One of the problems is that the dealership does not make much money on Warranty work , so they need to make money somewhere......
BUT the price of cleaning up a used car needs to be in the Advertised cost and not later ,
its not like you can buy it without the Refurb fee !
I always buy good used cars from private sellers and drive them into the ground........
And just as a question , how do they do it in Germany , France etc
EvanR said:They have found that some cars take more and some take less to make them frontline ready. To be fair to all the owner decided to average it out at $1995.00 per car..
Even,
I think this is totally fair because if two people trade in the same make, model, year, etc. of car but one is absolutely spotless while the other is soaked in cigarette smoke and baby puke, the dealer will give both the exact same amount; right? 
In reply to RX Reven' :
Yeah, you're probably right.
But does it matter? Is it worth documenting precisely what each car costs to recondition? That's likely to make worse cars more expensive. Face it - used cars are a commodity. I'm fine with a dealer figuring out the average amount they spend on a typical car, and applying that to each one.
As I said way back when in this thread - all that matters is the total bottom line. If X car is worth Y dollars, does it really matter how they get to that amount, as long as they are up front about the total price before you sit down to sign the papers?
By the time you sit down to sign papers, you have invested a good bit of time, and are invested in the idea of owning that car, and the dealer knows it. If the intent is to deceive, then it's a scam.
Processing fees, reconditioning fees, whatever. If you can't decline it at the time of sale, it should be right there in the advertised price.
It's a scam.
Next time I list a car on Craigslist I'll be sure to add a reconditioning fee and inform the buyer it's non-negotiable because the work is already done. I'll also charge the buyer the $5 cost to post the ad.
In reply to TopNoodles :
Why is that different than marking up your price by the amount necessary to cover your expenditures?
No one has yet explained how it comes out to a different amount of money as a series of line items rather than a single lump sum.
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