AAA/Toyota Dealer clash over dealers refusal of Price Guarantee

Pure conjecture. Fiction.

 

These "agreements" are between the dealership and the party that is providing the service to their customers. Has nothing to do with Toyota. But if it makes you feel any better to drive something else, so be it.

 

I guess I was lucky. I bought my 2011 Prius II through AAA on Friday for the AAA price of 23,671 and was happy with that. I guess it depends on the dealer and where you are at. Good luck to all in the future.

 

Lets assume you have seen this "contract" and it doesn't allow for that, your issue should be with AAA, not the dealership. You have a relationship with AAA, not the dealer. Be mad at them for not enforcing it.

Maybe you should call AAA and ask for a copy of the agreement. Oh, and make sure you record this conversation. I would like to hear them laughing their asses off.

 

Granted, there are dealers that are not honest, however, the quote below is unfair in two parts. One: the prices changed and demand went up before the crisis, when gas went up. And it was a rapid change. Two: dealers and other businesses are in business to make money. Because a dealer is now able to get MSRP, it doesn't mean he's gouging. It is supply vs demand. Free enterprise.

The same dealer may be using the additional profits to donate to the Red Cross. He may not. His actions are not indicative of an insensitive attitude.

It would be just as unfair for the dealer to have accused buyers last year of taking advantage of them, and not paying what they paid when business was good.

While the last paragraph seems ridiculous to everyone, the quote seems equally ridiculous to me.

I've not read an AAA dealer contract. If anyone has, I'd like to see it. Until we have, none of us know if there's a gripe or not.

 

Of course, the dealership PAYS to be in the AAA program. It is paid advertising. An advertising and promotion fee has been paid by participating franchise dealers.

So, they advertise a price, get you into the dealership and then refuse to honor the advertised price. That must be illegal, especially in states like California with enormously strong consumer protection laws. It's bait and switch.

 

Pure conjecture! Fiction!

 

Toyota changed its price on 1. Prii, in general and 2. Prii already on a dealer's lot? That seems preposterous. Far more preposterous than my statement that the dealership is breaking their contract so they can gouge a customer during a time of crisis.

Secondly, this program is paid advertising. The dealership is essentially advertising a price and is now REFUSING to honor his advertised price. Please tell me which jurisdictions allow such blatant false advertising?

 

Participation in the AAA buyer's program is paid advertising. The dealer is advertising a price and then refusing to honor it. Please list the jurisdictions where false advertising is allow. Thanks in advance.

 

Really, nobody should be mad at the dealership for breaking his agreement? LOL. It seems like the person who originated this thread was mad at the both of them.

Now, I'm laughing MY nice person off. You apologists are simply silly.

 

I copied the statement that it's paid advertisement directly from AAA's website, you apologist for scummy behavior and wrong-doing.

 

Translation: never fight for your rights as a consumer. LOL. Apologist.

 

Not all dealerships are opportunistic scumbags. Congratulations.

 

Charging MSRP hardly constitutes gouging. As for advertising, where is this price advertised? Post a link, I would like to see this. And as far as dealers paying to participate, you know this how?

 

Brad,

If you research AAA's site, you will see the clear disclaimer that this is a paid advertising program the dealership participates in. The dealership is, in essence, advertising a price, getting you into the dealership and then refusing to honor the advertised price.

Most of the Consumer Protection divisions of the states take false advertising by car dealerships very seriously. The original poster should contact the Consumer Affairs bureau of his state.

 

Google it yourself, apologist. You clearly have fingers. I extracted the exact verbiage. Cut and paste and you will immediately get a hit.

And the advertised price is the negotiated price that the original poster complained wasn't honored. What is it that you can't follow here?

 

You or a member of your family wouldn't happen to have a financial interest in a car dealership, would you?

 

Similarly, you have no evidence that it does not include this common sort of exclusion. Lacking a copy of the AAA-Dealer contract, and the separate AAA-Customer contract, we are arguing in the blind.

And in the absence of those contracts, your other paragraph above is completely unjustified.

 

Nope. None at all.

 

Advertising involves the use of mass media. Exactly which media did they use to advertise this special price?