US car dealers turn away Canadian new-car buyers - is that legal?

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by MoPar Man, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. MoPar Man

    Bill Putney Guest

    Wow! A government entity misssing an opportunity to collect some kind
    of processing fee. Woof! How could that happen!

    Bill Putney
    (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
    address with the letter 'x')
     
    Bill Putney, Oct 18, 2007
    #61
  2. MoPar Man

    Mike Marlow Guest

    Where have I been? Right here in the US, where I don't see these big price
    differences - that's why I asked. Did not really have any idea what
    vehicles sell for in Canada and certainly did not realize that sort of
    difference existed.
     
    Mike Marlow, Oct 18, 2007
    #62
  3. MoPar Man

    cavedweller Guest

    I apologize sincerely for that :). My 1994 Grand Caravan LE was
    originally sold in Southern California. It was imported into Canada
    about a year ago by the second owner (a Canadian who wintered in CA).
    Someone had to add a DRL module.
     
    cavedweller, Oct 18, 2007
    #63
  4. MoPar Man

    Ken Moiarty Guest

    Okay, fair enough.

    Ken
     
    Ken Moiarty, Oct 18, 2007
    #64
  5. MoPar Man

    Josh S Guest

    Then Canadian dealers were selling to Americans, but they were under
    pressure from Canadian HQ not to sell to Americans. Same situation on
    the other foot.

    The vehicles which are made in low cost Mexico, such as the Neon, could
    easily be priced to the market.
    When the exchange rate was 1.5
    Neons were about US$3000 less in Canada.
     
    Josh S, Oct 18, 2007
    #65
  6. MoPar Man

    nanmcbmo Guest

    Lest any Canadian feels discriminated against, please let me add my 2
    cents. I am a U.S. citizen living in Canada on a 3-year work permit;
    need to replace my old Buick Rendezvous, and I, also, like any person
    of any nationality who has a (legal) address in Canada, cannot buy a
    new car in the U.S. It's not just Canadians who are being
    discriminated against--it's anybody with a Canadian address.
     
    nanmcbmo, Oct 26, 2007
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  7. MoPar Man

    Picasso Guest

    oh well that changes it... its obviously not discrimination then
     
    Picasso, Oct 27, 2007
    #67
  8. MoPar Man

    Picasso Guest

    1. an act or instance of discriminating.
    2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or
    against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to
    which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit:
    racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
    3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She
    chose the colors with great discrimination.
    4. Archaic. something that serves to differentiate.
     
    Picasso, Oct 27, 2007
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  9. MoPar Man

    Bill Putney Guest

    What's your point?

    Bill Putney
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    address with the letter 'x')
     
    Bill Putney, Oct 27, 2007
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  10. MoPar Man

    who Guest

    How do you reach that conclusion?

    Obviously anyone with a CDN address is discriminated against.
    The car companies are really showing their greed on this issue.
     
    who, Oct 29, 2007
    #70
  11. MoPar Man

    Picasso Guest

    There was a couple on the news who went to maine from canada to visit
    family or whatnot ... tried to buy a new car and the dealer prohibited
    them from doing so. they are taking the dealer to court (Hope they have
    deep pockets).

    I wish more people would do this.
     
    Picasso, Oct 29, 2007
    #71
  12. MoPar Man

    Bill Putney Guest

    OK - since he's not going to answer the question, does anyone know what
    his point was?

    Bill Putney
    (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
    address with the letter 'x')
     
    Bill Putney, Oct 29, 2007
    #72
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    Father Guido Guest

    Finding someone with a US address to buy the car could be an upcoming
    business opportunity. Some people have friends/family that can buy and
    then sell as a used car to their Canadian relatives. I don't know why
    the salesmen wouldn't offer this service to anyone who wants to buy a
    car in the US.

    How do those companies that buy cars for people work? Do they buy the
    car and then turn it over to you, or do they just get your name on the
    original purchase?
     
    Father Guido, Oct 30, 2007
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    c3lee730 Guest

    I sent my message directly to
    by fault. If you have recieved my message please post it on this
    newsgroup so people can view my points ,
    thx

    my points in brief, is that the population of Canada is just about the
    population of California. Dealership won't dare ruin their
    relationship with Manufacturer by selling cars to Canadian just for a
    period of cross border shopping frenzy. Dealership cherish their good
    relationship with the manufacturer, cuz they can make really better
    profit by buying cars at bigger reduction on their whole sale value,
    if they get a better rating from Manufacturer.

    My suggestion to canadian is to keep their money in their pocket until
    the Canadian retail market get starve, so the retails would lower they
    already high profit margins. On the other hand, wait til the US
    economy to crash, so the snobs would eventually fight for our loonies
    in the pockets.
     
    c3lee730, Oct 30, 2007
    #74
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    who Guest

    You are likely referring to this:
    You can join them and help out their pockets.
    Actually the USA Gov. should back the suit.
     
    who, Oct 30, 2007
    #75
  16. MoPar Man

    who Guest

    Very good suggestion, that's what I'm going to do.
    Thank goodness Chrysler made my Concorde (CDN assembled car) very well
    and parts are readily available. My dealer doesn't like it though, they
    reminded me how old it is the other day when I bought a small part they
    don't have in local stock.
    Considering the very significant design changes now being made to cars
    because of high and increasing fuel prices, it isn't a good time to buy
    a vehicle for a long term keep anyway.

    I can see the reluctance of manufacturers to reduce Canadian prices
    until this currency situation levels out, however they could use rebates
    quite effectively in this situation.
    The more expensive vehicles have the biggest price difference and some
    expensive car dealers, such as Porsche and BMW, have already announced
    rebates.
    Unfortunately that is happening and the USA $ is dropping to levels even
    the currency experts weren't expecting. (C$1 = US$1.048 now)
    The USA is dropping interest rates and CDA needs to keep interest rates
    where they are or even higher to avoid excessive inflation; this will
    drop the USA $ even more.
    As the USA economy and $ drop the Canadian economy is negatively
    affected. The Canadian forestry industry has already been affected by
    both the USA housing recession plus the falling USA $; many Canadian
    lumber mills are shutting down. So many CDNs may soon not have jobs to
    pay for the cars at any price.
     
    who, Oct 30, 2007
    #76
  17. MoPar Man

    Mike Marlow Guest

    It's a class action suit. They won't see diddly-squat for money.
     
    Mike Marlow, Oct 30, 2007
    #77
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    c3lee730 Guest

    Finding someone with a US address to buy the car could be an upcoming
    Dealership, if they are smart enough to squeeze the juice out of the
    fruit, they can always open a seperate entity just to buy cars and do
    resale buiness with canadians. However, becuz canadian cross border
    buyers are still not common, and used car really depreciate alot,
    there is big risk for them to take.
     
    c3lee730, Oct 31, 2007
    #78
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