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Old 04-25-2023, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by cjrjck View Post
Florida has had that dealer fee for years. It is part of their custom here. Having lived near Florida several times during my career, I often shopped Florida when buying a used car. While I could not ever get a Florida dealer to waive the dealer fee, I often could get them to lower the price of the vehicle to match or beat competing drive out prices from nearby states. On several occasions I purchased a Florida vehicle. Normally, though, nobody could beat the Atlanta area dealers on price. There a just too many and they are often willing to negotiate to the point others can't.
The dealer fee is common. It provides income to the dealer on which they do not pay any sales commission. It is a junk fee. In the mortgage business, they must show a cost incurred by them in order to add fees to the buyer.
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