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Rakino · 07-18-2012, 09:57 PM

Hi All

A tale of the unexpected.

Are you sick of waiting? I was too. I have a black GTS manual on order. 12 to 18 months. People spend less time in prison than that. So I got busy phoning dealers. Actually almost every dealer in Victoria and some out of state. What I found is that a lot of country dealers don’t have any customer orders. None. So you could be the first in line. For example Horsham, VIC doesn’t have any customer orders. If you place an order now you will get there next allocation in the colour/type you chose. Another dealer told me they had heaps of orders just like in the city. When pushed he said the had two. Two! Ha ha. Anyway, the point is get calling and you will find the waiting lists may be less if you put a order in with a country dealer. I think they get a lot of tire kickers so explain your situation. Tell them you want to order now and that you can give them CC details for deposit. Then they become very helpful. Whilst I was talking to one dealer about his inventory and customer orders placed (of which he had none) he says "oh we have an auto GTS that just came in". Not assigned to a customer! I was like. “WTF?”. He said “they are more interested in Prados and Landcruisers round here mate”. I said “sold”! In five minutes I had put down $10k. I can pick up tomorrow.

Still got a black manual on order I can decide what to do with in 12 – 18 months.

Lesson 1. Don’t take no for an answer
Lesson 2. Tell the dealer your predicament and indicate you are ready to buy sight / unseen now
Lesson 3. Get them to look at the order inventory as they often don’t know for sure off the top of their heads
Lesson 4. Persistence pays off

Cheers

P.S. I almost got an Orange GTS from WA the same way but that fell through yesterday.

07-18-2012, 09:57 PM	#1
Rakino Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Blue GTS Location: Melbourne Posts: 22 Thanks: 12 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sick of waiting? Hi All A tale of the unexpected. Are you sick of waiting? I was too. I have a black GTS manual on order. 12 to 18 months. People spend less time in prison than that. So I got busy phoning dealers. Actually almost every dealer in Victoria and some out of state. What I found is that a lot of country dealers don’t have any customer orders. None. So you could be the first in line. For example Horsham, VIC doesn’t have any customer orders. If you place an order now you will get there next allocation in the colour/type you chose. Another dealer told me they had heaps of orders just like in the city. When pushed he said the had two. Two! Ha ha. Anyway, the point is get calling and you will find the waiting lists may be less if you put a order in with a country dealer. I think they get a lot of tire kickers so explain your situation. Tell them you want to order now and that you can give them CC details for deposit. Then they become very helpful. Whilst I was talking to one dealer about his inventory and customer orders placed (of which he had none) he says "oh we have an auto GTS that just came in". Not assigned to a customer! I was like. “WTF?”. He said “they are more interested in Prados and Landcruisers round here mate”. I said “sold”! In five minutes I had put down $10k. I can pick up tomorrow. Still got a black manual on order I can decide what to do with in 12 – 18 months. Lesson 1. Don’t take no for an answer Lesson 2. Tell the dealer your predicament and indicate you are ready to buy sight / unseen now Lesson 3. Get them to look at the order inventory as they often don’t know for sure off the top of their heads Lesson 4. Persistence pays off Cheers P.S. I almost got an Orange GTS from WA the same way but that fell through yesterday.