Bought a new Prius, signed up for 'Finishing Touch'

I recently bought a new Prius. The dealer offered me this product for the paint called "Finishing Touch" and I signed up for it. However, I still haven't made an appointment to have this service done. From what I read (see thread below), this is nothing but a scam from the dealer and does not do anything special to protect the paint. I also read it leaves "swirls" on the paint.

(Since I am new, I can't post direct links. The thread I am referring to is called "New Car Exterior/Interior Care Confusion" and is posted in this forum)

The price was $700.

My question is: If the dealer claims this service is non-refundable and does not want to refund me my money for this service that hasnt' been done on my car, should I have this "Finishing Touch" done on my car? Or should I simply suck it up and take the $700 as a loss and not have this service done in order to preserve my car's paint?

 

What is this 3 day decompression policy?

I bought the car on July 4th.

It sounds like it is very do-able that I am able to get my money back if this service hasn't been done yet. However, what would everyone recommend in the worst-case scenario that I can't get my money back (again, worst case but I will do everything I can to get my refund) as to whether or not to get the service done? Again, from what I've read, the service sounds like it does more harm than good on your car.

Thanks all!

 

Great comment. I actually did not think about getting credit with the dealer for future parts. In the worst case scenario, I would have taken it as a loss if the dealer wouldn't have suggested it (very doubtful).

Yes, I did finance it. I have already called the bank who has my loan and they said they would process this without a problem. All the dealer has to do is some paperwork and write a check to the bank. The bank would then post the amount as a payment to my loan. Seems pretty easy to me all the dealer has to do is cooperate.

 

What does ag stand for?

I am in California and there is no such law for new cars, only a 2 day period on used cars valued under $40k. However, this is for returning the entire car. I can't find anything that talks about cancelilling an option that hasn't been installed. It seems it's up to the dealer.

 

Update:

I spoke with the General Manager this morning and he agreed to let me cancel the "Finishing Touch". I'm waiting to hear back from them on the paperwork that needs to be done.

Fingers crossed!

 

That is what happened in my case. I wasn't even aware of such a product until I'm sitting with the finance guy and he sweet talks me into it. Let me tell you, these guys are very good in their sales pitches!