Protection package

[2011 302]

Recently looking for a new car for the wife and found one but it came with a mandatory package I'm not familiar with.
I'm guessing it's junk?

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[chilly]

Mandatory?

[Bosko]

before I bought the truck I have now a dealer tried to pull that on me.
I called bullchit and they would not budge...I bought from another dealer that didn't have such nonsense added to the invoice.
The dealer I went with told me flat out......they are RIPPING people off....plain and simple...

They might be added some protection to the paint, but it's an inferior product for sure.....

[dgage]

That is a way for dealers to make money and with supply for some vehicles, they can or think they can get away with it. Junk.

[2011 302]

Mandatory?

Yes,we were trying to put a deposit on it before it arrived at the dealership,the the package was mandatory.
Dealer installed upon arrival.

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[2011 302]

We drove up to look at it,over spray all over the interior and stained new leather seats from droplets.
Overall very half asked job,they basically ruined a new lincoln corsair.

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[glen e]

I was a general manager of a Porsche Audi BMW dealership for about 10 years, this is totally a rip off, and anybody that says it’s mandatory is telling you to go somewhere else. This was marked up about 800% from its cost on most cars…

[chilly]

We drove up to look at it,over spray all over the interior and stained new leather seats from droplets.
Overall very half asked job,they basically ruined a new lincoln corsair.

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There’s your answer to your original question right there

Sadly it seems to be the norm at car dealerships any more

I’m sure there are good ones out there but I haven’t run into one in decades


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[2011 302]

I have 2 buddies that picked up new trucks this year,the protection packages were optional so I was surprised that it was mandatory.
We found a similar build coming to a local dealer we put a deposit on,no upcharge and sold for xplan price.

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[dgage]

I have 2 buddies that picked up new trucks this year,the protection packages were optional so I was surprised that it was mandatory.
We found a similar build coming to a local dealer we put a deposit on,no upcharge and sold for xplan price.

It is dealer specific as well as model specific. When people are lining up to buy cars that come in a month or two from now (or longer), dealers have more power. Regular market forces follow supply and demand.