I agree as it is always a hassle. Even though I get GM Employee pricing (Father-in-Law retired from GM) they still try this crap. We bought a new 2013 Sonic LT sedan. No real options or add ons. Some moron at the dealership had racing stripes put on this car and locking lug nuts. The racing stripes looked stupid on the sedan (might have looked OK on a hatchback), so I said I wouldn't pay $350 for those as I would be removing them (which I did). I also said I would not pay $125 for the locking lug nuts as the car didn't come with any special wheels. The 4 normal lug nuts were in a bag in the glove compartment, so I told them to put those on instead. Then came time to do the paperwork. We were paying cash, but there was a $120 finance fee for running our credit, and a $200 advertising fee. I told them that I would not pay for either, and asked why they would run a credit check since I was paying cash? The answer "We always do this" just doesn't sit right with me. She said "But we can get you a deal with 7.9% financing through Allstate. I asked "If my cash isn't good here, I'll go to a different dealership." Her response was "No, no, no, cash is OKay". Then came the push for them selling the extended warranty. This particular Chevy dealership didn't want to sell GM extended warranties, they sold an extended warranty through Allstate. I'm thinking in my head, "WTF?". Why would I buy a 3rd party extended warranty that may or may not be good at dealerships nationwide? I told them to skip it as I wasn't going to buy that type of warranty. Then they said they could sell us an extended warranty through GM, but when I looked at the highly inflated numbers, I didn't know what to believe, so I said no. The Sonic came with 2 year dealer maintenance, but they tried to sell me a 5 year maintenance plan in which I calculated it out to be about $85 an oil change. Nope! Then came the question "How about OnStar", which I immediately "NO! NO MORE ANYTHING!". Then we were asked "Would you like for us to give you an auto insurance quote through Allstate?" My wife said that when she looked at me, she though I was going to have a stroke. I don't remember even doing it, but my wife told me I screamed "NO MORE FUCKIN" ANYTHING!". She promptly left the room and the manager came back and finished the paperwork.
My wife and I were at this dealership for over 4 hours, and this was for a vehicle with a fixed price of $13,380 plus TT&L that I didn't even have to negotiate on.