This'n'That, December 14th
Acquisition Fees, Smacquisition Fees! We recently got our monthly email from Ralph Honda, 3939 West Ridge Rd., Greece, N.Y., 14626 . In the newsletter, they touted their amazing remodel of the previously dismal-appearing Honda Civic with virtually no "bells-and-whistles." Toutingly, they naturally promoted any and all sales of said model. In "the tout" the Ralph folks just-happened-to-mention some expenses to you and me of buying such a vehicle: of course a negotiated price~ the MSRP is between $20,110 and $20,275 [ Ralph 's inventory]; taxes, DMV fees ; ...and~ and this is what gets-my-goat ~an acquisition fee of $595 !! This acquisition fee~ a 2.9% OVER charge ~is nothing more than your Ralph Salesperson saying: "We are charging you $595~ that you likely can ill-afford ~for the priviledge of buying a car that we desperately want to sell you to reduce our over-delivered, la...