Admin Fees For Used Cars

[Lotr]

If there are other choices of car then walk away and get the other car

 

If not, negotiate hard and get the car

 

If not, just pay up and get the car

[Vyeron]

Checked my invoice and actually i paid the so-called "agreement fee" too!..at 50 tho, still can take it.

[VellfireS]

My salesman quoted 800 bucks.. Know I didn't even give a single cent for this so called admin fee.. So many ways he can still earn le...

[Pss2]

This is the reply I get from SVTA. I think it's a loop hole, company policy.

 

My email to SVTA

Dear Sir,

May I know why there is an admin fees for used cars? Is it in the law that
buyer must bear this fee? And why used cars dealer insist that this is a
compulsory payment for customer to bear? There isn't any admin fees until
the governor reduce the transfer fees to a standard fees of $11.00
regardless of any make or model instead of 2% fee of the sale price. What
is the point of reducing the transfer fees and in the mean time
introducing a admin fees for customer to bear?

Do we really have to bear this admin fee? Looking forward to your reply.

 

 

SVTA to me

 

We refer to your email. As for the admin fee that was mentioned in your email, all amount collection is depend on each individual company policy. Every car dealer have their own company policy on whether to collect the admin fee and they will decide on the amount on the collection.

Should you have any dispute with the car dealer, you may approached CASE @ 6463 1811.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have further queries.

 

Thank you.

 

Edited August 21, 2014 by Pss2

[Kklim]

Didn't pay any when I bought my ride.

[Holdenutessv]

Don't bother with admin fee.

[Geniuspear]

So far purchase 3 cars before highest i paid is $250 ( first time buy car ), after tat never liao. Cause im working in related industry ( automotive, 1 of the biggest player in sg ), so usually ill tell them if u wan me to pay admin fee ( $200,300,500 blah blah ), ill ownself apply hire purchase, ownself do insurance and lta transfer i also do myself. If they say cannot lah tis and tat, ill take out handphone calculator and count their total earnings frm all the deal.

 

if insists on admin fee then no deal, cause in my opinion they earn enough from loan, markup and insurance liao ( easily few k ) still gt cheek want to charge 500 for "admin work", liddat i do myself better.

 

Got kana those yaya papaya insist on admin fee and i walk away, but til nw i still see their car on sgcarmart diao. The previous 1 was a joke, his CTR diao 1 year until my friend decided to buy because they desperate and waive all the fees already.

[Badieboy]

If they tell you must collect admin fee then just walk away. It's their method to suck more money from buyers only.

[13177]

Thought car admin fees similar to fees paid to property agent?!