I think my Honda dealer lied about my Fit

dgk · 2006-09-26T12:27:06+00:00

In early July I decided I wanted an Orange Fit, and went to my currentHonda dealer who quoted $19,000 without tax (Sport Model). I asked whyit was so much over list and was told that there weren't many and thatthey could deliver the car and other dealers couldn't.I went to another nearby dealer and was surprised that I could orderit at list, so with tax the whole thing came to just about $18,000,$2300 cheaper. I posted at the time a thread called "Will My FitArrive" because I was unsure.My salesperson, Mazen, gave me a card with someone else's name butwrote his name and number, so I guess he was new. Three weeks later Iwent to check on the car, and he was no longer working there but I wasassured that the car was on order and should be in in a few weeks. Ieven added the choice of Silver instead of Orange because they saidthe Orange one was very difficult.At some point I started another thread, "My Fit NOT Arriving" andaccused the dealer of bait and switch, and Elmo, properly, castigatedme for being inaccurate. He was correct, I think they just had nointention of selling me the car at that price and if I bought anotherone, that is ok with them. But I think what happened was that Mazendid something that he shouldn't have done and they weren't going tofill the order.Yesterday I called Honda USA. They told me that 9 weeks was a longtime to wait and that Paragon Honda had only one order for a SportsFit outstanding, and it was Black and much more recent. There is noevidence that the car was ever ordered.Now I don't know if HUSA is accurate but it would seem that they wouldknow what is being ordered. At this point I'm cancelling the order andI'm curious as to what you folks think about this chain of events.

Sep 26, 2006 41 Replies

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Dave L 19 years ago

Yeah - which is why I don't discuss financing numbers and monthly payments/terms until the price of the car is finalized.

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TomP 19 years ago

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