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08-05-2008, 10:09 PM | #1 | |
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Alarm scam from dealer: Is this normal?
Hi all:
I just picked up a 2009 Versa 4-door manual hatchback, and experienced a rather interesting sales gimmic at the close of the deal. After a final price had been agreed to, and after I showed up to pick up the vehicle with a completed cashier's check, I was told that the dealer had installed a special additional alarm in the car. This was said to be above and beyond the factory alarm, adding such features as engine and fuel cutoff, and vehicle contact alarms. I was told that if I wanted the alarm to be functional, I had to pay an additional $750. I balked, and the salesman made a change of some sort beneath the dash to disable the alarm. They said that if I wanted to pay at a later date that they could enable it then. This sounds like blatent bullshit to me. Has anyone heard of this before? Does anyone know if that alarm would have come from the factory? I'm guessing it shouldn't be to hard to figure out a hack to enable it. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Ron |
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08-06-2008, 05:40 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Alarm scam from dealer: Is this normal?
At a real NISSAN dealer?
Some brokers do this sort of thing. i'd talk to my local tv stations consumer reporter about this BS. I'd think about getting a car that wasn't tampered with.
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08-10-2008, 06:22 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Alarm scam from dealer: Is this normal?
in my area these were called prolocks and they are total bullshit. no its not factory installed. in fact i would demand that the dealer remove this because they are junk and will eventually cause the car not to start.
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Re: Alarm scam from dealer: Is this normal?
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By the way, you are right in that if you decide not to take the alarm then they do disable it. That process is imple... they key is that at that time you can't register it so you don't have the coverage in case the car is stolen. They install it in their cars and push the sale at the right time. It's up to us consumers to understand what this is all about. As you know, they push many other options at signing time... like "lifetime polish", "Scotch guard coating", extended maintenance, extended warranty, etc. You do know that they make money off this. But it's not new. It's been around for quite a while. CAVEAT EMPTOR |
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