Was trying to negotiate a lease deal and the Maryland dealer insisted there is a $995 freight fee in addition to the $995 destination/acquisition fee. Is that correct? Both the Leasehackr and the app Leasematic don’t have an entry besides Acquisition fee. And since my deal fell apart due to this extra $995, I want to know if the dealer is right. Since this cost wasn’t in the fields for the calculators, it threw off my target monthly payments. Had I known, I would have pushed for another 1000 off the msrp to account for this freight charge.
Would love to hear from experienced folks on what is right and any tips for getting them to waive it.
Freight is on the window sticker, I think dealers in Maryland do this weird thing where they back it out of the price so they can advertise a cheaper price, they just add it back in later. Just ask for a lease sheet for a full breakdown
True. Thats like a new level of low.
OP since the price on deal sheet is still off than Volvo site build, have you checked maybe they have some odd $795 protection package forced upon ?
So the MSRP includes the destination charge of $995. See pic from Volvo site. Msrp is $200 difference because I’m looking at 2019 and the website shows only 2020.
Second pic is the breakdown by dealer. The msrp which includes the destination charge is there, plus a 995 freight charge and a 995 acquisition fee. Is that normal? So to me it looks like 3 $995 charges.
What do you all think? I want to know what’s right so for future deals, I can adjust my calculator accordingly.
So just to be clear, destination and freight charge are the same and acquisition charge is a separate charge? The dealer made it seem those three are different charges, to justify charging $995 three times. See the docs for the price breakdown of msrp and the dealer’s lease worksheet.
Let me know you if all agree and I should call out the dealer on this BS. I walked out today of the shop and was gonna close the deal on Oct 31 and now the RV, etc have changed since it’s now Nov 1. This is my first time trying to hack a lease and I’m pretty annoyed about this, granted I knew it would be some shenanigans. Love this community!
Yes. Acquisition fees is charged by the bank, however it can be marked up by dealer. If others can confirm, i think standard Volvo acq fees is 695 and is almost always marked up to 995 by dealers.