When I spoke with the Honda dealer down the street, he had already agreed to waive the $185 "appearance package," but I was going to come in to discuss my concern over the $499 "customer service fee."
When he showed me the car he pointed out that there were blue caps on the tires' air nozzle thingies. This, he informed me, meant that there was a nitrogen tire option inadvertantly added to the car at a value of $279 (perhaps a bit different, but definitely in the $200's). I guess this was his bid to get me to purchase the car at the inflated price since I was getting such a deal on the waived appearance package, now worth ~$400+ due to their error.
I was still insistant that they lower their fee but they wouldn't budge so I walked. Managed to find the same car for $450 less at another dealer. Alas, without the nitrogen. I still don't know too much about the true value of the nitrogen but for some reason, I'm not regretting my decision to keep the cash instead.
