【Text/Dao Ge said car dice】Zero down payment, pheasant auto show, preferential water injection... In terms of automobile consumption, the pits dug by various black-hearted merchants can be described as innumerable, and consumers may be slightly negligent to the road of black-hearted manufacturers, cutting meat into thousands or even tens of thousands. After reviewing several types of frequent car consumption traps, the editors of "Dao Ge Say Car" classified them according to their characteristics.
The longest line ultra-low down payment trap: pick up the car for a while, repayment crematorium
The name is signed, the documents are closed, and the car is opened. Zero down payment, 10% down payment to buy a car, let consumers spend cabbage price to pick up the car dream come true. But there is no white pie in the sky, and the ultra-low down payment is behind the deep routine.
Take the 10% down payment to buy a car as an example, in fact, 10% down payment to buy a car is just another way to rent and buy. And the merchant introduced a down payment, basically pay is not a down payment, the specific should be called car rental deposit, under normal circumstances, no matter what the deposit, should be able to return, but the actual possibility of the merchant to refund the money, almost zero. There is also the monthly payment of the first year, which in essence should be called the rental of the car, and the monthly payment is calculated from the second year.
Previously, Xiao Wang, a car owner, purchased a 2018 GAC Trumpchi GS4 with a market price of about 120,000 yuan in the form of zero down payment. After repaying the loan of more than 40,000 yuan in the first year, Xiao Wang could not continue to repay, after carefully browsing the car purchase contract, Xiao Wang found that the 40,800 yuan he repaid in the first year did not belong to the installment car purchase, but was divided into car rental payments to the platform. "Equivalent to the money in front of me, it belongs to the car rental, I also have to buy a car with zero down payment at the original price, and there are 36 installments from 2020, which is equivalent to a complete premium, which is equivalent to me spending more than 160,000 yuan to buy a GAC Trumpchi GS4."
In addition to the monthly payment, the low down payment car purchase also needs to repay the loan interest rate, the comprehensive annualized interest rate is about 12 points, and now many new cars are manufacturers discount interest-free. And since it is purchased by rent, the vehicle naturally cannot go to the individual household, but can only go to the company household, in other words, the car does not belong to the consumer, and the consumer only has the right to use. In the event of an accident, the consumer also needs to repay a high depreciation fee.
The most cowhide pheasant car show trap: pay the deposit and then flicker a huge renewal premium
Previously, some media reported that some consumers had paid a deposit of 20,000 yuan at the auto show, but when it came to picking up the car, the sales consultant changed his mind and asked him to continue to pay 20,000 yuan of GPS fees and renewal fees, otherwise he could not pick up the car. In the process of complaints, consumers found that such situations are not unique, and several rights protection groups have been formed before, and hundreds of consumers have encountered similar situations.
After an investigation, the media found that the complained company had many common characteristics, although they hung the brand of the car sales company, there was no car exhibition hall, there was no new car to sell, in fact, they were all "intermediary companies" that sold cars on their behalf. A 4S store salesman even admitted that after these companies got the order at the auto show, they would turn around and ask for a price from the regular 4S store, thus earning the difference.
Mr. Lin, from Shenzhen, has encountered similar troubles. In October last year, Mr. Lin paid a deposit of 5,000 yuan at the auto show to book a second-generation GAC Trumpchi GS8, and the contract stipulated that the deposit could be refunded if the car was not picked up on December 31. During the waiting period, Mr. Lin has not been able to query the information of vehicle scheduling on the app, and at the end of November, the salesman Wu informed him that if he wanted to schedule production, he must repay 8888 yuan on the app.
Mr. Lin is reasonable to say: "On December 31, the contract date has arrived, the store can not deliver the car, and even has not scheduled to me, I contacted the sales to ask for a refund, the sales have been delayed many times, either feedback manager or manager did not go to work today, has been delaying time, after four days of communication has been fruitless." The reply given by the sales was that I did not pay the second deposit, so the first deposit contract expired and no car was delivered to me, which was my problem, and the deposit was not refunded to me. ”
For such an unreasonable intermediary company, consumers not only have difficulty defending their rights, but even if they have worked hard to recover the money, there is also a risk of being cut in half of the deposit.
The most hidden zero-kilometer trap: unplug the road yardstick, sensors, and turn old cars into new cars
Some car dealers will unplug the odometer and sensor for test driving when selling the car, creating the illusion that the odometer is close to zero kilometers, inducing consumers to buy it as a new car that is not on the road. In fact, the car had traveled a long way. Due to the obscure method, the appearance of the vehicle does not change much, and consumers are often difficult to identify.
Therefore, in order to avoid falling into the zero-kilometer trap when buying a car, consumers can collect evidence from tires, engines, water tanks and other aspects. The tires of the zero-kilometer new car are completely unbranded and will only produce small marks and prickly bumps during the tire manufacturing process. In addition, the engine cover can be opened to observe whether there is oil leakage between the engine block, cylinder head and oil pan; whether there are water stains around the water tank; and whether there is pollution and corrosion near the battery pile head.
The most face-changing traps: water trucks, accident cars, old cars are shoddy
When selling cars, some bad car dealers will deliberately conceal the "past and present life" of the car in order to sell the car at a high price, and there are endless tricks.
Some dealers will refurbish foreign "water trucks" and then sell them at the price of the new car. Previously, Huang, who was engaged in IT work, purchased an imported car of a certain brand. After driving for more than two months, his car had problems such as the inability to speed up and black smoke from the exhaust pipe when going uphill. When arguing with the dealer, the other party said: "You are a 'water truck', and there are no accessories and no warranty in China." Because the dealer promised to buy a car for 48,000 yuan cheaper at that time, but did not issue an invoice, Huang Yong eventually had nowhere to complain.
In addition, in some auto markets, a small number of auto dealers tend to re-repair the crashed car and sell it to customers in the name of a new or used car.
The smallest cheap discount water injection trap: a meal operation is as fierce as a tiger, and the price is two cents and five cents
In order to attract users to buy cars and create the illusion of car purchase profits, some bad dealers will give users a large number of "exquisite" car supplies, and most of these gift decorations contain moisture, and their actual value is often greatly discounted in the standards advertised by dealers, which is shoddy. An auto salesman said that the configuration given by some car dealers is called imported or high-quality products, but in fact, some cheap products with extremely inferior quality. Double the price of ordinary film, floor glue, leather chairs, etc., and tempt consumers with "luxury decoration of ×× yuan for car purchase".
When consumers choose to buy these models with "gift packages", they should first consult with friends who understand the market, or personally go to the car decoration market to see how much the things on these "gift lists" are worth, and then make a choice.
In the face of the various traps of automobile sales, consumers also need to polish their eyes and take up the weapon of rights protection to protect their legitimate rights and interests.