here is my recent experience at Boch Toyota. I was not aware of what the MSR was on a corolla as I recently started thinking of getting one. I saw Boch advertised $9988 on a new 2007 Corolla CE. Just below where it listed the price it says 40 corolla's available, I called a salesman there and he said there was 40 available as well. I called at
8:30 in the morning and the ad had just come out that morning. He said if I got there before noon I should be good to go. I was there by about 9:40 that same morning. They set me up with a different salesman than who I had talked to on the phone. The first thing he said was that car was no longer available, someone had bought it before the doors had even opened (there had been 2 cars at that price he claimed). I told him I was told there was 40, he said there are 40 corollas, but not at that price ading that they can't give away the store. After more talking he went away, came back and said that one of the cars was available as the person who bought it had changed their mind. He then wrote down some numbers adding $400 onto the price as well as $500 for a rebate that I don't understand at all. Then there was another $300 added for additional equipment which he acted like he was not sure about. The $400 I did understand as it was for recent college graduate and the guy on the phone actually did mention that but nothing else. At that point the car was now around 11K which was different but I was still prepared to buy it at that price. It had recently snowed 9 inches the night before and rained, he went outside and came back saying the car was in a big puddle in the back and I couldn't look at it right now, then he proceeded to ask if I was prepared to buy it. Feeling hesitant I said I had never bought a car without looking at it, then I said, ok well what's the price ? Then he wrote down the numbers from before and added another $650 for a destination cost. The car price was now almost 12K. I sort of complained that everything keeps changing and that when I bought my tundra (different dealer) the car was advertised at a price and when I got there that was the price. He claimed it was a great deal based on the MSR and the other stuff was fine print at the bottom of the ad. I should have said something like, "so I need a lawyer to buy a car here ?" because it seems if I buy a car there is allways going to be small print. At that point I felt very apprehensive and no longer in the mood to even look at any cars, I was ready to just go home. What was going through my mind was if I go through with this deal, I may find more hidden costs or they might tell me something like I have to wait two months before I can get the car or who knows what sort of "fine print" they could come up with. My mother thinks I should consider complaining to the Attourney General.- posted
17 years ago