The Bump and Grind car dealer scam is a common dealer trick, used to increase the price of the vehicle and occurs during the negotiation process.
Car dealers know that if they try to raise the price of the vehicle for $2000.00 right off, the consumer will probably go away from the deal. So what they basically do is just raising the price by just a little here and a little there. This technique proves to be quite effective.
When the car buyer makes an offer on a car, the sales person will most likely tell some bogus line like: “Gee, I know my boss will kick me out of his office if I take this offer to him, so how about if we raise it (bump it) by $150.00 (or whatever) and then he will at least listen to me?”
This is only the first “bump” and what consumers don’t know is that later there will be more bumps in the price.
Then the dealer leaves you for about fifteen minutes to supposedly present your offer to the sales manager. The salesmen will pretend to argue on your behalf. When the dealer comes back and he/she will say something lame like: “Gee, that sales manager is such a hard head! If you could just agree to add another $200.00 (or whatever) to your offer then I’m almost positive he will agree to your price”.
You can avoid the bump and grind car dealer scam if you are well informed and let the dealer know that you are aware of it. If you feel that the dealer is trying to scam you tell him that you will leave if they continue to do so.
