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Originally Posted by rowen0fpts
Do you guys understand that not a single one of you officially has an actual reservation?
I spoke to a sales manager at Toyota yesterday and asked if they were taking deposits. He said that there is still no official system released for them (or any Toyota dealership) to take deposits on the 86. I told him about you guys and how there are people I know who have placed deposits at other dealerships. He laughed, and told me that it’s a dirty tactic that some dealers are taking. They tell you you’re reserving the car, but in reality are pretty much just taking your money unofficially and holding it, which ensures that you will, not only buy that car, but buy it from that dealership specifically. It is 100% unofficial.
He once again reiterated to me - there is currently NO portal in their system designed to take deposits on this vehicle. Like, if he was given money for a deposit, he wouldn’t even know what to do with it in the computer. You guys are not being entered into anything.
This explains why certain dealerships take deposits and others don’t. It’s also the reason why it’s never the same amount between two dealerships lmao. You guys really couldn’t see this a mile away?
Now stop talking about pre-orders until Toyota actually opens it up on their website. There’s no way around this.
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Oh look, the sun rose today, I will die some day, and in April taxes are due.
You do understand that these deposits are refundable right?
So your buddy at the dealer, how do they plan to sell their allocation then? Just get them in, put them on their lot, and then sell to foot traffic? Or do the sales people have unofficial waitlists, and call around to see who wants it and then create a you need to buy this right now? How does one then fall into those good graces to get priority notice?
Toyota dealers around here for highly sought after models, in the high volume areas, have a reputation of getting as much as they can (as they should, they are running a business afterall), or at least making you go through a gauntlet of dealer bs to get the deal, a deal that could be had at a number of other dealers if they only had it in stock... which they sold to those who had deposits.
My inlaws for instance want to buy a CRV right now (of all times), and right now in the area MSRP is a really good deal as 2k markups is absolutely the norm. The dealers who sell at MSRP are out of stock, and require a deposit on their allocations.
But absolutely, I can wait, and see how the market unfolds, and then jump on a deal that pops up. Guess what, I can still do that, because my deposit is... refundable! But if nothing pops up, or the market gets a bit nuts, and then people start calling around to get their spot in line, at least I got my placeholder.