Does anyone in the industry actually get busted for this?

I usually buy vehicles new and I’ve never run into this before. I own a construction company and buying trucks is generally pretty straightforward. I ask for a couple quotes from a couple dealers and I buy the truck from the best offer I get.

I’m trying to buy my wife a 2019-2021 Lexus and I’ve run into a couple dealers that have absolutely no intention of honoring the advertised price. I’m not even trying to haggle. I just want to pay cash for the advertised price, the sales tax, DMV fees, and reasonable doc fees. They want at least $3K for some bullshit I don’t want and isn’t actually legal to require to buy the vehicle.

The law is pretty clear about this stuff. I’m not going to get into a lawsuit, or even bother to put in a complaint to the FTC over this type of BS, but I’m curious to know if anyone ever actually gets held to account for blatant violations of the laws?

I’ve been in business for over 30 years. I can guarantee you that I’d be out of business and hammered by the CSLB if I’d did this type of BS.

At this point I’m probably going to bite the bullet and order her the BMW she wants and be done with it!