Viking Dodge Window Etching Fee and claim of insurance savings Crystal Lake Illinois

I'm sorry to hear you were another victim of the "VIN ETCH"

Here's the deal, Viking Dodge uses "No Dicker Sticker" advertising to get you down there (especially those of you who are looking to "save a lot of money"). When they figure the prices they put onto the vehicles, they figure all the current incentives, and dealership cash (that the dealership doesn't have to use on your vehicle to be purchased), and I believe some of the holdback. They use all of this to get the price down to the NO DICKER STICKER PRICE. But that's never the price you pay- and I have documents to prove it.

You see, if they sold you the vehicle without adding the vin etch and other fees, then they would be losing money. I mean come on people, the dealership sold maybe 60 cars total for the month of February, they have the worst reputation in the Midwest Zone, and word on the street is that Chrysler may be shutting them down (maybe). The VIN ETCH is sometimes not on all the vehicles, so while you are in with Finance a PORTER will take the carbon copy paper the "number" is printed on and a special pen (it's like an acetone based pen) then they proceed to rub the pen over the number until it is "etched" onto the window. It takes abot 30 seconds, but some of you have paid $495 (standard charge now-a-days), some people have paid $2000 for it, heck some people have been charged over $5000-7000 for the VIN ETCH (again, I have documents that can prove all of this). Sometimes these fees are wrapped up together in the "misc. fees" And any legitimate insurance company cares nothing about a "vin etch" it's a ploy to get you to pay more money for a vehicle they have advertised at "1 low price."

Hey, why do you think they only ask you to focus on payment and never once do they get into details about vehicle price, terms, rates, etc. THEY ARE NOT A FULL DISCLOSURE DEALERSHIP FOR A REASON!

And should you not qualify for some of the rebates, then they will jack the price of your vehicle up, again only making you focus just on the payment. Even though they have prices advertised on every vehicle as that being the price (there is no fine print that states any of those advertised prices have rebates or discounts applied).

Lastly, if you or anyone you know is currently working with an attorney or going to be, I would be more than happy to supply you with any information or documentation needed.