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Originally Posted by extrashaky
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.
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
We had to order the wife's 17 Impreza since she had to have the top trim in a certain rare(ish) colour. They didn't want a deposit either and like you that made me a bit nervous. All went off without a single hiccup though.
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When I got my FRS I didn't have to put down a deposit and it almost bit me in the ass, granted I didn't have anything in writing either. It was the first shipment of FRS upon release and all they did was take a carbon of my CC. When the cars got delivered a day early to most dealers I called asking about mine to find out it was there. Originally they told me it would take a couple days so I asked when I could get it and they said today or we will sell it to someone else tomorrow. I was on my way home from a 2.5 hours commute at 7PM to get to the dealer at 8:50PM to do all the paperwork. They paid for it though because I forgot my checkbook and had a hard time putting the deposit down with my debit card since it was over my daily limit. Had to wait to reach someone at my bank by phone to get an approval. Didn't leave the dealer til 11:30 since I made them go fill it up with gas too.
TL;DR get something on paper at the very list, deposit or not