$2000 document fee?

[RamseyF]

just another way to say they are selling at msrp. but really aren't.

 

[thatJeepguy]

Lol first post

 

[US HWY 666]

No way, that is too much, just another way to fleece you. Sounds really fishy. Call their bluff. I just bought a 37 a few months back and my Doc fee was $85 dollars.

There is another angle to consider. I once had a Ford dealer add on a doc fee after
we had agreed on a final price. I said: "Keep the car." This dealer had 9 dealerships.
A few days later the GM calls me up. He says: "We have to charge this doc fee to
everyone, how about I just reduce the price of the vehicle by the doc fee amount?"
So I said fine. So no doc fee, even though technically they charged it.
This actually turned out to be a great dealer, plus they gave me a super low interest rate.
If they won't budge, walk.

 

[So-Cal-Al-52]

That would work, it's all semantics and games. But ya, reduce the price by the price of the fee and it's all good. The OP should definitely try that angle.

 

[Fordest Gump]

Hi Guys,
I'm new to the forum and will be getting my raptor soon. Thanks for having me here! My truck is a 23' Codeorange with a 37 package, already built 11/23/22, awaiting shipment. My dealer did promise me the truck at MRSP when I ordered it in August this year but had me sign a document that said I'll be responsible for a $2000 documentation fee. Is that a norm, or another way to markup the MRSP?
Thanks much!

**** no that's not normal. Tell em to **** off.

 

[HighwaySentinel]

Seems like a question that should have been asked prior to you signing something saying you agreed to it. Yes, it’s high. A 2k markup from MSRP is not bad though for a 37PP.

 

[K223]

Welcome! Looks like they are obviously charging you an ADM on the backside. If they never agreed to MSRP and no ADM then this would be it and not crazy bad. But since they did this is a little insulting.

 

[Turning Blue]

Too much reading for me...lol. skip to the last paragraph to save time. Clearly they cannot legally charge you $2,000.00 for a document fee.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=081503750K11.1#:~:text=2020%2C%20WAS%20%24300.-,THE%20MAXIMUM%20AMOUNT%20THAT%20MAY%20BE%20CHARGED%20FOR%20A%20DOCUMENTARY,NOTICE%20IS%20REQUIRED%20BY%20LAW.%22

 

[Codeorange37]

Too much reading for me...lol. skip to the last paragraph to save time. Clearly they cannot legally charge you $2,000.00 for a document fee.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=081503750K11.1#:~:text=2020%2C%20WAS%20%24300.-,THE%20MAXIMUM%20AMOUNT%20THAT%20MAY%20BE%20CHARGED%20FOR%20A%20DOCUMENTARY,NOTICE%20IS%20REQUIRED%20BY%20LAW.%22

Thank you, I printed the document to take with me when I take the delivery of the vehicle.

 

[MDJAK]

Look, very few, if any, are walking once they feast their eyes on a code orange 37 for MSRP. Unless the truck is a huge stretch financially, balk at it but in the end 2k over sticker, which it is, ain’t the end of the world.