Misleading car prices by different makes

[Hoshi8]

looking at the car prices...i noticed that some car companies showed their price at 2.85%....quoting one example is mazda....the prices quote is so low...then induce people to go showroom then say interest rate is 3.5%....why so confusing??? machiam like PI...anyhow wack the prices...may them look low....why the car industry got no guidelines to proper standard car pricing????

 

[Landex]

suka suka loh..

 

consumers can decide whether they wan to buy or nt...

[Hogster]

Because they know Singaporeans are suckers for low prices, hence they are just showing what we want to see.

Edited March 5, 2007 by Hogster

[Hoshi8]

its like those 'letters' informing you that you 'won' a prize...go collect then kenna buying alot of useless stuff that cost way more than the 'prize'...isnt that unethical??? if PI i understand....want use small knife cut big tree...therefore must come out gimmicks...but authorised dealer like Mazda????? now that is unacceptable...

[Jaskin]

I agree I think cash price is about 5-7K more than listed price.

[Hogster]

They are not wrong to do that, it's how the buyer wants to see it, after all they do have a few packages to choose from. At the end of the day, it's the buyer who has to do the leg work and try to get as much info as possible before deciding. A car is still a huge commitment.

[Dalenico]

looking at the car prices...i noticed that some car companies showed their price at 2.85%....quoting one example is mazda....the prices quote is so low...then induce people to go showroom then say interest rate is 3.5%....why so confusing??? machiam like PI...anyhow wack the prices...may them look low....why the car industry got no guidelines to proper standard car pricing????

 

 

Are you talking about village credit, the authorized agent? Well, i think they are behaving like PI. Talked to them once before...did not like it...

[Keithpapa]

looking at the car prices...i noticed that some car companies showed their price at 2.85%....quoting one example is mazda....the prices quote is so low...then induce people to go showroom then say interest rate is 3.5%....why so confusing??? machiam like PI...anyhow wack the prices...may them look low....why the car industry got no guidelines to proper standard car pricing????

 

 

marketing tactics. So far, I trusted BM price more than the rest.

[Hoshi8]

mazda main showroom also anyhow quote price one....

[Zoom99]

If the make acn sell well, do they need to prectice such method?

[Joetan23]

this is common in automobile industry nowadays...not only PI or Mazda, many Authroised dealer uses it...in the Mazda price list, there are 2 prices, 1 lower price which is after rebate and higher interest rate and the other at a higher price with lower interest rate...this is not that bad if compared to PI. PI pricing is way too ridiculous!! My boss bought a Harrier. Ad price at $90k. But the catch is to be finance for 10yrs at a high interest rate. But who on earth drive a car for 10yrs nowadays. In the end, he bought the car at $100k at a lower interest rate. The diff is $10k!!