Dealer telling me it's a required purchase. Seems like it should be optional. Anyone have insight on this?

Cool, the dealer gets a lot locator device/service that you purchase for him!

Could it be required as part of their financing terms so they can repo your vehicle easier if you miss a payment?

lb3 said:

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Could it be required as part of their financing terms so they can repo your vehicle easier if you miss a payment?

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Appreciate the feedback - very helpful!

lol, required

Bullpen Chias said:

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Dealer telling me it's a required purchase. Seems like it should be optional. Anyone have insight on this?

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Lots of dealers try this crap. Go to an honest one, and you won't have anything required except a document fee and some tax. As soon as you walk on the deal, the shady dealers will suddenly tell you they can knock half the price off, and then they will call the next day and take it all off, if they want to sell it. I told them I was willing to pay that price without it yesterday. Today I am offering $1000 less for my time. They offer the lowest price on the internet because they then add $4K worth of accessories (most are bogus and at most it's 750 worth of product if you get anything) not listed on the online ad.

Don't pay for anything that is:
1. what you don't want.
2. what is not on the vehicle. (A Chevy dealership in Killeen tried to sell me a Silverado that didn't have steps or a bedliner, but it was damn sure on the sales sheet.)

Just tell them you arent paying for it. Usually they will take the cost off and you still have it. Just wild to me they push that when onstar can do practically the same thing.

They tried to add it in a bundle on my silverado and I told them no Im not paying for it and they took the cost out of the deal and still installed it.

My guess is the dealer installs these on all vehicles when they arrive off the transport. They use it as a location device while the vehicle is in their inventory.

Then they pass the cost on to the buyer and sell it as a safety / anti theft feature.

Onstar doesn't work as a location device for the dealer while the car is in stock.

The end consumer is just an afterthought in this scheme.

Had what I thought was an out the door deal on an at4 this afternoon at a Houston dealership, then added on the ELO to the sales sheet.

Told them I didn't want it and remove the charge. Wouldn't budge. Ultimately ended up being the deal breaker.

That sucks to lose a deal over that but I'm with you, that would piss me off enough to walk away. The bad part is that those trucks are going so quickly they can afford to let you walk because someone else is going to buy it before the week is over and pay for the ELO.