R56 TATE MINI of Annapolis, MD
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TATE MINI of Annapolis, MD
I was wondering if anyone on this forum has bout their MINI from them. If so, how was your experience? It seems like the boss is an *** and the only other guy I have talked too doesn't know half as much as me about MINIs and I am by no means an expert. This concerns me. Anyway, that all may not matter as long as they give good service and the mechanics know what they are doing.
So back to my original question. How was your experience? What kind of fees did you pay? Was the document fee outrageous like I have been hearing from some people? Whatever you can think of would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I believe there is one in Rockville or Baltimore or therabouts. Anyone been or bought from them? Opinions on which if either is better?
Thanks in advance. Really, thanks a lot. I'm sure this will help more than a few people.
So back to my original question. How was your experience? What kind of fees did you pay? Was the document fee outrageous like I have been hearing from some people? Whatever you can think of would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I believe there is one in Rockville or Baltimore or therabouts. Anyone been or bought from them? Opinions on which if either is better?
Thanks in advance. Really, thanks a lot. I'm sure this will help more than a few people.
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Before purchasing my MINI I talked to MA's at TATE MINI, MINI of Towson, Otto's MINI and MINI of the Main Line (all are within 1-2 hours of me). The MA I talked to over at TATE was Sean Peria and he was a major help. Unfortunately he couldn't get me my ordered MINI below MSRP, which is the main reason I decided to go with Otto's instead, not to mention it's about an hour closer. He did however, offer me employee pricing on any accessories I wanted, and free floor mats. The document/processing fee he quoted me was $95. Although I only paid $55 at Otto's, it certainly doesn't seem too unreasonable. The only thing that I found very strange is that he quoted me a 'tag' fee of $350. Over at Otto's all I paid for title, registration, license, etc. was $80.
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We get service at MINI of Towson but we bought from Tate.
Towson didn't have the quotas available to fill our two orders in the timeframe we wanted. Plus, they weren't willing to give us ANY dealer throw-ins. And when you're handing them over $50,000, that seemed pretty ridiculous.
Buying at Tate was a good experience. No BSing, good communication, and smooth delivery. Scott was our MA, and he's top notch.
Towson didn't have the quotas available to fill our two orders in the timeframe we wanted. Plus, they weren't willing to give us ANY dealer throw-ins. And when you're handing them over $50,000, that seemed pretty ridiculous.
Buying at Tate was a good experience. No BSing, good communication, and smooth delivery. Scott was our MA, and he's top notch.
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$55.00 document fee
$36.00 registration
$22.50 title fee
$2.05 PA electronic license
$15.45 PA electronic registration
$4.00 PA dealer tire tax
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I think you'll find that a lot of people are happy with the sales experience with TATE, but for a good number of people (not everyone) their service experience leaves much to be desired.
There have been quite a few scary stories from TATE service, to the point that a number of folks have completely switched and now take their MINIs to Towson instead - even if it's less convenient.
As wolf617 suggested, ask the same question in the DCMM forum and you'll see what I mean.
There have been quite a few scary stories from TATE service, to the point that a number of folks have completely switched and now take their MINIs to Towson instead - even if it's less convenient.
As wolf617 suggested, ask the same question in the DCMM forum and you'll see what I mean.
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