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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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Actually, if the dealership is organized then they can indeed take deposits for the build slot that is allocated, rather than a physical car.
The way it works is that when allocations open up the available model codes and color codes will show up to the dealer on the Toyota dealer portal (I think it’s still called Dealer Daily).
Sometimes if the model code and color are filled/unavailable from factory already then the dealer wont be able to choose it.
So what an organized dealer would is collect refundable deposits on trim, transmission, and color. So if the first deposit is for a Red, Premium, Manual and they have an open/ available build slot for any combination then the first deposit gets their car in that allocation, all the dealer has do to is preference that configuration.
But for some reason if red, Premium, Manual is not available that person gets skipped until next allocation. They still have the deposit and they still have 1st place in line once red becomes available in future allocations, which can be indefinite.
This is why some dealers who 100% aware and organized will suggest you to have more than one color choice or at least warn you that having only one configuration can mean you’ll be waiting indefinitely.
To sum it up, the deposit is not for a physical car and I’m sure most of us are aware. The deposit we place is for the build & preference slot once that’s allocated to the dealership.