[CoachKandSportsguy]

How did most of you ever make it to retirement without understanding that car sales, new and used, is a very competitive deal, you vs them? . . same with car service. . . I bet most of you now upset had local dealerships which you thought you were getting special customer deals, was really just a very, very good sales job, unlike the less skilled at Jenkins. Remember the rule of consumerizom: "Everyone should be treated equally, but I expect to be treated special!"

And why do you think it only applies to FL? my gawd. . . all these happened at different MA dealers of different mfg sales. . .

A local dealership, at which i look at cars, has had one of the owners criminally taken to court and found guilty by submitted fake rebates of sales to the mfg under a special rebate program.

Another dealership my wife took her car in before last years drive to FL and back, 60K+ miles with a list a mile long of what they did, they did nothing but let the car sit, and then collect the money . . was the fastest service time ever for the list of standard and extra items ever seen. Did they rotate tires, no, I checked as the front/back wear was grossly uneven, did they change the oil? nope, I know how long it takes to go through a qt of oil in mileage, the the oil mileage prior to the service, and the low oil light came on after we got home. .

Another sold me a used car with a non working satellite radio. I brought it back, and all of a sudden in 3 weeks, the car failed the sticker inspection they gave it. . . wanted a brake job and something else. . . I walked out and did it where i trust and know the mechanic. The guy called me 3 years later to inquire about a trade him, I told him i don't buy from dishonest and he asked me if I had asked him to negotiate 3 years ago? over a working satellite radio and a valid inspection sticker? F* you and click.

So I am 60 + and have bought like 8 cars over 40 years of employment. And I just consider my interactions as normal or average as I am not special nor feel like they owe me honesty . . . . the rest of you surprised about these lunatic behaviors? f* them

learn to use edmunds and the internet, forget kelly blue book, that is a dealership based publication, and learn to not get emotionally attached to a depreciating asset, but being human, that might not be very easy for some reading this. . and there are many, many other ways corporatism puts illusions right in front of you yet you don't seem to fuss or change your buying habits, and yes, I have worked supporting sales and marketing to help backstage perform some of the illusions

corp finance guy

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by worcester

This may be a first for TOTV, Unanamous dislike for Jenkins Dealerships

Agree that there is significant dislikes for Jenkins but did not see any about their Acura store, We bought Acura MDX from their Acura store in Ocala, one year ago. Had no problems and paid less than MSRP and was satisfied with the price. I wonder if times have changed this drastically.

[LateBoomer]

Originally Posted by Gigi3000

You should have told them about your deal. No, better yet, drive to Jenkins, go in and In a loud voice tell them about your deal.....

didn't have to. I emailed the sales rep a summary of the deal I got in Tampa that saved me $17K.

no response. of course. lol

[LateBoomer]

Originally Posted by Penglobal

Just another reason not to buy @ JENKINS !

exactly.

[B-flat]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

UPDATE:

Price-gauging in TV seems to be a hobby by businesses? They see as a bunch of rich, dumb, old people I guess? Is Jenkins affiliated with the coffee guy who is hawking his over-priced java here ?

Back in the 90s when my in-laws moved to Ocala and before the population grew to what it is today my late father in law bought a few cars from Jenkins Hyundai. He always walked out of the showroom without buying. Inevitably within a few days the Jenkins sales rep called him back meeting the price my father in law wanted to pay. Times have changed seems they think everyone of us have more money than we need.

[eingalls]

I have purchased from Car Max several times and have had the best experience with them of all the cars I have purchased in over 50 years, and I have owned well over 100 cars! When I want a car, i start there.

[jpvillager]

Agree on Car Max. Start there, they will give you a written trade in / buy your car price. Take it to the next dealer. When they low ball your trade in show it to them. It shows you are serious and they probably will meet it. We are a Florida residence but bought from a dealer outside of Rochester NY. Got a much better deal and they had a third party that for $100 took care of the Florida registration and sales tax.

[rmd2]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

so I contact a local dealer (a Jenkins, but they are everywhere) about a particular luxury SUV on their site, that listed a price of about $66,500 (which is higher than the company says the MSRP should be but i get it - different times right now). They said sure come on by.

Now I know there has been some "market adjustments in prices" - but guess what this car LISTED on their site actually cost? $79,500!! and that was BEFORE another $1000 (dealer fee), and taxes, etc. What should have been a $73,000 car after taxes was actually an $85,000 car!

$12,000 markup due to supply and demand.

Of course it's worse. They have a big poster in the sales office - about how their Internet price is "guaranteed" and they pay the average of Kelley BB and Edmunds for trade-ins. We had two trade-ins. Kelley and Edmunds average for clean fairly new cars (both 2020 vehicles) said that we should have got between $54-$55K . they offered a whopping $49K!! so much for higher prices for used cars?

Honestly, I know that inflation was a bit out of control. And dealers could be shady...but glibly adding $12,000 to a new car's price, and under-valuing a used car by thousands?

very shady practices. We decided to sit tight with our existing cars until things are normal again.

are people really paying this much more over MSRP? Never seen it in my life...or is this just a Jenkins thing around here? very very sneaky to add this to the price actually on your website!!

Beware, people!!!

There has been another thread discussing problems like this with Jenkins in particular. I just bought a car yesterday (not from them) but 2 days ago I got a price on another car that way too high.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by rmd2

There has been another thread discussing problems like this with Jenkins in particular. I just bought a car yesterday (not from them) but 2 days ago I got a price on another car that way too high.

Car dealers seem to start on the assumption that the village idiot has just walked in their doors and is ripe for plucking.

[LateBoomer]

not all. I'm not even sure most. considering how large Jenkins is in the area, there must be a lot of idiots buying from them. Nobody wants to drive to save $17K ? I did I got a fair price, no-hassle, no BS from a Fitzgerald dealership in Tampa.