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The issue is that if Tesla does it, you have no recourse. If a random dealership does this to me, I walk down the street to the other dealership and buy a car
by dragontamer 5y ago
The issue is that if Tesla does it, you have no recourse.
If a random dealership does this to me, I walk down the street to the other dealership and buy a car from them.
- clintonb 5y agoWhat happens if there isn’t another dealer down the street, or if every dealer is marking up the price?
- bmitc 5y agoDon't buy it.
- dcdc123 5y agoThen in this case, you lose your deposit and they sell it to someone else for the same markup you declined.
- lukevp 5y agoThe deposit is refundable
- dcdc123 5y ago> An additional non-refundable US$5,000 deposit is apparently also required to place an order for the electric pickup truck.
- tromp 5y agoIsn't the deposit with Ford directly rather than a particular dealer?
- dcdc123 5y agoAs I understand it, you pay the deposit to Ford first then you work with a dealer to finalize the sale. If all dealers are marking them up (they are) then your choice is to lose the deposit or pay a markup. Edit: Actually it looks like the Ford deposit was $100 and refundable. This must be a separate dealer deposit. I am not sure if it comes before or after price agreement. Dealers are sketchy as hell so could be either.
- notatoad 5y agoThat's the theory. The reality is that if there is actually multiple dealers in your region, they're probably all owned by the same group. There's four Ford dealerships within reasonable distance of me, they're all the same company.
- dragontamer 5y agoThere literally four Ford dealerships between my house and my sister's house 20 minutes away, different companies all together.