No Dealer Markup Friendly Kia - New Port Richey, Florida

[Tampa Kiwi]

I've been talking to Friendly Kia of New Port Richey, Florida and got told this:
"There is an 1895 addendum (dealer installed options) which includes window tint with lifetime warranty, nitrogen tire service and tire protection, and door edge guards. The same package is included on all of our cars."
And they want a $899 "dealer fee".
I don't want this car badly enough to pay $1 over MSRP.

edit by admin: NO dealer markup for forum members as per this discussion!

 

[Chris]

I've been talking to Friendly Kia of New Port Richey, Florida and got told this:
"There is an 1895 addendum (dealer installed options) which includes window tint with lifetime warranty, nitrogen tire service and tire protection, and door edge guards. The same package is included on all of our cars."
And they want a $899 "dealer fee".
I don't want this car badly enough to pay $1 over MSRP.

Haha, the old nitrogen air scam. Hilarious.

 

[Kia Stinger]

Thank you, @Tampa Kiwi. I moved this into it's own topic...

 

[BarryLI]

I've been talking to Friendly Kia of New Port Richey, Florida and got told this:
"There is an 1895 addendum (dealer installed options) which includes window tint with lifetime warranty, nitrogen tire service and tire protection, and door edge guards. The same package is included on all of our cars."
And they want a $899 "dealer fee".
I don't want this car badly enough to pay $1 over MSRP.

$1895 addendum a/k/a pure profit, Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon saying "kiss me." If that same package is included on all of their cars they don't sell any.

 

[Jumpy]

Haha, the old nitrogen air scam. Hilarious.

What does that even mean?

 

[Chris]

What does that even mean?

Part of the extra 1900 dollars this dealer is charging is to fill the tires with 100% nitrogen, instead of regular old air. (Which is already 78% nitrogen by the way) Total scam as it really doesn't do anything at all.

 

[BarryLI]

Part of the extra 1900 dollars this dealer is charging is to fill the tires with 100% nitrogen, instead of regular old air. (Which is already 78% nitrogen by the way) Total scam as it really doesn't do anything at all.

It goes in the fabric protection/ chassis sealant/pinstriping and other assorted nonsense column whereby a dealer will spend $15 in materials and $50 in labor and increase the price of a vehicle by $2000 and up. If you pay it you deserve what you get.

 

[Tampa Kiwi]

The dealer seemed taken back when I replied to his "explanation" by saying I was no longer interested. He then tried the old "everyone does this line" by saying -
All dealerships have an addendum, ours happens to be one of the least on the market, so if that's what is stopping you then it will stop you from the Audi and Genesis as well.
We've left it that I'm not paying a $1 over MSRP. If he hasn't found some mug to agree to pay their added markup by the time the car arrives (Dec 21 they say), we will talk again.

 

[Jumpy]

Yeah..."everyone does this" until they can't get away with it any longer.

 

[BarryLI]

MSRP + a markup on a Kia? The Rapture will happen first, maybe the salesman thinks Mercedes is spelled Kia.

 

[admonite]

Thank you for letting us know. This is one of the dealers near me. I'm not against the practice, I just won't pay it.

 

[Tyler Holt]

I've been talking to Friendly Kia of New Port Richey, Florida and got told this:
"There is an 1895 addendum (dealer installed options) which includes window tint with lifetime warranty, nitrogen tire service and tire protection, and door edge guards. The same package is included on all of our cars."
And they want a $899 "dealer fee".
I don't want this car badly enough to pay $1 over MSRP.

I just stumbled across this website today and I wanted to reach out to you and let you know that I spoke with my GM, Don Mullis, and he put together a pretty good deal for members of this forum. If you pop over to the dealer forums, you can check out our inventory as well.

Thanks,

Tyler Holt
Internet Director
Friendly KIA
727-815-9611