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Hey guys - new to the forum and just getting back into car scene. I’ve been lurking on this thread as I am waiting on a 23’ WRB Limited MT.
Ordered May 9th @ dealership near Baltimore, MD. Received order sheet with VON same day with August estimated delivery. Still no VIN, but reached out to SOA earlier this week and they say it’s still showing August delivery and to try back next week for a VIN. I’m just piling up parts in the meantime lol. |
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This is the information era and if somebody won't do the same research about buying a car as they would on their lipstick purchase then that is on them. There are far more entitled d1ckhead customers that walk into a dealership than there are bad salespeople.
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And what data or evidence do you have to back your assertions? All you have are your experiences in your little bubble in a whole different country. My experiences and those of people I know are all that I have. I'm not trying to pull one over on anyone, I want a fair price (SEE REASONABLE) like anyone else. But since you clearly have an industry bias, and believe you know everything, there is not much point in continuing with you further. |
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Fun that when you say things they are facts but when countered any statements are trash. Even in the US it is a total impossibility that every single dealership and salesman is a cheater and scam artist. It is indeed the consumers job to get a reasonable price. It is the dealers job to get the most money they can THROUGH HONEST MEANS. There is a place in the middle where things are fair for everybody. As usual there can not be a discussion of anything without people resorting to insults and non relevant slams. Entitlement rules here!!!!!!
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So you can stick it where the sun don't shine as far as thinking I am in love with dealerships and/or the people that work there. I don't love them/I don't hate them. I do understand why they do what they do (free market - hello??) and that given that the company that manufactures the car that I want but to buy (in this instance) doesn't offer me any alternative but to buy the car that I want from a dealership, I ACCEPT the fact that they are (for now) a necessary evil. I am in favor of the free market and everything that means. I like it when it helps me (i.e. the fact that I bought my BRZ for probably very close to what the dealer paid for it screwing him, and also that I sold that same BRZ to Vroom for way more than I thought it was worth because, at that time that is what the market demanded) and I like it when it doesn't help me (i.e. right now trying to buy a new car at MSRP- particularly a very desirable car like the GR86 that is in short supply). I am not some petulant child that only likes the free market when it helps me. And, as you recall in this instance, the buyer had a signed agreement with the dealer for a certain deal that included a B.S. add-on of lease damage insurance that amounted to the dealer essentially getting the market value for the car he was going to sell. The original buyer then went back on his agreement to lease and the dealer was left scrambling for a way to get the market value out of the car that he planned on (and deserved). I was fine with the original buyer walking away when the dealer said that would come in the form of $1,500 rust protection as that would allow the dealer to go out and get market value for the car. I am happy that the customer and the dealer negotiated an acceptable solution for both. And if you and your little cohort can't understand these relatively simple economic concepts, I am not sure what else I can say. |
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Since they only opened sales in May that is a very short window if true!
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I saw a post on a Reddit group that someone went to their local dealership hoping to order a car and they were told that ordering was closed. No idea if it was for the year or temporary.
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OH OK so as you said it is a very basic rumour. Not like dealerships haven't given wrong info before.
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My dealer told me a month ago that ordering was closed. I called August 2nd and was told it had just reopened.
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B) How would you like to look for a new TV. Find a decently priced model online, only to arrive in store to find a "10% market adjustment". And then have to go around to multiple stores in-person just to find one that wasn't going to add 10% to the price OR make the sale dependent on some "extended warranty"? Pretty shitty right? Like REALLY close to some kind of bait and switch scheme. Also not saying all dealerships are scum, but ones that exploit peoples ignorance and set "market values" that price people out of the market are. |
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