EchoPark Automotive St. Louis

My experience was interesting yesterday...I've never been to purchase a car from a place that forces you to use their own financing. I had gotten preapproved through my credit union and was told that I could not use them, but had to use their list of lenders (which was charging over 1.5% higher than my bank). I worked that out and then test drove the car and was prepared to purchase the car and was told that they only took cash, no checks, as a good faith hold to purchase (which was of course, non-refundable). Then I was informed that the dealers fees were almost $600 and was also going to be forced (I was told it was not an option) to purchase an inside and outside protection service of almost another $600, so just know going in, the wonderful price they advertise isn't what you are going to really pay. It was a deal breaker for me, so left. It was a shame, because I was going to purchase the vehicle without haggling.