"Butch Haynes" <Butch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "babbler" <spock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking to buy a used CRV from a Honda dealer and wondered if
anyone
>> reading this group has had any success not paying the various fees?
(also
>> what are the fees)
>>
>> All price offers seem to have the magical + + beside it and an "admin
>> fee" usually in the $350 range from the various dealer****ps have
visited.
>> Anyone argued successfully that they won't pay any fee beyond the
>> purchase Price?
>>
>>
>> - buyer
>
> I always tell the guy I won't pay those ridiculous $295 or $395 fees--
> especially the "Administrative" and "Title" ones. The dealer says those
> are for all the work they have to do to get the title and the fees they
> have to pay. They also tell you-- sorry, the fee is already printed on
the
> form.
>
> I take my pen and draw a line through it, initial the cross out and
say--
> there, now it's gone.
>
> In Georgia where I live, if you take the MSO form to the county title
> office, fill out a one page form, pay them $15---they mail you the title
> in about 2-3 weeks. After your check clears, the dealer is obligated to
> give you the MSO. Don't loose it though-- you'll really have a problem
> titling the car until you replace it and that is a real hassle...
>
Oops-- didn't real OP carefully enough. There's no MSO with a used car.
Just
get the old title that's been properly sighed on the back-- same deal at
the
title office.


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