Documentation fees

[Roberttell]

Has anyone dealt with documentation fees in their negotiation, mine is $595 canadian. They are already getting full msrp. Im just prepping for arrival of my tell and final negotiation

 

[jw_tx21]

Has anyone dealt with documentation fees in their negotiation, mine is $595 canadian. They are already getting full msrp. Im just prepping for arrival of my tell and final negotiation

That's very reasonable. Most doc fees aren't negotiable. But dealer fees perhaps. The Canadians may be able to help you out too.

 

[Kwim]

Has anyone dealt with documentation fees in their negotiation, mine is $595 canadian. They are already getting full msrp. Im just prepping for arrival of my tell and final negotiation

I never paid, I always negotiated.

 

[Roberttell]

I never paid, I always negotiated.

Thx

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[Tabascoag]

For reference, my wife just picked up our EX-P today in Dallas, hat tip to @StephenCantrelle . Doc fee was $153.

 

[Roberttell]

For reference, my wife just picked up our EX-P today in Dallas, hat tip to @StephenCantrelle . Doc fee was $153.

Thx

 

[Kwim]

Thx

tell them that it does not matter to you how much they will show for this fi, the most important thing is that the total does not change.

 

[Roberttell]

For reference, my wife just picked up our EX-P today in Dallas, hat tip to @StephenCantrelle . Doc fee was $153.

thx

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[MH4]

We just picked up ours yesterday and our fees were $199. Another dealer we were talking to was $699 which I feel is way overpriced.

 

[w8rner]

Try $798 doc fee! Absurd.

 

[markjenn]

At least in the US, tax, title fees, and registration fees are fixed by state government and are paid directly from the dealer to the government (as a convenience) and are non-negotiable. But any other fees are arbitrary and definitely negotiable.

If you’ve agreed to a fixed out-the-door price (as you should), then it doesn’t matter how the dealer had divvied things up. But if you’ve agreed to pay MSRP, then you’ve got to either bite your tongue and pay whatever they say, or do another negotiation (and be prepared to walk).

Dealers love situations where customers put down deposits with vague agreed pricing like MSRP, $X over invoice, or where the trade hasn’t been valued as it puts them in the drivers seat when the car comes in as the customer is vested in completing the deal and they can charge whatever they think they can get away with.

- Mark

 

[mjeffv]

For those who are considering going out of state, here are the average doc fees: Average Doc Fees by State

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[TellTastic]

Try $798 doc fee! Absurd.

My dealer

For those who are considering going out of state, here are the average doc fees: Average Doc Fees by State

good info. This article was a little dated so I did some more homework and found more update information that was relatively the same

so, I’m picking up in a few weeks. Vehicle is at msrp, the dealer has been pretty Good, but the doc fee is fairly high. I’m not going to walk away from this over a few hundred, but it does irk me.

ive thought about asking if they’d lower the cost of the car to match the ‘average doc fee’ price of the state, info retrieved by the source above and updated ones. This would save ~$300. Not necessarily ‘below’ msrp, but still. I’ve also thought about asking for them to throw in some floor mats or something that equates to monetary value on my end. Doubt it will work but that’s the game plan

 

[w8rner]

Good luck @disweds12! I like your plan. It doesn’t cost them anything plus they get an awesome dealer review from you. Man, I’m excited for you. It’s so close!