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One thing I personally would like to see printed on each price-sticker (and why Ralph Nader, with all of the other new-car consumer-benefits he brought about over the years, didn't push for this long ago, beats me)
, is to have the invoice/dealer-cost clearly printed on each price-sticker, in addition to the current figures. That can easily be done, since each new car is built to a specific set of factory/dealer figures that are in effect on the day that that vehicle is built, and those figures could easily be printed with the others.
It might look somewhat like this:
Base Price: XXXXX
Options: XXXXX
Factory Rebate: (If applicable): XXXXX
Factory Invoice / Dealer Cost: XXXXX
(The repeat-customer and military discount could be left off, since it doesn't apply to all buyers)
Manufacturer List Price: XXXXX
That would definitely make it more difficult for the dealership to play games.
And any extra charges (such as dealer-accessories or the additional markup on high-demand vehicles) would be, as they are now, on second sticker.
It might look somewhat like this:
Base Price: XXXXX
Options: XXXXX
Factory Rebate: (If applicable): XXXXX
Factory Invoice / Dealer Cost: XXXXX
(The repeat-customer and military discount could be left off, since it doesn't apply to all buyers)
Manufacturer List Price: XXXXX
That would definitely make it more difficult for the dealership to play games.
And any extra charges (such as dealer-accessories or the additional markup on high-demand vehicles) would be, as they are now, on second sticker.