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Fri 23 Feb 2018 17:12

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - Brettsza

I am buying a car from main dealer Vauxhall and i booked the car too but since it is coming from about 100 miles they said we will charge you 100 pounds admin fee. I know cargiant and all charge these fees but I did not know that main car dealers charge it too now. I bought a car few months ago as well from main dealer and they did not charge me anything like that. It does not mention that anywhere on the website.

Edited by Brettsza on 23/02/2018 at 17:12

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Fri 23 Feb 2018 17:53

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - skidpan

If you are not happy go elsewhere. But if the cost to change is still lower with the £100 included than other deals that would be stupid.

But if you think for one moment, how much will it cost you to drive 100 miles to check the car over before paying for it to be transported.

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Fri 23 Feb 2018 18:42

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - SLO76

If you’re daft enough to pay it then they’ll happily hoover it off you. In 99.9999% of cases they’d still do the deal even if you refused. If you’ve already agreed it’s too late, if not then offer them a deal if they wave it and tell them you’ll walk if they don’t.

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Fri 23 Feb 2018 18:53

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - Glaikit Wee Scunner {P}

I had to pay a £500 deposit to my local Skoda dealer to view an approved used Octavia. I did buy it, but think yourself lucky only to be charged £100.

The deposit was refundable in the event of a purchase.

Edited by Glaikit Wee Scunner {P} on 23/02/2018 at 18:57

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Fri 23 Feb 2018 23:31

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - KJP 123

Is this a new thing or is it about distance? 15 years ago a small outlet brought a car over from a bigger site as my dad wanted an auto. No question about payment. But it was only 20 miles away so we and the sale would have just gone to the bigger site.

Not sure what you mean by, ”I am buying”? An agreed purchase? Refunded if you did buy but not if you didn’t?

With my dad it was really just to inspect and a likely sale – one year old ex-Hertz car is much the same as another and we knew colour.

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Sat 24 Feb 2018 10:29

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - 72 dudes

Hmm. When I bought my SLK 4 years ago it was up at another Mercedes dealer in the same group about 45 miles away..

They asked if I would pay a £500 deposit to get the car over for me to see it.

I declined and the salesman said "OK, no problem, it'll be here next Tuesday".

I think they were just testing you to see if you were genuinely interested.

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Sat 24 Feb 2018 10:37

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - argybargy

I was charged a refundable deposit of 200 quid by Heavens Balshaw to move a car from Scotland (not near the coast) to Chester. Fine so far.

But then they levied a 98 quid "admin fee" as part of the purchase. Ordinarily I would have taken this forum's advice and walked away, but in this case, as some will know, I was shedding a potentially troublesome car in part ex so gritted my teeth and paid. Its just another way for the ripoff glass palaces to squeeze the pips of we long suffering plebs, and it really shouldn't happen, because nothing they do, admin wise or anything else wise, can possibly cost that much for each and every individual car that they sell.

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Sat 24 Feb 2018 22:28

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - barney100

I got my SLK from a main dealers by choosing it from their nationwide stock on their computer, usual photos and specs list. There was no request for a deposit and if I didn't like the car when I saw it then i was under no obligation to go ahead. However it was as they described it and 3 years later I'm still enjoying it.

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Mon 26 Feb 2018 11:13

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - Brettsza

Well when i put the deposit down i was not told there will be this fees, i got an e mail from them stating there will be admin charges which i asked what they are for and there reply was its idemnity to protect you against anything that might not come on hpi like a logbook loan, mileage discrepancy and total loss insurance claim. I already walked away from one car as i did not like the price but wouldnt think twice doing same thing with this one, they did make it clear that it was a fully refundable deposit.

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Mon 26 Feb 2018 11:28

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - Manatee

They are responsible if they sell you a car that does not have clear title or is not as described, so they are the party that benefits from any purchased indemnity. They would still be responsible even if you said you didn't want the 'indemnity'. If they want to limit their risk, they should be paying for it.

You could just take the pragmatic view and decide whether the car is worth what you are being asked to pay.

I would tell them to shove it, and tell all my friends.

You pay top price to a dealer because you expect them to stand behind a car if anything goes wrong. Clearly, they are not interested in looking after customers once they have their money; and adding to the advertised price is sharp practice.

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Mon 26 Feb 2018 15:03

Skoda Octavia - Admin fees with main dealers - SLO76

Tell them straight, you won’t be paying it. If they force the issue then the deal is off and you’ll expect your full deposit returned. This is simply a manager trying to get extra cash from you. Don’t stand for it.

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