SolveYourProblem
eLearning Series: Buying A Car
How Do I Buy a Car
Without Getting Ripped Off?
( 17 pages )
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Devious Car Sales Scams
As
I’ve said before, there are many ongoing scams that dealerships
will throw at you in order to bank some extra money from
you. I’ve shown you the most popular, but let’s look at
some more.
1. Written
contract scam
This is basically when the
finance manager sits you down and begins to write himself
into
frenzy, while quickly throwing numbers at you until you
are so confused, you end up paying more than you agreed
upon.
This
may seem impossible for a person to get away with but believe
me; it happens all of the time.
The
finance manager is counting on you being confused and desperate
to get out of there, so assumes you will simply go along
with whatever he says. Most of the time, it works.
Avoid
it by forcing the guy to slow down, and calculate right
along with him to make sure that you are getting a fair
deal and that you both come up with the same numbers.
2. Price
beating scam
This is when the dealer tells
you that they will beat anyone else’s prices or give
you $500.
They
simply ask you to get the price from another dealer and
they’ll beat it. The hard part is that other dealers will
not just hand over their information for you to take to
someone else.
This
deal is almost impossible to get because most dealers sell
different makes and models anyway.
Avoid
it by not buying into it in the first place.
3. I won’t get paid scam
This
is when the dealer tells you that he won’t get paid if you
don’t purchase the options package. This is a tug at your
heart strings.
To
avoid this simply tell them that you refuse to buy something
you don’t want just so that they get paid. If it’s that
much of a problem they should get another job.
4. No
payments until scam
This is when a dealership
advertises that you don’t have to pay for 6 months.
Next
thing you know, you buy the car and they tell you that
it is due for payment in 2 months. Some will not even be
applicable at all.
They
can claim a typographical error or that the deal was a
week ago. It’s an outright lie, and you should get your
deposit back.
Avoid
this by asking the dealer to put that in writing before
you purchase the car and make your deposit by credit card
so that you can refute it.
 
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