There used to be a decent amount of 3-5g deals
And how does the customer pick ? I've never seen this happen anyway.... If you're out in the lot looking, one salesperson will wander out, not all of them running towards you.
A good Prosecutor would laugh at that .
I think different states actually have definitions or thresholds of what constitutes "price gouging". In Ohio, it came up on 9/11/2001 when a gas station more than doubled the price of their fuel. They were charging $8-10/gallon. It made the local news, the state attorney general got wind of it, and his office simply reached out to the station and made them an offer... Fix their prices or face prosecution. They fixed their prices.
It’s called the UP system when used.
Tonight I tried to find "her" Avalon on their website but you have to register to see their cars. On another site I found an Avalon at their dealership with the msrp listed and their price was $5k more. I found other Toyota dealerships in the area listing msrp as the price, no markup. Now if they would really sell you one for msrp is another question.
$49999 before tax, title and fees smartguy.
But nothing here prevents you from going to the dealer with pre-approved financing.
Costco car sales will get you a price with no hassle.
When we went in the dealership in late July, word about how bad the parts shortage would be. They were offering $1k off 2021's. They only had hybrids in stock. We asked them what was coming in and the only ones coming were 22's. They found one of the color she wanted scheduled to be built the last week in August. She put money down but there wasn't a sales contract because there wasn't a vin number on the car. We didn't expect to get any kind of deal just msrp. End of August the car wasn't built. Dealer said it was pushed back to end of Sept. In the meantime I'm reading all these articles about the chip shortages etc. Car arrives at dealer Friday eve. They call her Sat am and said if she wants the car she had better get up there now! On the way there she calls the sales woman and asks what the price is. She told them forget it and turned around and went home.
We bought her current car from them and were happy with the deal. She liked the no nonsense sales woman.
They told us that every truck that coms in at least 6 of the cars were already sold. So they are selling off the production schedule.
You have to pay tax and registration in the state you are registering in.
California started checking vehicle registrations against owner's driver's license info. That's how they stopped it. I got a California tag renewal-after moving to Utah and not even notifying California I or the vehicle moved. Of course by that time the vehicle had Utah plates. They have ways....
I'm not defending this sales lady but you can be certain that it wasn't her that jacked the price up. She was just the messenger in this situation and lost a "done deal" if the original conditions were kept in place.
In 2019 I wanted to surprise my sister with a new car. At the dealership we had to pay tax and registration for CA. Patty and her family live in Gig Harbor, WA. They had to pay WA registration a week later at home. I was not happy. CA registration was like $700. WA did not make them pay sales tax.
If I remember correctly, out of state buyers of California cars have to have them delivered to a state line to avoid taxes and registration.
