[My87z28]

Originally Posted by Modshack

Invoice you'll find on buyers sites is not correct. There may be anywhere from $5-700 additional costs to the dealer for advertising associations. They pay this per unit and it is billed and on the invoice from GM...It's not bogus. True invoice is only really $1000+ a bit down from retail. Of course there is an additional 3% holdback ($12-1400) which dealers are reluctant to dip into...An invoice deal + any private offer (Conquest rebate etc) is not a bad deal if you do not qualify for supplier pr1cing.

This is true, however supplier pricing is higher than dealer invoice. According to the GM WorkOrderBench on mine, the dealer invoice is $36,156.95, the supplier price is $36,356.95.

The LMA or advertising fees are legit, the odd thing is that not every where even pays them. My dealer and the dealers in my town don't pay them, I'm not sure that any Maryland dealer pays them, however 40miles north of me in Delaware they were going to charge me $700 for LMA. This dealer was also going to charge me $500 for dealer processing. Apparently Maryland has a $300 cap on what dealerships can charge for processing, Delaware's is much higher.