Current:Home > reviewsHow Some Dealerships Use 'Yo-yo Car Sales' To Take Buyers For A Ride -TradeWisdom
How Some Dealerships Use 'Yo-yo Car Sales' To Take Buyers For A Ride
View
Date:2025-04-15 05:12:29
Negotiating a purchase at a car dealership can be a stressful experience. But once you sign the deal and drive away, the car is yours right? Not necessarily.
NPR's Chris Arnold breaks down how some dealerships engage in a practice called a "yo-yo car sale" that can entrap people in bad deals.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Michael Levitt, Lauren Hodges and Meg Anderson. It was edited by Robert Little, Camila Domonoske and William Troop. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
veryGood! (17791)
Related
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Tribes Working to Buck Unemployment with Green Jobs
- When do student loan payments resume? Here's what today's Supreme Court ruling means for the repayment pause.
- Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- Here's How Tom Brady Intercepts the Noise and Rumors Surrounding His Life
- Where did all the Sriracha go? Sauce shortage hiking prices to $70 in online markets
- Here's how each Supreme Court justice voted to decide the affirmative action cases
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- Fourth of July flight delays, cancellations contributing to summer travel woes
Ranking
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Jennifer Aniston Enters Her Gray Hair Era
- Aging Wind Farms Are Repowering with Longer Blades, More Efficient Turbines
- Fearing Oil Spills, Tribe Sues to Get a Major Pipeline Removed from Its Land
- 'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
- Court Sides With Trump on Keystone XL Permit, but Don’t Expect Fast Progress
- This Affordable Amazon Cooling Towel Will Help You Beat the Summer Heat
- How a Farm Threatened by Climate Change Is Trying to Limit Its Role in Causing It
Recommendation
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
Christine King Farris, sister of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at age 95
A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West
A Kentucky Power Plant’s Demise Signals a Reckoning for Coal
Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
A Kentucky Power Plant’s Demise Signals a Reckoning for Coal
Does aspartame have health risks? Here's what studies have found about the sweetener as WHO raises safety questions.
Laura Rapidly Intensified Over a Super-Warm Gulf. Only the Storm Surge Faltered