I hate regulations, but sounds like there needs to be a standardized purchase form like a Loan Estimate that is used when getting a mortgage. Every single bank has to use the same form and once it is disclosed, it can only changed under certain circumstances and must be redisclosed. You can't just add fees/costs without very specific reasons.Well ideally I'd like to hope that it's standard practice everywhere but all I can say is that's how our dealership operates. It should be the process everywhere, in my opinion, and if I were ordering a vehicle anywhere else, I would never leave without something like this in writing. I would insist on it... You have more of a leg to stand on if you've got detailed numbers and management has signed the agreement. In fact, I can't imagine a dealership trying to mark-up a unit when there's already a signed disclosure.
Essentially, if you order a vehicle through a dealer, they should be legally required to provide a standardized form that locks in the MSRP/price and makes them disclose any additional fees they will be charging. If it isn't on that form at the time the vehicle is ordered, then they shouldn't be able to charge it.
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