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Advertised price included $699 doc fee. They added it back on at the dealership.

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You should have negotiated by email. That way everything is in writing and a out the door number with all fees included. Dealers will say and do anything just to get in in the dealership. Might want to look at another dealer and consider leaving them a google and yelp review of your experience. Sometimes they email you back and will agree to a better deal. Lastly you can also submit a complaint to the FTC about them giving you a different price in person than what's advertised. They are cracking down on groups doing things like this and I'm sure they will take it seriously.
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You should have negotiated by email. That way everything is in writing and a out the door number with all fees included. Dealers will say and do anything just to get in in the dealership. Might want to look at another dealer and consider leaving them a google and yelp review of your experience. Sometimes they email you back and will agree to a better deal. Lastly you can also submit a complaint to the FTC about them giving you a different price in person than what's advertised. They are cracking down on groups doing things like this and I'm sure they will take it seriously.
It’s all good. I was getting ready for a battle but I’ve decided that an argument can be made on both sides. It is a good deal after all.
 

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You should have negotiated by email. That way everything is in writing and a out the door number with all fees included. Dealers will say and do anything just to get in in the dealership. Might want to look at another dealer and consider leaving them a google and yelp review of your experience. Sometimes they email you back and will agree to a better deal. Lastly you can also submit a complaint to the FTC about them giving you a different price in person than what's advertised. They are cracking down on groups doing things like this and I'm sure they will take it seriously.
Im not sure they got anywhere close to what you are saying. They are giving a better price than the advertised price, the extra 7% off was not advertised. He thought he was getting 7% off one price they did 7% off another.
 
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Im not sure they got anywhere close to what you are saying. They are giving a better price than the advertised price, the extra 7% off was not advertised. He thought he was getting 7% off one price they did 7% off another.
I’ve decided that what it boils down to is if I wanted to pay the “smart price” I would indeed have the Doc fee included in that price. So instead, I got 7.1% off the "smart price" and I pay the Doc fee of $704. I can live with that!
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