These are the smaller stickers you will see placed just to the right of the M.S.R.P. sticker most of the time. It might
say some thing like ADM= Addtional dealer markup or DAC= dealer ajustment cost either way it says extra profit.
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Addendum stickers or market value adjustment:
A. Market adjustment sticker, this is one of my favorites it is just extra profit. The only time I would even think
about paying that is if I where trying to buy a one of a kind car,or a car they are only going to make a couple thousand of.
Then and only then would I think about paying over M.S.R.P for a vehicle. There are a couple of reasons dealers do this. The
first is if they get you to pay it then they just make more money. The second is if you have a trade they can show you more
for it against the competition. This is one of the reasons I suggest to negotiate the selling price first then through in
the trade. You may piss them off a little but they will get over it, I always did. The long and short of it is if they have
these kind of stickers on the window I would just leave and find a dealer that didn't use them. If that is not an option for
you just remember the rules of the negotiation. A. The addendum sticker is usually just to the right of the M.S.R.P sticker.
This sticker will have dealer added equipment on it. For example pin stripe for $99.00 or even $199.00. or rear spoiler. Some
will even have rust protection and paint sealant or fabric protection on them. This is what I call extra profit, not every
one uses them but the dealers that do are just trying to make more profit on you. Think about it pin striping a car for $99.00
or $199.00 this something they only paid about 20 or 40 dollars to have done by an outside vendor usually. Some of the larger
dealers do it in house. Try to stay away for these things if you can, it is something you can usually have done else where
for a lot less. Now if it is a big ticket item like a sunroof then it is worth it to pay a little extra. If something goes
wrong with it they should stand behind it. As foe these rust,and paint sealants, and cloth protection I wouldn't buy a car
with this on it. All they did was put scotch guard or a similar product on it. You can do that yourself. Paint sealant is
just another term for wax job. There are some dealers that do use a ligament product. Most of the new cars today come with
a 5yr. or 100,000 mile warranty protection on the paint job. So you see you really don't need it.
B. Some dealers will just add profit to it and call it a market adjustment price. Im sorry but that's just bull ****
sorry about my langauge there. If you see these kind of stickers on the cars I would just leave. If a salesperson does greet
you he will probable tell you not to worry no pays full sticker any more right. That is a taught responce I can asure you
it will get factored in to the deal. The best place for them to put is in your trade allowance. They will be able to show
more for your trade than another dealer might. This is real dangerous for the trade buyer. Your best defence on this is to
compare the bottom line numbers. A lot of dealers that use technique will try to work your deal in payments only.
C. I don't want to be negitive about addendum stickers just want you to watch out for these little techinques that
they use. One of the help full things on these stickers would stuff like power sun roof, The rear spoiler is ok on here as
well. If you truely want these extras have the dealership do them not only saves you time but also if something went wrong
with it a dealership is more apt to stand be hind the work and get it fix for you. Let them deal with contractor who put it
in. Keep in mind that there is profit built into these addendum prices. I would keep those seperate while negotiating just
focus on the price of the vehicle then work with the smaller stuff. It is possible to pay more for an after market item than
it is to buy a factory one. This is not a scam the factory can make deals based on volume there fore they can add the equipment
for less. So be sure it is what you want when you buy. I can't stress this enough do not let them go and get the vehicle on
a dealer trade. You just don't know anything about the vehicle. I trade for a very expesive desiel 4x4 truck. When it arrived
everything looked great. So the deal was completed The customer brought the truck back the very next day complaining of a
shimmey or something don't remember the exact problem. After several trips to the dealership the customer was pissed and could'nt
blame him he just bought a 50,000 truck that rides like crap. We just could'nt figure out the problem. As it turned out the
dealer we trade from had switched the wheels on this truck and put the wrong ones back on it. Now I know you are thinking
what kind of service department could'nt fiqure that out. Well the rims and wheels where the same as the orginal so to eye
nothing was wrong. The problem came in when the rim they put on was an older model. the truck is a 2007 the wheels came from
a 2006. Just so happened that thew manufactor had added pressure sensitve gauge on th 07 that was not on the 06. They never
said a thing about it us. After several days I switched the customer to an in stock unit it took me weeks to get that problem
straighten out. This just one of 100 I could tell you about dealer trades.
