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I got a letter today from my dealer. In it was a check for $21. Not a fortune for sure. The title fee was less than what they calculated, so they sent me the difference.
Honest dealer.
Roling Ford
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Small dealer of the beaten path, but the building new. Hopefully, the service department is a good as the sales department.
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Nice.

A couple years ago, Toyota called me a month after everything was done (accessories and such) saying I overpaid and I had a $1200 check with my name on it. I'd be just as happy for a $21 dollar check lol. I guess it was an over estimate for labor when they did the gear swap and luckily they were honest about it.

I wouldn't trust the FORD dealer in that area to be honest about anything though :(
Which is odd, because it's owned by the same suits. Just different management in the finance and service departments between the two locations.
 

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Me, too, but, mine was only a little over $3
 

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Semi-related, my brother bought a used Mustang GT from BMW of Turnersville and they sent him an $87 check for an over-estimate on fees. Nice weekend gas money…
 

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I got a letter today from my dealer. In it was a check for $21. Not a fortune for sure. The title fee was less than what they calculated, so they sent me the difference.
Honest dealer.
Roling Ford
Shell Rock, Iowa
Small dealer of the beaten path, but the building new. Hopefully, the service department is a good as the sales department.
That's good for 300 miles👍
 

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In California you see the actual registration fee charged by the state when your registration papers arrive from the DMV. The dealer estimates the charge at the time of purchase but the buyer can check the purchase agreement against the actual fee and know if they overpaid. My guess is that in the majority of states a buyer can determine what the DMV actually charged compared to what the dealer estimated. So it behoves a dealer to return money they are not entitled to.
 

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We had xplan on ours and they miscalculated the paperwork fees and I didn't catch it. A week later they sent us a check for $499. TwinState Ford St J VT our dealer of choice.
 

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...My guess is that in the majority of states a buyer can determine what the DMV actually charged compared to what the dealer estimated.
In Arkansas, that's easy to determine because the buyer registers, pays sales taxes & plate fees at the DMV. None of that is done at the stealership. Some stealerships will give you a rough estimate of what you'll pay at the DMV, but it varies by location, due to different local sales taxes.
 

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I got a letter today from my dealer. In it was a check for $21. Not a fortune for sure. The title fee was less than what they calculated, so they sent me the difference.
Honest dealer.
Roling Ford
Shell Rock, Iowa
Small dealer of the beaten path, but the building new. Hopefully, the service department is a good as the sales department.
My dealer did the same thing. They sent $58 in my case.
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