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      11-22-2013, 07:39 PM   #6
bigblue99
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Originally Posted by riM3 View Post
I think the bank acquisition fee is literally the cost of buying the lease into the BMWFS trust (in reality it's a residual claw-back). Dealers usually mark it up from $750 to $975, but I'm not sure you can avoid it (the $750).

Has anyone leased near invoice without paying it?

I'm curious.
In other cars that I have leased, it's been few hundred bucks so I didn't push on it much. But now that it is almost a thousand plus a documentation fee on top of that, that's a bit much. If this is truly a fee charged by the banks, I can understand. But I called BMW Financial Services and see if it's negotiable because I had financed my BMW's with them before and have excellent credit, I figure I can knock it down. I was very surprised when the customer service rep said that she can't do anything about it because it is not a fee that they get and it is a fee charged and retained by the dealer.
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