A class-action lawsuit has been filed against General Motors by disgruntled customers who claim the automaker’s destination charges are misleading and deceptive.
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of California, involves two plaintiffs who allege they were not aware that GM made a profit off of the destination fees it charges customers. According to Car Complaints, the plaintiffs are California resident Robert Romoff, who recently purchased a new 2021 Chevrolet Equinox with a $1,195 destination charge, and New Jersey resident Joe Siciliano, who purchased a new 2019 Cadillac Escalade with a $995 destination charge.
The suit claims General Motors makes a “significant amount of profit” off of the destination charges that it applies to its new vehicles and “deceives customers into paying far more than the actual cost of vehicle delivery.” The plaintiffs also say that a destination charge has very little to do with how much it costs to ship a vehicle from the assembly plant to a dealership and is instead a way for GM to sneak “hidden markups” into its vehicle transactions.
“Destination fee is generally understood in the automotive industry to reflect the manufacturer’s average cost of delivering one of its vehicles to a dealership,” the filing says, as quoted by Car Complaints. “That destination fee is charged to the dealer and passed on to the purchaser or lessee of that vehicle. Consumers similarly have the expectation that they are covering an automotive manufacturer’s cost for the delivery of the manufacturer’s vehicles when paying the ‘destination fee’ as part of their new-vehicle lease or purchase.”
General Motors destination charges usually range from $995 for smaller vehicles like the Chevy Spark and Chevy Malibu to $1,695 for larger vehicles like the Chevy Silverado HD.
An article published by Consumer Reports earlier this year attempted to shine a light on rising destination freight charges in the automotive industry. The report indicated that destination fees had risen from an average of $839 in 2011 to $1,244 in 2020 – more than 2.5 times the rate of inflation. David Friedman, CR’s vice president of advocacy, said the auto industry’s “relative silence on the rise of destination charges is a bit deafening,” and called on automakers to be more transparent with regard to delivery costs.
“If they had a valid reason beyond just driving up the price, they would actually be able to point us toward specific examples of costs that have gone up within the shipping process,” Friedman said.
An independent consultant that spoke to CR for its story, Dan Bedore, claimed destination charges are indeed a way for automakers to increase profitability.
“[Destination] ends up being another lever the business can pull to increase revenue,” Bedore explained. “It does not take a mathematician to understand the value of a $100 increase to a company that sells 2 million units a year.”
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In Canada, destination charges for a Chevrolet range from $1,800 to $2,000 and for a Cadillac it’s $2,200 for all models. So it varies from 2 to 10% of the value of the vehicle. It’s certain that this does not reflect the real costs of transport and that it’s an additional profit center for manufacturers.
Paid about $800 for a destination charge in 2011 to buy a Chevy Cruze that was at the nearest dealership to Lordstown, the plant it was built in.
In theory that $800 is supposed to be an average to deliver to any dealer,anywhere but now it is inflated for extra profit.
i picked my new 396 65 corvette at the st louis plant and still had to pay the shipping charges so this has been going on for a while. the truck driver union has a lot to do with this.
In your case, I’d conclude that fee is b.s.
I guess black bowties will be next. They can place a black bowtie in the vehicle but they won’t install it. The standard bowtie is yellow and the black bowtie is an option. They double dip you on the price by placing it in the vehicle and giving no credit for the yellow one.
They destroy the gold and install the black
Was charged $1,095 for GM to NOT deliver my new Corvette. I paid $995 to pick up my new Corvette at the museum, 1/4 mile from the factory.
Did you need to pay the destination fee as well?
Next up a disclaimer on the window sticker ”destination charge does not have any correlation with the actual average price of transporting this vehicle from the factory or port of entry to your dealer”.
Anyone that ships product charges a little more than actual cost to ship. It not like the product ships itself. People complain about this but don’t complain about baggage fees that airlines make a killing on. Also the fee is the average for all dealers for a car. It doesn’t matter if its 500 miles to dealership or 1 mile the price is the same. If it wasn’t then dealers near the factory would be selling more cars because of the lower transportation cost.
why is the charge different between different models? Why is a caddy more to ship than a silverado? When they both are on the same hauler?? Hmmmm
Well I know back in the day they never did charge the buyer for the color of the vehicle it was in with the car you could buy two cars with the same thing in each car and being different colors and the price would be the same now if you wanted air conditioner or power windows and seat’s that was extra but they never charged for the color like they do now which is a big rip off for the consumers
In there defense the price of different color paints can vary widely,some just spread it across all vehicles or a color or two are extra or some like GMC charge extra except for plain white or plain black
The costs of shipping that has inherently gone up, outside of inflation, is the cost of fuel.
Different models are priced different based on overall size and GVW as they take up more overall space on the trailer or train box.
And yes everything is always marked up, there are other costs associated with shipping, like porters in the yards, the plastic wrap that protects the pain until it reaches a dealer (mostly on the more expensive cars hence a higher destination charge)
I’m not saying, however, that destination charges aren’t “hustle” as I don’t pay destination charges for my corn flakes to show up to the grocery store. But I digress it a cost of purchase that I willingly incured.
They will probably claim it is because they charge by the pound.
I thought that everyone complains about the fees that airlines charge?
None of this really matters, as customers can choose BEFORE they purchase as to whether destination charges, or accessory charges, or whatever, make sense. Additionally, GM is no different from the other OEM’s in how they price destination/accessories/etc, so my guess is that the attorney’s involved are simply chasing pipedreams.
You’re wrong. Consumers have no choice in regards to destination charges. It’s on the invoice. I spent 40 years in the business, I know. If, you buy a new vehicle. You will pay destination charges. The only choice is to buy or not buy.
Thank you for confirming my comment! As I mentioned, customers can choose BEFORE they purchase as to whether the destination charges make sense, and as you mentioned so eloquently, the ‘only choice is to buy or not to buy,’ which is the timeframe BEFORE they purchase. I think we don’t give customers enough credit as to their willingness to be suckered away from the true ‘net’ value of their purchase, which is agreed upon price (including destination), less available rebates…
On the issue of actual destination costs, yes every manufacturer averages their shipping costs across their actual destinations, so as to eliminate unique shipping costs for every dealer, for every unique body style, etc. If an actual ‘specific vehicle to specific location’ approach were to be deployed, then for Chevy alone, there would be 1,5 million unique destination charges (500 diff body styles * 3000 Chevy dealers)
On a final note, I’ve shipped a few vehicles across the US for personal reasons, and in most cases, its way north of a $1000. Bottom line is that GM is not really different from the other OEM’s, and this class action suit is like most…attorney’s looking for those gullible enough.
Glad to see someone else who’s been in the business a long time…
Cry babbies. What happened to if you don’t like the charges you go down the road and buy from someone else. You go over the sale conditions prior to you signing your name. Sorry individuals with no common sense lead on by ruthless lawyers who would sell their own mothers down the road for an extra buck. Ain’t America great?
Would make a great selling point by a manufacturer. “We do not charge a shipping fee”.
It’s all lawyers, cry babies, idiots … and semantics.
When I buy a car, I have one concern: the “out the door” price.
It doesn’t matter what the dealer or the manufacturer calls the various components of that price.
Would these clowns feel better if the dealers pulled the same stunt that advertisers on TV do?
“FREE!!! Brand new 2022 Cadillac!!! (Customer responsible for S&H charges only). BUT WAIT!!! THERE’S MORE!!! First 100 callers get a SECOND 2022 CADILLAC FOR FREE!!! (just pay separate S&H charges).”
If the Cadillacs are “free,” you can guess that the S&H charges are gonna be somewhere north of $100,000. And you have to take that second Caddy.
I know what I want. I know what I am willing to pay for it.
I don’t care what the dealer paid the manufacturer. I don’t care about the hold back or the dealer incentive or the dealer’s electric light bill.
He has to cover all his costs, make a profit, and feed his family.
I have to cover my expenses, and feed my family.
If the dealer and I can agree on a price that satisfies the needs of us both, we’ve got a deal.
Case closed.
Old Bryan,
Former salesman, sales manager, minority partner, and sole proprietor.
That is all fine then just be transparent and ”include” it in the base msrp since all vehicles have the same charge if it needs to be transported 2 miles or 2000 miles.
Pick up a Corvette for Museum delivery like I did in 2008, from the plant across the street, and pay $895. Now that was pure profit.
And that was your choice. Just like lottery tickets are a voluntary tax.
How do you sign up for the class action law suit
I would like to get a hold of that lawyer to but no one Seems to know what law group has the case
Shipping the car is like
shipping any other product. As the seller, you can choose to charge the actual cost, a set cost, or even ship for free. The constant adjustment of rebates on vehicles I’m sure takes the actual cost of shipping a vehicle into account.
Destination charges should be included in the price, not a additional fee. Dealerships tend to slip that in after the negotiation. Do you see a Destination fee for a appliance or other items you buy at a store? Dealers should have a set price instead of going through the haggling process. Tesla revolutionized the buying process and it is a much better experience.
They are on the window sticker,the issue is the oems overcharge for extra profit and are not based on reality.
Actually, dealerships do not charge a destination fee normally. It’s billed to them and on the window sticker set by the manufacturer.
Profit on shipping is not a new concept. A company I worked for marked up standard shipping rates, and made an extra 100-200K per year profit on shipping. If businesses sold everything at cost they would go out of business. The company I worked for tried that as well (low margin, high volume) and almost went out of business.
Try shipping a car with a reputable transport company and see what it will cost you. Odds are it will be on par with the delivery charge GM adds to their vehicles.
This lawsuit is absurd. If you don’t like the delivery charges, don’t buy a GM vehicle. Compare the delivery charges at GM with the other automakers. They aren’t drastically different. Things cost money. Prices are rising for most goods and services. That’s just how it goes.
Might as well sue all of the dealers charging $300-$600 “documentation fees”. That is pure profit too for something that should be covered by the profit they make on the sale. Oh wait, buyers don’t want dealers to make any profit either.
If a customer of mine wants a receipt I am going to start charging them a $
Considering dealers are NOTORIOUS for ripping customers off by overselling features on a car, scaring customers into repairing things on a car that don’t need repaired and so on they don’t deserve that profit.
While I despise Tesla the one thing I am grateful for is their push to stick it to corrupt dealerships.
Dealers already got sued about doc fees, and that’s why nearly every state has laws on how they are advertised and disclosed, if not limited.
Anyone can hire a transport trucker to take their vehicle across country for about $600. It’s done everyday and in large volumes. We have sold vehicles to folks 3,000 miles away and the charge has been about $600 to $900 but not over.
So maybe GM is attempting to cover their administrative fee’s for management of the group who deal with transportation vs. cover that administration in the retail price of the vehicle.
The company’s that have the contracts are teamsters,probably in the uaw agreement so if they get into a tif with the oems no vehicles will be delivered.
Tesla is charging $1125 to $2250, plus a documentation fee in addition to their advertised prices…
Doc fees are almost always regulated by state law, so they have an out on that.
not in my state,most of the rip-off dealers are at $399 and the sad thing about it back in the day they charged $0 they copied IL.which now caps those at $160
I’m in the transportation industry (car hauler) I’ve seen the prices for destination charges go up,yet the manufacturer’s continue to pay us less each year,the prices we are getting is 35-40% less than we were making around 2010-2012 yet the price of fuel and insurance continues to skyrocket.
Nail them bastards for their deceitful charges!
Nothing deceitful about it. It’s on the window sticker. It’s your choice. Buy the vehicle or leave.
I say everybody buying a new car to stop when they get to that point and walk out.
Waste there time not yours.
Tell them as you walk out to talk to there manager about losing the purchases.
A good portion of you play tough like they do and this charge would go away.
They pay it and you will pay it. They will let you walk on destination charges. In this market, consider yourself lucky to get anything off of the sticker. Most dealers are starting to add market adjustments to the window sticker. Thanks to the microchip shortage and yes people are paying it or they leave.
Definitely don’t ever buy from a dealer named AutoNation Chevrolet north.
They found a way to screw me out of 5000 dollars.
They sold me a non working vehicle when I returned it before the 3 days are up and they would not take it back as a return.
So I eventually had to buy something since they had no inventory when I went back.
There also about to get sued for there actions to sell a broken vehicle knowingly just so the only way out of it is to upgrade which cost me 10000 more.
Scumbags and all Autonation dealerships do this to there customers.
You better make sure you love a vehicle,a hours or overnight test drive etc. return it and you will get screwed on a different one.
Um did they not read the prices and contract when they bought the car. These prices are nothing new, and with the way things are wouldn’t suprises me if they go up again. Kinda sounds like they’re just trying to get a quick buck. Hell I think I paid just over 400 for my Motorcycle.
The big three…. tom DICK and harry…. and lots of suckers
Most class action cases are about the buck. The winners in most class action lawsuits are the plaintiff lawyers and the court system. Once all of the legal fees are paid at a 1 to 1 ratio, the class members divide up whats left which individually amounts to very little. Almost worthless amounts.
Hey Amazon, are you reading and listening ??
This is a great , new business model that is right up your alley !!
Sell the vehicle online, pick it up from the plant, drive it directly to the customer, let the owner take it to the Dealer for Service.
Simple, No destination fees and no Dealer PREP cost.
And soon no Dealers !!!! Perfect.
Well I know back in the day they never did charge the buyer for the color of the vehicle it was in with the car you could buy two cars with the same thing in each car and being different colors and the price would be the same now if you wanted air conditioner or power windows and seat’s that was extra but they never charged for the color like they do now which is a big rip off for the consumers
Stay away from pearl colors and you won’t pay extra. They have an extra coat of paint.
Doc fees are ABSURD! The clerk that takes five minutes to type your name on the title transfer would have to be making several thousand dollars per hour to justify the charges!
Hauled cars for 33 yrs. in the late 50’s of recall the big 3 were starting to form their own transportation divisions. This got the attention of Congress which started a monopoly investigation that’s when the window sticker and transportation charge appeared. Congress and the Big 3 came to agreement that if they stopped forming Transportation divisions. They could charge for all transportation cost meaning everything delivered to make the vehicle and delivery of vehicle. The window sticker is officially called a Maroney sticker after the Senator that brokered the deal. The auto transport companies do not receive the whole amount.
I bought a GM Encore in 2018 and another one in 2019. Can I get that money back since they shouldn’t have charge me with that fee??
No free lunch in America ! If they don’t charge a freight fee, they will just add to car price !
Ummmmmm…. here’s an idea.
You agreed to that when you bought it.
You didn’t have to buy it.
So, what’s the problem here?
If you are trying to explain away the fee, then consider those that paid destination fees – only to pick up their car down the street from the actual plant it was built at… I’ll wait. They had two options buy or not. The system has to have checks and balances of fairness, & that’s not one ($895 to drive across the street)…smh.
They do make a helluva car tho!
C8 strong. #V3TT3D
To the guy that said he worked 40 yrs. In the business, I think he worked in the detail department, I worked also in the business in sales and in management, and EVERYTHING is negotiable, of the destination fee is included in the invoice means NOTHING, YOU CAN BUY A CAR BELOW INVOICE. just saying.
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They probably write shipping off as a tax write off then charge you the fee anyway.
Actual shipping fees of course are a write off,and fees collected are gross income.
Maybe GM should I have two options. we’ll ship it to the dealer of your choice, here’s the cost or you can arrange your own shipping from our factory.
The greedy lawyers will get millions and each consumer gets $50.00. I can’t stand class action lawsuits. There needs to be reform on them.
I hate the high destinationn charges, but….. Show me the law where it says you can’t make money off shipping…. This is a nothing burger.
I fully agree with paying a destination charge if I have ordered a specific vehicle from another dealer and or the manufacturer directly, but if I go walk up to a lot and buy a vehicle on display what it cost them to get that vehicle delivered is not my problem and we should not have to cover a baked in cost for dealerships and if it’s not a baked in cost than it should be.
Do you people on here whining work for free??? Do you ever go to work and say hey it’s on me this month…. If you don’t like paying profit then keep what you got…. Gm does not have a steeple on top of it factory…. Quit being stupid profit makes the world go around.. Try working for free for a year then get on here and cry
In my opinion they all need to be sued for their dishonest practices. They make a profit on the car itself, why do they need to add on shipping and document fees for profit? They could sell more cars if the cost wasn’t so high with all their added on fees and jacked up prices.
I purchased a new 2018 Chevy Cruze in NY 3 years ago and paid a $995.00 destination fee. How can I find out if I’m eligible to be included in the class action lawsuit?
My father picked up his brand new 1962 Studebaker Lark Station Wagon at the plant in South Bend, IN. Not only were there no destination charges, they gave us a plant tour and lunch. Why can’t we do that now?
This doesn’t bother me as much dealers charging Excessive Doc. Fees. They are paying title people anyway. Most Doc. fees in Florida are $500 – $900. There is a Dealer of several brands in Cocoa, Fl. Their Doc fees are $1,200. And they charge over $200 for a pin stripping fee. Whether you want it or not.
If you think you have found the best deal,tell them you like it better without the pinstripe you can take off the vehicle,they will not charge you or remove it,it cost them next to nothing.
Amc manufactured in Kenosha , Wi. did the same thing. Treated you like Royalty.
So the delivery “charge” will be changed to delivery “fee”. The real bandits are Dealers Fee, Document Fee, Electronic filing fee, registration fee. Soon they’ll add restroom fees to keep them clean😩.
+a free coffee fee
I’m sure the cost will do down when GM requires all transports trucks to be electric.
i flew to st louis in 1965 to pick up my new corvette at the factory and still had to pay the shipping charges. the truck driver’s union have a lot of power
I’ve been in the trucking industry for over 50 years. The manufacturer doesn’t pay us that way. They pay by distance.
the same size car if is shipped all the way across the country or across the street from the factory the shipping charges are the same.
Very simple to rectify this matter. Negotiate an “out-the-door” price. Then they back out the destination charge and those ridiculous document fees to make the final price match what you agreed to pay.
One of the many reasons that gM is loosing sales. This is another scam to steal from customers.
“GM customer for life. Lol. “
Once gM screws over a customer they don’t return.
Lets talk about a REAL CLASS ACTION that should be started!!!!
CPO….dealer lies, corp lies. I have proof.
Anybody interested????
Contact me
I paid $500 from cherry Hill rite over the bridge to Philadelphia its a 17min drive .I got a 2020 chevy spark
I purchased a used car in my hometown and I was charged $1000 for paper work, what a RIP off
I need a new career I have been filling DMV forms for 45yrs.
Just purchased a 2021 C8 Corvette and paid the nearly $1,000 fee to pick it up at the National Corvette Museum, less than 1 mile form the assembly plant. And my local Chevy dealer in CA insisted on charging a “dealer destination fee” of nearly $2,000 on top of the NCM fee! When the car was never even transported cross country to my dealer! (I am personally driving it home, cross country). When I protested to the local dealer and to GM, and each kept passing the buck to the other. And the only choices were to pay the fee or walk away form a vehicle I had ordered 16 months earlier…and allow the dealer to sell it at their huge +$20,000 over sticker mark up, like the 3 they had sitting in their showroom at the time. Charging ANY delivery fee fo something that is not delivered is THEFT and FRAUD, regardless of the AMOUNT you charge.
Take the dishonest dealer to court.
What a surprise general motors gouging his customers, and it’s hilarious to see some of the comments here that call the lawsuit absurd they’re either GM employees, heavy-duty stockholders,or involved in transport companies,all in all the chargers are ridiculous and if you’re comparing them the other manufacturers just as big of crooks in this arena as general motors. Wait till they start delivering the electric cars, another cash cow.
All manufactures have a delivery charge, everyone. Even Amazon, cost $120 a year times 100 million subscribers.
I bought a 2018 chevy cruze back in Nov of 2020 it was posted for 13,000 plus and I put down $ 4000.00 and my pay off was $ 14,790 how can that be? My husband and I talk about it it cost us about $18,000 we do not know what to do?
Bad credit? high apr? review your loan papers
Darren, Used vehicle loans pay a higher rate of interest. Get a used car loan from your bank, credit union, etc. New car dealers and nation wide dealers like CarMax will be a little higher, use car lots, they’ll take your arm off.
As said before, your credit rating is a determining factor. You took out a $9,000 loan and will pay out additional $5,790 dollars of interest over the term of the contract. The longer the payoff time, more interest is paid. When you signed for a loan, a full disclosure should have been presented to you at the time of sale. It would have had monthly payment amount, months of the loan, the interest rate, and the total interest paid out for the life of the loan.
Very high interest rate and paying the minimum, unfortunately this is how and why you see so many people getting up side down on cars. There normally is away to see how much you’ll pay in interest for the life of the loan.
I had a 19 Silverado and sold it back to dealership and made a profit.
I’m not ever going to again buy a 30k 40k 50k vehicle and be in debt just to look cool to strangers and people.
I’m going to work hard for me and not vehicle manufacturers, dealerships and loan companies
I am a GM retiree, I buy GM autos with an employee discount, and I am an owner of GM stocks. VERY VERY HAPPY to see the stock price go up over the last year!! So I guest I pay a little extra on delivery charges, if that helps the stock price, I am ok with it, but I do understand the complaints from GM customers
I’ve always thought the destination fee was just a way to get more money out of you other businesses ship their goods to their stores so you can buy them and they eat the cost.
I purchased a 2018 Malibu and a 2019 equinox I was charged a fee on both vehicles back in 2018
Could someone post the info/link on how to join this class action suit?
We bought a car paid cash still got charged for paperwork and destination fees the kicker is because we didn’t have a trade in something they could make money on we couldn’t get the rebate or any money off the car which I thought when you paid cash and bought the car the price would be a little lower but not in the state of Illinois
Cash is not king when buying a vehicle financing is,if your credit is excellent next time tell them you want to sign and drive and do not squawk about the interest rate only the bottom line price of the vehicle,the dealer will think they are making it up on the financing end and then call the financing company in a week and tell them you changed your mind about financing and do an online transfer or mail a check
After reading all the comments for and against the class action suit – I don’t think it’s about business not taking care of a profit it’s about when it turns into an abuse that marks up such fees at will. That would be – oh wait that is what they are doing so maybe it is what corrupt & it should be looked into and unfortunately unless you sue nothing changes.
I would like to know where to sign up.
Regarding the documentation fee, an expert on the internet who has been in the new car selling business for years says you shouldn’t pay more than $40 or $50. Why? Because it takes less than 5 minutes for the dealership to fill out the form. It’s a ripoff and is negotiable. The dealer will not lose a sale over this fee, so tell him no more than $50 or you’ll walk.
In my state everyone ”must pay the same price” so you have to try to make it up on the big end.
Aside from Tesla, i can’t recall any manufacturer using that in Europe.
Here, the price you see, and pay at a dealer is the total cost (minus insurance) you will pay, it includes everything including taxes.
WYSIWYP (What You See Is What You Pay)
Includes whatever cars GM sell here.
FYI, ask any car transport company how much to haul a car from CA to NY. Likely they will respond with $600 to $900 depending on the transport company. Folks ship cars all the time and they ship them out of the country too, especially muscle cars to Europe which includes the sea transport.
I’d like to think there are reduced costs for the volume that auto makers have so what auto makers actually pay isn’t likely anything close to $600 if they have a contract with a few carriers.
Transport fee’s are not a problem if they are reasonable so apparently someone didn’t think they got a good deal. What’s interesting is, when you buy a car, do you actually pay the window sticker price plus? I’d hope NO so good luck in suggesting you over paid on transportation as anyone could simply say, “we sold it for less than sticker so, we didn’t charge them for transport” and they bought the vehicle.
I was told once in the business that it was GM’s goal (and presumably other manufacturers’ as well) to keep shipping costs at 50% of the destination charge, leaving the other 50% for profit.
But, so what, who cares? GM makes profit selling vehicles, that is no surprise. On GM’s side, I don’t see why it’s such a benefit to inflate the destination charge vs increasing the dealer invoice and MSRP prices (other than in some isolated ways being able to “advertise” a lower price when destination is not included, but are those ways that significant?). And on the customers’ side, I don’t see why they care if they pay more markup in the destination charge vs in the vehicle price outside of destination (MSRP, invoice, GMS, whatever). Seems like both sides shouldn’t really care. But GM must think there is enough value in whatever advertising exists of price without destination included to make worthwhile to do it this way. OK, that’s GM’s excuse. What is the customers’ excuse for caring which way the markup is structured? I don’t see one. Misleading advertising? Come on, that seems like a stretch here.
This one reason why people are turning away from General Motors products. Over the last few years, General Motors has made blunders. Case in point the Camaro has been experiencing lack luster sales. Would you not think that someone would redesign the car. No instead they continue to churn the same product. I personally like the Camaro, but this is just me. General Motors get your act together.
From what we understand many shippers quit shipping for them. Assumption of non payment from GM to the shippers.
Too many “off topic” comments. The story is about a class action suit regarding inflated dealer shipping / destination charges. Not about your specific opinions on up-charges for special car colors and and various and sundry fees for purchasing your vehicle.
Richard, your so right. Destination charges are
Increasing exponentially. To purchase a new vechile.so it is a choice to buy or not to buy. A new vechile that deappreaces as soon as its driven off the dealerships lot. I personally have only purchased new vechiles at Chevrolets dealerships, My last was a used 2014 black Silverado with 28,000 miles and had every option leather seats. Rineo bed lining. For 27 000.00 I was trading in my Florida purchased 2006 Chevy Silverado 2×2 which also a crew cab. Buying used I realized I WASNT paying a destination charge. That my purchase WASNT GOING to deappreciate leaving the lot or dealership.
This is the same greedy company that took billions in taxpayers bailouts money and never paid it back, only to in return take many of their assembly plants to Mexico and China. We have now Cadillacs being imported in to the US coming from China. All these car manufacturers get immense amounts of government incentives and tax cuts to have them greedy basstards take advantage of their customers with their delivery fees scheme, when the delivery should be obviously included already in their ridiculous high prices. What’s next? Are we going to be charged now extra for delivery charges for everything that obviously needs to be transported to each single store in existence in every corner too, on top of the product cost? I bet they’ve made trillions already on delivery fees alone since they charged the first delivery fee aeons ago and I bet they claim those as non taxable income/charges in their end. Greedy pos. They should have never bailed them out.
Um, you should actually do some research first. GM paid all the money back a few years ago. Ford actually is the one that still owes the most
Oh my God your seriously complaining about $895 dollars added to a $60,000 dollar Corvette?? And $1800 added to an Escalade? UPS where I work rips people off all the time… I once almost payed $70 or $80 dollars to ship a letter 2nd day air… A 2 pound letter! I also saw someone pay $200 dollars because of the weight of the package! Let’s say your car goes from CA to NJ that’s across the country on possibly trucks, trains… Wake up people the the truck and train driver don’t work for free and I am sure there business makes a healthy profit. This is every auto maker out there so they should sue everyone from GM to Kia then. If your going to buy the Escalade aka the four wheeled Titanic then please don’t complain about $1800 dollars. 🙄
Yeah exactly… Americancitizen probably buys Hyundais and Kias thinking they are great cars look online beyond Consumer reports and see how bad these cars really are the complaining is miles high… But you see that in mainstream media. Also GM payed back all of these borrowed money unlike Chrysler who got bought buy a foreign company… Ha Chrysler corp more junk cars with horrible recalls, resale values, and reliability. I will either but GM or Honda at least I know I can keep the car for 10 years.
This is the same greedy company that took billions in taxpayers bailouts money and never paid it back, only to in return take many of their assembly plants to Mexico and China. We now have Cadillacs being imported in to the US coming from China. All these car manufacturers get immense amounts of government incentives and tax cuts to have them greedy basstardss take advantage of their customers with their delivery fees scheme, when the delivery should be included already in their ridiculous high prices. What’s next? Are we going to be charged now extra for delivery charges for everything that obviously needs to be transported to each single store in existence in every corner too, on top of the already marked product cost? I bet they’ve made trillions already on delivery fees alone since they charged the first delivery fee aeons ago and I bet they claim those as non taxable income/tax write off charges on their (rear)end. Greedy pos. They should have never bailed them out.
Cry babbies. What happened to if you don’t like the charges you go down the road and buy from someone else. You go over the sale conditions prior to you signing your name. Sorry individuals with no common sense lead on by ruthless lawyers who would sell their own mothers down the road for an extra buck. Ain’t America great?
Our local Toyota dealer wanted a $700 doc fee on top of destination fees…good gig if you can find it.
Inflation is not a good benchmark. In this case the rise in fuel costs would probably reflect the increase more accurately. But yes if they do actually make a large profit off these fees on the total balance of vehicles at the end of the day then the lawsuit may be justified. It all depends on where the surplus funds from a given year from these fees goes. Does it go out as profit or is it put back into the account responsible for paying the destination costs to help offset expenses.
I haven’t had an opportunity to read all the comments yet but of if hasn’t been mentioned yet, the Dealer does pick up a few hundred dollars in extra profit from delivery charges.
Gm and the dealership gets you every time, with their hidden tickets.😮😡