Paying for Options You Don’t Want?
Posted on November 21, 2010
Filed Under Consumer Protection, Corporate Greed
The car buying process is hard enough and it does not matter if you are buying a car from Orlando Chevrolet or anywhere else for that matter. The process is time consuming, frustrating, confusing, and down right expensive. One of the biggest complaints that car shoppers make about their experience at places like Connecticut Acura is about the optional feature packages. Many of us are on fairly tight budgets right now, but at the same time you have to understand the value of having a new car that is reliable. So when shoppers visit Honda CT and find their perfect car, it can be even more confusing and frustrating to learn that you really can not have everything you want.
After you have been driving for a few years and have driven a few vehicles, you get a sense of the features you absolutely must have, the features you would love to have but can not afford, and the features you could care less about! Many car dealerships have resorted to “value meal” type of package menus; you pick a package and get everything that is listed. There are no more individual “side dishes” that you can tack on to your vehicle purchase. Not all brands have resorted to this method of packaging out their optional features, but some buyers are beyond frustrated with the practice.
Sometimes it can be convenient to bundle some items. Many brands offer a “power package” which will include your power locks, windows, automatic transmission, and power mirrors. Those items are fairly standard and many consumers have come to expect that to already be included with the base model. Other packages might be called “Technology” or “Entertainment.” These will bundle your convenience features like dual-zone climate control, sun roof, auto life gate, power seats, in-dash navigation, and back seat entertainment. The dilemma and frustration comes into play when you want three out of the five options listed, but are stuck paying for features you really don’t want.
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