Originally posted by Racer X 69 I don't get this regional adjustment business.
Is a 'regional adjustment' fee similar to 'shipping and handling costs' ....we had in the past...when say we were 10 years old in the early '60's and ordered an Ant Farm or another product...a 'Sea Monkey'...or something else...from the back page advertisement of the comic book we were reading.
The product would be $ 2.95...plus may be an additional $ 2.95 for shipping and handling. Shipping costs are straightforward...a known cost...but 'handling' is where the money is made. Ahhh...maybe I'm too cynical.
'Regional Adjustment' in my opinion, sounds like a new term for ' handling'...who really knows what 'handling' entails...if we don't know what it entails...how are we to know what ;handling; costs.
Regional adjustment...does that mean that it's going to cost more to ship..and handle...for a new car to get to Nome, Alaska...as opposed to St. Paul, Minnesota when it's made in Detroit ? Probably...but is there an additional regional adjustment worked into this regional adjustment ? I don't know and I think more transparency in explaining in some detail...not lawyer detail...but common sense detail of what additional fees are.
A work colleague back in the '90's bought a new Honda CRX . The dealer said that there would be additional documentation fees and car preparation fees. The car preparation fees would be..if my memory is correct/....another $ 350. My colleague has a PhD. in Mathematics...but even so...is still pretty good with addition, division, subtraction and multiplication. She said my understanding is that the cars come from the factory...ready to go. There may be some plastic covering the seats and the car maybe dusty so a car wash is needed...and maybe the oil and other fluid levels maybe checked.
She asked the sales manager what else is there and she indicated that she would be surprised if whoever did these tasks would be paid much more than minimum wage. She added that when she divides the preparation costs by minimum wage, she comes out to about 17 hours needed to prepare the car. She said she wanted to watch her car being prepared so would book off 2 days from her job, so she could watch the dealer employee slave away for 17 hours 'preparing her new car.
The dealer waived the prep costs, as I suppose they were in a generous mood. Point being...one has to be careful when it comes to additional costs.
I've been told I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box..so what do I know.