All the above may be true but you appear to be defending the offering of snake oil-like products such as nitrogen filled tires or electronic rust modules as being acceptable business practises. IMO they are not.
yep, guilty. i condone the OFFERING of anything. it's the forcing or sneaky inclusions of it that i totally don't condone.
So trying to rip somebody off in a business transaction is OK and if they are naive or stupid enough to fall for it that's their fault?
This.
I have bought three new cars in Canada, and been offered Nitrogen on all. Some more forcefully than others. As I said before it's not 'me' I'm bothered about, as I know it's a scam. It's the many older and less educated people out there that fall for this crap. I hate seeing people get scammed, and it's the vulnerable that get scammed more than others. Why pick on those who can afford it less? Too scoops? eh?
The electronic rust protection, the nitrogen, the globali stickers. I mean, FFS, twice now I've been told that the globali stickers were mandatory, I told them to go
themselves if they think I am paying for some stickers that they ALREADY placed on the car to protect their inventory on the lot. I didn't ask for them, I'm not paying, period.
OK so by being edumacated, and and argumentative bastard, I've saved myself $1,000. But I've seen many people just pony up this extra cash (within the negotiation and without being forced, you listening too scoops?) which is basically scam money. I agree, dealerships have to make a profit. But it you have to make it through selling snake oil rather than selling cars, then yes, you don't deserve to be in business.
And if you don't like being called a snake oil salesman then stop defending the ripping off of innocent people. You know how sales works, there is pressure, some people believe what they are told, people sign up for things without knowing any better, as they trust you.
