I guess advertisers think we are all f***ing stupid

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I have come across several ads online lately with teasers like “you won’t believe how beautiful the new Dodge Ram is”, or “you won’t believe how amazing the new Chevy Silverado” is. In each example, they have a picture of an amazing looking vehicle, and you think wow I’d like buy one of those. And if you click on the site, you get taken to a website where they just want to sell you a plain old Ram or Silverado truck, and the vehicle looks nothing like the concept vehicle in the picture. I guess they think we are stupid. Don’t tease me with, “look at this amazing vehicle you can buy” and then just try to sell me a regular vehicle. Personally, no matter how much I like a product, I refuse to purchase something when a company stoops to false advertising.
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That has been going on a long time. Dealer brings in a top-of-the-line, halo vehicle to draw in your attention, and then redirect you to something you can actually afford.
 
Yunick13 said:
That has been going on a long time. Dealer brings in a top-of-the-line, halo vehicle to draw in your attention, and then redirect you to something you can actually afford.
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Oh, I hear you, but in this case they are using pictures of concept cars. I just think that is a bit shady.

MDchanic said:
You click on banner ads on web pages???

– Eric
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Usually not, but I wanted to see the "New and amazingly beautiful Ram Pickup" It looked a lot like a plain old 2024.
 
Yunick13 said:
That has been going on a long time. Dealer brings in a top-of-the-line, halo vehicle to draw in your attention, and then redirect you to something you can actually afford.
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My niece's father in law bought one of those the week after it arrived at the small town dealer. On display in the one car showroom, he saw it and decided to buy it. The dealer was hoping to keep it for a few months to draw showroom traffic, but was asked "Do you want to sell it or not?" He decided he did.

Now with 18,000 miles, the triple black 1972 Road Runner GTX 440 is a true survivor. Always garaged, it's not perfect, but it's nice. The original owner, now 75, still has it.
 
Also, if I'm not mistaken, I believe that the entire world of "advertising," and certainly the world of internet advertising, is based on the scientifically proven fact that most people are, in fact, f***ing stupid.

– Eric
 
What really frosts my balls is when going to a dealer, and looking at a vehicle and it has a "market adjustment" sticker price. Saw one a few months ago that had a MA price 30% over sticker MSRP. Are people really stupid enough to pay this ripoff? How about the "dealer fee"? I went shopping for a late model used car a couple of years ago. agreed on price and had the sales person write up the contract. The first thing I did was cross out the $850 dealer fee. I was told that is added to every sale. Said "not this one" and got up and walked out the door. Before I got out the parking lot my phone rang "we can waive that charge" come on back. There were a couple of other things where I got what I wanted, by my willing to walk out the door. If you can't get the deal you want, be willing to walk away. Even at the end, when paying. The dealer said they couldn't/wouldn't accept payment using a credit card. I got up and walked out the door. The next day I was back (after they called) and used two "cash back" cards. When the card statement came, I did a balance transfer to different cards that had no interest for 18 months, and the cash back of the first cards equaled the transfer fee. So free financing for 18 months.
What law says you have to buy on their terms?
 
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Before you go shopping for anything I suggest you take the little pill with the big story to tell. It won’t help with the shipping, but it will certainly make you as happy as the folks on that commercial. And dance? Oh, will you be dancing!
 
I liked the rendition of the elcamino with the buick encore front end.

That looked like a cool vehicle.

Not real, though.

It was all over FxBO for several months just a while ago.

Gone now.
 
Charrlie_S said:
What really frosts my balls is when going to a dealer, and looking at a vehicle and it has a "market adjustment" sticker price. Saw one a few months ago that had a MA price 30% over sticker MSRP. Are people really stupid enough to pay this ripoff? How about the "dealer fee"? I went shopping for a late model used car a couple of years ago. agreed on price and had the sales person write up the contract. The first thing I did was cross out the $850 dealer fee. I was told that is added to every sale. Said "not this one" and got up and walked out the door. Before I got out the parking lot my phone rang "we can waive that charge" come on back. There were a couple of other things where I got what I wanted, by my willing to walk out the door. If you can't get the deal you want, be willing to walk away. Even at the end, when paying. The dealer said they couldn't/wouldn't accept payment using a credit card. I got up and walked out the door. The next day I was back (after they called) and used two "cash back" cards. When the card statement came, I did a balance transfer to different cards that had no interest for 18 months, and the cash back of the first cards equaled the transfer fee. So free financing for 18 months.
What law says you have to buy on their terms?
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Could not agree more with this, I am almost exactly the same way. I have no qualms about walking away from the sale unless I get my terms. The "dealer fee", or sometimes it is called "processing fee" is nothing but a bullshit charge designed to make extra cash for the dealer. Last time I bought from a dealer they tried to tell me that the fee was for registering the lien on the vehicle. Ha! First off, that is part of doing business, secondly it doesn't exist, and finally, I was paying cash for the vehicle! I got as far as the door before the general manager came out and apologized.
 
Charrlie_S said:
What really frosts my balls is when going to a dealer, and looking at a vehicle and it has a "market adjustment" sticker price. Saw one a few months ago that had a MA price 30% over sticker MSRP. Are people really stupid enough to pay this ripoff? How about the "dealer fee"? I went shopping for a late model used car a couple of years ago. agreed on price and had the sales person write up the contract. The first thing I did was cross out the $850 dealer fee. I was told that is added to every sale. Said "not this one" and got up and walked out the door. Before I got out the parking lot my phone rang "we can waive that charge" come on back. There were a couple of other things where I got what I wanted, by my willing to walk out the door. If you can't get the deal you want, be willing to walk away. Even at the end, when paying. The dealer said they couldn't/wouldn't accept payment using a credit card. I got up and walked out the door. The next day I was back (after they called) and used two "cash back" cards. When the card statement came, I did a balance transfer to different cards that had no interest for 18 months, and the cash back of the first cards equaled the transfer fee. So free financing for 18 months.
What law says you have to buy on their terms?
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I worked at a dealership for a dozen years (not in sales) and the last thing the sales staff want's to see is you walking out the door. That instantly puts you in charge of the sale and they sure don't like that. I lost count of how many times I heard the sales manager say "don't let them walk". As a buyer, that's the best thing you can do.
 
Another thing about advertising that's been the last handful of years that pisses me off (all advertising not just car commercials) is when I'm watching something and it goes to commercials I flip the channel. Guess what. No matter what other channel I choose THEY are also on a commercial. W T F? Talk about collusion, monopoly, etc
I thought these channels were competing for out attention..... Yet every one knows when every other one goes to a damn commercial.
 
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