Did I Pay Too Much For My VW?
Scam in Ticino – you need to know it
Juice buses for Amag. The Swiss car dealer is said to have entered into illegal agreements with six other Volkswagen dealers in the canton of Ticino. What does that mean to you? Did you pay too much Blick answers the three most important questions.
Publication date: 10:51 am
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Updated: 11:26 am
Andreas Engel and Nicola Emfield
Weko . Federal Competition Commission The Volkswagen dealer cartel in Ticino was sentenced to a fine of 44 million francs. The seven cartel members, including Amag, have agreed on pricing for new VW Group cars for years. “Car dealers agreed on all sales activity in Ticino: they made agreements on public sector orders, agreed on a pricing policy for the sale of new cars to individuals and divided the canton of Ticino into activity zones,” Wiko said. Thursday report.
Antitrust violations occurred between 2006 and 2018. Blick answers the three most important questions:
1. Did you pay too much?
If customers purchased their vehicle from an Amag dealership in Ticino or one of the six affected auto dealerships between 2006 and 2018, there is at least a chance that they would have paid more for the vehicle than they would have at an Amag dealership outside the Ticino country. However, Amag notes that ComCo did not specify that “customers are actually hurt financially.” Amag said that the amount of the fine of 44 million francs was based on sales and other factors and was not related to any damage. Spokesperson Dino Graf: “If there was any harm to the individual customer, it was minimal, if at all.”
2. Will I get a refund from Amag?
This is not to be expected. Weko says that when the cartel was formed, car dealers tried to reduce competition among themselves and keep selling prices of new cars to private and public authorities at an inflated level. However, it will have to be determined whether too much is actually paid on a case-by-case basis – this would lead to lengthy procedures with little chance of success.
3. Is there a point of contact for customers who may be affected?
According to company spokesperson Dino Graf, Amag will not set up a private hotspot, since Amag itself does not know if and how customers have actually been harmed.
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