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    Zeigen Sie den tatsächlichen Preis oder werden Sie verklagt: FTC macht weitere Autohändler zur Anzeige

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/show-the-real-price-or-get-sued-ftc-puts-more-car-dealers-on-notice

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    2. joshmoney on

      Pay the 1 million dollar fine and go back to what you were doing. Rinse and repeat.

    3. Cube00 on

      >The Trump-Vance FTC 

      I swear the FTC was an „independent“ agency at one point.

    4. jpsreddit85 on

      It should really be required for everything.

      If there is a non optional charge, it needs to be included in the advertised price.

    5. SwiftCEO on

      Dealerships love to play games. I recently inquired about the OTD for a used car. The dealer had the nerve to tack on $1,000 in “reconditioning” fees. That’s the cost of doing business. It should be included in the listed price. I don’t go to a store and get hit with transportation, packaging, and labor fees at checkout…

    6. pomonamike on

      Just bought a new car; shopping around I found it the other way. All the local Toyota dealerships would show a price, but then when you gave your email you saw the “real price” which was usually $1000 lower, then when I got to the dealer we used that price as the starting point to negotiate an even lower price. Apparently that is not a normative experience.

    7. Hrekires on

      Had the fun experience when I was car shopping over the summer of a sales guy laughing in my face when I quoted the online price to him.

      The entire dealership model does themselves no favors compared to direct sales with transparent pricing.

    8. slash_pause on

      It would be nice if this trickled down to motorcycle dealerships, too. Most I step into have no prices on any bikes, with Harley probably being the worst offender. 

    9. AvailableReporter484 on

      It’s amazing how we still cannot get rid of this extremely antiquated system. Sell directly. Whatever usefulness dealerships once had is now long gone.

    10. r3dk0w on

      I hope motorcycle dealers are getting this too. They’ll advertise you a motorcycle for say $6500 in big numbers on their website and then have a small asterisk next to it informing you of their $600 destination charge. Talk with the dealership sales person and you would be lucky to get an out the door price of less than $8500. That includes some things like tax, title, and license for the bike, but there will still be a $1500 additional charge that is basically non-negotiable.

    11. drawliphant on

      We still have an FTC? I thought Trump gutted that.

      >on Notice.

      Nevermind.

    12. weasil22 on

      can they throw in Motorcycle dealerships into this too.

      Yamaha MT-07 2026:
      Sale price (only thing listed) – $8,099

      after showing up and almost finalizing:
      Sale price – $8,000
      Freight charge – $1,250
      build charge – $500
      dealership service agreement – $800 (if you deny this, the sale price goes away)
      title/admin fees – $1550
      Tax – $580

      total out the door – $12,680 (58.5% higher than listed price)

    13. Few-Milk6097 on

      Say what you will about Mexico and other countries around the world but when it comes to pricing, consumers see the final price whether its ordering at a restaurant or buying a part for your bicycle. The tax is always factored in.

      Listing a price without tax included leads to a false sense of affordability and sticker shock at the end

    14. sirphilip on

      Man I am dealing with this right now as I am shopping for a used car. What all the dealers are doing now is just adding together every discount and rebate that exist in the world and subtracting them from the advertised price. This makes it impossibly low (for example, there might be one rebate for financing, and a different for cash purchase – they just subtract both from the price). If you are lucky they indicate which rebates they included in the price and make a note saying you must qualify, but mostly they don’t tell you this until you sit down with a salesperson.

    15. CompetitiveBox314 on

      For a while when I was looking at Ford trucks on sites like auto trader and all the lowest priced (by a $1k or more) trucks were always the same dealer. I checked their website and they had the same low prices listed. Then looking through the very small print it noted the listed prices were A-plan (employee discount) but there are no Ford facilities anywhere the area. I’m sure it was a scam to get buyers in the door.

    17. GreatSince86 on

      Say what you want about Tesla, but their purchasing experience is a breeze. Never even spoke with or dealt with anyone. Everything in app. Arrive on set day, look for your car in space XX. See the placard that says congratulations. Tap your phone to the car and leave. Felt almost wrong each time I did it. While I like BMWs asskissing, I prefer to be anti social sometimes.

    18. kevintrontaco on

      I’m in California and recently got in touch with a dealer in WI that had the exact car I wanted, with the packages I was looking for. The online price was what I expected so I called to start the negotiation process.

      They send me the paperwork with the advertised price I saw online but with an extra $2,500 line item was added for some bs “protection package” that they’ve apparently already installed and can’t remove. Called them out on their bait and switch and they offered to knock $1,000 off. Told them to shove it. The sales guy still reaches out once a week to see if I’m still interested. GFY- I ended up finding a better deal locally without any bs mandatory add ons.

    20. Tuna_no_crusts on

      Honda dealers gotta be shaking right now 😂 Gonna have to start advertising the pin striping, mud flaps, interior protectant, and floor mats.

      Good luck boys, you’re gonna need a full page ad.

    21. owlandphoenix on

      Last year I was buying a car online at one of those non-negotiation places. I’m in the Midwest and they were on the East Coast. In an email I asked my sales person Are there any fees attached. He quoted the delivery fee, or something, and then the price of the car. Great. I said I’d get it. I get the loan paperwork and there is an additional $995 fee for some protectant on the paint that they say they add to every used car. I told him to take it off, he said they couldn’t. So I told them to cancel the sale. The manager got involved and said that they had to leave it on, but wouldn’t charge me for it, but then I wouldn’t be protected by the warranty for this thing I never wanted. I was livid, and ended up getting the car because it was such a good deal. But they hide everything until you are ready to sign thinking that you won’t back out.

    23. Ok_Two_2604 on

      Otd price in email, docusigned a deposit agreement that broke down all costs inc shipping, tax, etc, then when I showed up apparently the salesman was new and not allowed to sign documents so they wouldn’t honor the price. Found another dealer for a better price but it sucked washing an hour each way to get to and from the dealer with my friend.

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