Do dealers get paid from factory for PDI time?
I was out trying to make to make a deal on a 5th wheel and salesmen was trying to include a fee for the PDI. We didn't make the deal price was too high besides the PDI fee.
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I was at my local CW. Found a trailer I was mildly interested in. Asked for bottom line. She gave me a price, and then told me that she had to add "half of the cost they paid to ship the trailer to the CW", and "half of the cost for preparing it for me to take ownership (aka PDI)". Before I could even say a word, my wife jumped in and say no way in this earth will I pay for you to prepare the TT for me to take delivery, and I **** sure won't pay part of your "delivery charge" when it is sitting right outside the door. The salesperson then said "well, I have to start somewhere", to which, she replied, "you can start that with the next person who walks in"... Wife got up, and I didn't say a **** word, and we walked right out.
Went to the other dealer we had been talking to. Smaller dealership, got a great deal on a lightly used TT they had just taken in. No hassles, none of the BS. I made an offer, price wise, and they countered, to which I said toss in the WD hitch and the brake controller, and we're good. Done deal. No added BS.
Mike
Went to the other dealer we had been talking to. Smaller dealership, got a great deal on a lightly used TT they had just taken in. No hassles, none of the BS. I made an offer, price wise, and they countered, to which I said toss in the WD hitch and the brake controller, and we're good. Done deal. No added BS.
Mike
