Spotting Hidden Costs on a Dealer Addendum Sticker
You're walking the car lot, peer through the window of a shiny new SUV, and spot the factory window sticker, but right next to it is a smaller, more annoying piece of paper known as the dealer addendum sticker. Most of us just want to see the MSRP and go home, but this extra little slip is often where the real price games begin. It's usually a thin vertical strip that lists things you probably didn't ask for—like nitrogen in the tires, door edge guards, or some vaguely named "protection package." ...