Experience haggling with Processing fees?

[tomato]

Well, you gotta pay taxes, DMV fees and part of their overhead. I kind of agree with Kal-El, there.

In CA, for example, the 10% is mostly sales tax. The "processing fees" are not much at all.

They can't just sell everything at loss, to everyone, anytime, otherwise, you do the math.

I think they really get you with service though. Even if they don't make much selling you the car (profit margin may be small), they seem to make plenty when you go back for oil changes and stuff.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by tomato

Well, you gotta pay taxes, DMV fees and part of their overhead. I kind of agree with Kal-El, there.

In CA, for example, the 10% is mostly sales tax. The "processing fees" are not much at all.

They can't just sell everything at loss, to everyone, anytime, otherwise, you do the math.

I think they really get you with service though. Even if they don't make much selling you the car (profit margin may be small), they seem to make plenty when you go back for oil changes and stuff.

True, service is the only thing that keeps a dealer in the black. If they had to depend on sales only, they wouldn't survive.