicles $100 over invoice. Them days have been gone for a long time give me a break Kalidy, don't insult my intelligence. Let's not forget i quizzed our high school super star Jacob about the $11,255 rebates and he confirmed that ram (factory) was covering the $11,255 in rebates. By his testimony that means we have not even cut into the dealerships profit. So, ask yourself the $1,205 they are adding back, who's pocket is that going into, yes, they will still claim customers rebates from factory and ad my $1,205 to their profit margin. think about it, thats not a bad bait and switch, screw Chrysler on rebates and screw the customer with ad back money = more profit for them. I clearly stated to Jacob that we were talking about $1,200 to $1,500 price difference and i had gave into the finance situation. I told him if i walked out the door i was not coming back he had one more chance to give me the advertised price without the bait and switch. Jacob replied in a very sarcastic voice enjoy your drive back to Texas. The finance situation i was told i haft to make at least 4 payments before i paid it off or else i would inquire an early pay-off penalty. Remember this was at high interest and i have 840 credit score but we did not get into them details as I'm sure the catch 22 reading would have been very interesting reading. Wife and i did enjoy our trip back to Texas, we did stop at a Texas dealership. I wish i could upload pictures of our new truck. Everything is bigger in Texas including the hospitality and the rebates. The color of truck was our second choice but had everything on it that the Kalidy dealership truck had. The color of the Kalidy truck was our first choice, that's why we made the drive to Okla, but the Texas dealership gave us $12,500 off the truck, apologize for our treatment in Oklahoma and encourage us to share our story to Chrysler
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