Just to show you might see some differences:
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Originally Posted by Veloist
You also get a Sold Order email from Subaru which also confirms the order. Example below:
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I never got that email. I just got the order sheet with the VON on it from the dealer.
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Originally Posted by Veloist
Most salespeople are set up to place the order but some places the manager might be the only one who can put it in.
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When I bought mine, it caught the salesman completely off balance when I told him I was interested in placing an order, and he wasn't sure what to do. He was apparently new, but he asked another salesman who said that he couldn't do it either. There were two guys in the place who had actual offices, the sales manager and some kind of chief salesman or assistant manager, and I got passed off to that assistant to actually negotiate the price and place the order.
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Originally Posted by Veloist
Generally a dealership will ask for some kind of deposit, this is normal as long as it’s refundable and goes toward the price of the car.
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For whatever reason, my dealership didn't require a deposit. I was expecting to have to pay one and had my checkbook ready, but they told me they didn't need it. The guy said, "We just have a handshake deal." I was a little nervous about that, but I watched him enter the order and print the order sheet, so at least I knew it was in the pipeline.
Based on all the other posts about putting down deposits, I guess that's pretty unusual.