i was interested in buying a new 2024 kia telluride from kia of jackson. in talking to two different sales people, i was told that they had a $3,000 minimum trade-in allowance promotion. so, i asked the first agent for details and for some reason he could not clearly explain how that worked. the msrp of the car i was interesed in was $42,980 so it would seem one could get $3000 off that msrp. "joe", the first agent said that the msrp price was a special internet price and i would not be entitled to any further promotion. (so msrp must be "special pricing"! ...what a deal). a few days later i called kia of jackson again to learn exactly what the $3000 minimum trade deal would actually be. this time i talked to agent "river". she also had a dificult time making me understand how this promotion worked but finally said i would get $3000 off the price the car was on the lot..."the lot price". ok then i asked what is the "lot price" for this car. she looked it up and said it was $44,480 ($1500 above msrp!) she confirmed that i could thus get the car for $41,480 ($44,480 - $3000) plus tax & fees. i told river to please email me the window sticker etc. i subsequently got her email and i was surprised with a new lot price...the message said "...the lot price of the vehicle will be $45,980.00."! so, when i was planning to exercise the $3000 minimum trade-in promotion the price of my car increased and so it ended up getting changed to exactle $3000 higher than the msrp.
i think most prospective customers would agree with me that this kia of jackson place would be a good one to avoid. read more