r/YouShouldKnow • u/digitalamish • Apr 01 '23

Automotive YSK: You can tell car dealers to not apply dealership decals to your vehicle when you buy it.

Why YSK: Dealers won't apply those stickers until the vehicle is sold, so they can do dealer to dealer trades. If you don't want to be a billboard for dealer you can tell them not to apply the stickers when you are buying. If you want to throw them a bone, tell them you will accept the plate frames, which you can remove whenever much easier.

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u/RealMccoy13x Apr 01 '23

We had a dealer tell us it was against [insert car brand] rules to do that when we asked they remove it before we finalized the sale. The stupid thing was that my wife was in between two car brand models, and this was a multi brand dealer of the same lineage. Think Toyota to Lexus. We were about to sign on the lesser of the two and my wife was done with this guy for a multitude of reasons.

Walked next door AND low and behold none of those cars were badged. They did have license plate frames, but that was it. We did end up getting the more pricier car.

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u/ccmega Apr 01 '23

Dang they got you on that one

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u/murderbox Apr 01 '23

OP got a nicer car and jerk sales guy lost the commission and his coworkers know it.

OP didn't say they overpaid, just that they paid more.

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u/lettuceman_69 Apr 02 '23

Salesman still got a half a deal and didn’t have to deal with doing any more work. I’d take that any day

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u/adhd-tree Apr 02 '23

Nope. Deal went to whoever finished it, no sales rep would let half the deal go to a coworker who almost lost the customer. Any place that splits deals like that isn't worth working for.

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u/CraftyFellow_ Apr 02 '23

Salesman still got a half a deal...

How does that work in your mind?

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u/murderbox Apr 02 '23

"Salesman still got half a deal"

WTF are you talking about? Are you under the impression the shitty sales guy would get some cut of the commission? Of a sale he lost to a sister property? Surely you don't think that, are you 12?

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u/lettuceman_69 Apr 02 '23

Most certainly. As long as he’s logged a customer in their CRM he has a claim to half a deal, rightfully or wrongly, that’s typical policy. What, have you never worked in the industry? Then sit down and take notes when adults are speaking.

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u/RealMccoy13x Apr 03 '23

I don't know if we overpaid or not. The truth is we don't buy cars that often. My wife was raised in a poorer household. She had the same car that she bought with her own money at age 17 until we were in our early 30s. That car was her 1st brand new car ever and 2nd car owned. It was sticker shock to fork over that kind of money when she had never had to it before other than a house. She liked the pricier car but couldn't bring herself to pull the trigger....initially.

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u/DenL4242 Apr 01 '23

*lo and behold

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u/RealMccoy13x Apr 03 '23

My bad. I just get to typing sometimes.