CT Document fee negotiable?

I have been quoted 795 dollars for document fee or dealer convenience fee for purchasing a car out there. I thought it was a bit steep because CA document fees are only 85 dollars. Does anyone know if it is negotiable?

Any high recommended brokers out that area too? Greenwich CT

@AP919 is from close by in upstate NYC, @Bostoncarconcierge knows NE better than anyone else.

What you shopping for Calvin?

Doc fees are capped at 995 in MA as an example - dealers charge anywhere from 399-995.

CT may be the same

NY has a capped doc fee at like $95 last I read. Not sure if still the case

The fees are usually stated everywhere on their websites and paperwork - They’re non-negotiable (insert comments below from the one guy on this site who negotiated it after water boarding the sales manager Guantanamo style and is now banned from the store)

Greenwich is prob top 1-5 wealthiest regions in the entire country so they can charge whatever they want :slight_smile:

Begs the question…what kind of car?? I’m calling Porsche

The doc fee as a line item is never going to be negotiable. It will be on every single one of their contracts and the $$$ listed on that line item will always be the same.

What you can and should do is negotiate the selling price to achieve the OTD total you want, including all line items.

There is no cap on doc fees in CT, so it is up to whatever dealer you are working with. The fee may not be negotiable, but that doesn’t mean you can’t press for further discount on the car itself. My last two CT leases were in the $500 doc fee range with MB and Audi, in Greenwich, so a fee that high must be a higher end brand or based on dealing with you as an out of state purchase.

My money is still on Porsche!

Do you know someone that the Porsche store? Haha

Ha! I knew it.

I do not-

If anyone does it’s prob @fredyge94

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My boy Dylan works at Greenwich Porsche.

I can’t imagine buying a Porsche, in Greenwich, and trying to negotiate a doc fee.

That’s just me but I feel like they’d laugh me out of the store

Doc fees are not capped in Massachusetts

A quick search corroborates your story but it’s always different than anything I’ve ever heard pre broker to broker days

I will follow up

Sorry, I was attempting to take some time off this weekend… which never happened.

I don’t live upstate, but it’s fine. :). $795 can be pretty standard in CT. Doc fees aren’t low there. I think I paid $695 for my parents’ V60CC, but the discount on it was good enough that I didn’t care, plus they let me go way back of A-plan. So, as long as everything else compensates for the higher doc fee, it’s not necessarily unreasonable. But yes, $800 can often be found in CT. Offhand, I think I’ve seen that there for Audi.

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