Four California car dealers accused of deception settle with FTC

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Four California car dealers accused of deception settle with FTC

“I can’t sell a car to two different people for the same price,” he said. “It’s a cushion because you can’t advertise a car only for people with an excellent profile.”

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-four-california-car-dealers-deceived-consumers-with-ads-says-ftc-20140109,0,7869329.story#ixzz2pwIhkst6

Thats funny stuff! :)

[dandarc]

I wonder if it would be possible to run a cash-only used car lot?  Then it would be easy to charge two customers the same price for the car.  Might be a limited market but I bet you could keep costs down.  Even if someone wanted financing, they could always go to a bank themselves and bring in a check.

[Jamesqf]

Or they could just advertise the cash price of the cars, instead of garbage like "Only $XXX per month" (for an unspecified number of months).

[dragoncar]

Or they could just advertise the cash price of the cars, instead of garbage like "Only $XXX per month" (for an unspecified number of months).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRcaSIMxfYg