ATTENTION LOCALS!!
Bill Heard Chevrolet served with state lawsuitAbout 10,000 Georgia car owners received what appeared to be an alarming flier from General Motors last fall. "Urgent Potential Recall Notice," the mailing announced in large, bold type
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When I bought my last car, I had already decided I wanted a Neon, so I dropped by the Dodge - Chrysler dealer nearest where I work to see what stock they had on hand.
As I wandered around the showroom, I couldn't believe the classic scams the various salesmen were pulling on people.
I wandered out onto the lot, and discovered a bunch of Neons that had just been unloaded of an auto carrier. I could see that the official price sticker was being removed from each one, and being replaced by a phony, but official looking, sticker that added $500 to the price, which could then be bargained away by the salesmen to make purchasers think they got a good deal. In very, very tiny print, partially obscured by the gasket where the window rolls into the door, there was a note that "This is not the factory applied price sticker".
In the end, I went to a dealer near my home, where I got a no-haggle price at a fair margin above what I knew was the dealer cost.
The crooked dealership is one of the largest in Ontario, and always has the biggest newspaper ads.
I hope the dealer you posted about there in Georgia gets really slammed hard for this sleazy trick.
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