[mbfla]

I was just on E-bay and I saw a toyota dealership selling a 2004 package #9 prius for a way marked up price! Can they do that?!

 

[V8Cobrakid]

You can also find about 143 Prius on http://www.Autotrader.com I think i see most of them running for about 26k... some are more.

 

[mbfla]

yes, but this was the dealership that was selling it. How is this right if there are so many people on waiting lists?

 

[V8Cobrakid]

No clue. These Dealers already make enough money off these cars. Lucky for me, All the dealers i've talked to sell for the proper price.

 

[mbfla]

The one I saw on ebay had a asking price $29,800.

 

[Daniel]

It's a free country. They can sell for whatever the market will bear. They make a reasonable profit at MSRP, and most dealers do that. But a few are sleazeballs.

If a dealer has a list, and a contractual agreement (written or verbal) to sell to the people on the list in the order they signed on, at a specified price, he is legally required to fulfill that contract. But if a dealer chooses not to use a list, selling instead to whoever he likes, or if a dealer has not quoted a price to the people on his list, then he is under no legal obligation.

However, you can inform Toyota if you know of a dealer who charges over MSRP, and hope that maybe they will allocate him fewer cars, sending them instead to dealers who charge MSRP.

 

[Rick Reece]

Yes people can charge what they want but you don't have to buy. Take a look at this overpriced Prius.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2481300433&category=43925

Have fun, Rick