We have a winner!!! Yup it will always eat you. Just enjoy the car and you would not of bought it if you did not get a good deal. sorry there was a better deal but not worth the worry.

 

You were happy with the deal you got or you wouldn't have taken it so don't let this bother you. Just go out and drive that Grand Sport and forget the rest!!

 

as long as it works out then great!

 

The only thing you ever know for sure when buying a new car is you probably paid too much.

Don't sweat it, just enjoy your new Vette!

 

Dude, I'm sorry. But GM has 60 day return policy! Return that damn thing, and then rebuy it!

 

I won't ever buy another new one if I ever buy another one.

Yeah, but it can't hurt. Good luck.

So true. Usually nothing good ever comes of it.

 

I am in the same boat, picked up my new GS vert on 04.14 with the $1K rebate offer from GM. Now just two weeks later it is $3K. I really love my GS and will shrug the $2K off as bad timing. Besides, can you imagine how poor the 2010 Vette sales must be to offer $3K on the GS and Z06 model, and $5K on 2009's. I remember in 2008 when the disclaimer "does not include" Corvette always applied.

 

Good points. Vette sales are in the toilet, and it's no secret. Especially now with incentives like this one.

 

Yea, it still stings a bit.

The only consolation I have is that I was only able to locate four 2010 cars on JeffHardy's site that fit my option criteria, and only two of those were within 500 miles. If I had waited for a "better deal" who's to say if either of those cars would have still been available... Then I would have been forced to order a 2011 model, with NO incentive.

Such is life. NO more clicking on incentive threads in this section!

 

was just about to post this.

 

 

If the car had went UP $3k,would you have rushed right down & gave them more money? Of course not,but by the same token you're not entitled to any discounts they give after you've made your purchase.

I get the "awww,man" factor,but I wouldn't suggest pursuing it any farther.

 

I fail to see how this has anything to do with entitlement. Almost any other purchase allows for someone to get the better deal if it offered in a reasonable time after purchase. Most furniture, electronics, clothing, and department stores flaunt that you can get the better price up to 30 days after purchase. Even major travel sites advertise price matching on your flight or trip if someone else books a better deal.

 

Given that there's only a $2000 spread in the cash back incentive; depending upon the amount that you financed, I would have to imagine that you would have faired far better with the GMAC 0%/60 month free financing.

Perhaps you can talk with the dealership about possibly originating a 0% financing agreement and close the finance agreement with your personal bank or credit union.

 

Always remember this to maintain your sanity: There will always be two types of deals besides the one you got, one which was better than yours and one which was worse.

 

Similar thing happened to me.
Got my local dealer to match a great quote on a 2010 VY GS Coupe that I got from one of the forum dealers, so I had him put an order in at in mid-February.
At the time, he said the allocation he had was for March, so it would be a couple weeks until it would go in, that thecar probably wouldn't show up until mid-April at the earliest.
I was fine with this because, at the time, I wasn't in any big hurry for the care to show up much before then since the weather around here usually isn't conducive to driving a Vette in April anyway, so I was willing to wait. Definitely didn't want the car showing up in March anyway (we usually are still getting snow in March here in upstate NY).

Well, wouldn't you know it, GM took the order in right away and I ended up with a TPW of March 8th instead of near the end of the month! My car ended up showing up the last week of March. At the time, there weren't any incentives in March. Since it was so close to April, I asked the dealer to see if he could find it if there might be any incentives coming in April. He talked to the regional rep and was told there was nothing planned for Corvettes. So, I decided not to wait a week and closed the deal at the end of MArch.

Well, you can probably guess I wasn't happy when a week later, GM announce the $1000 rebate on Corvettes. The dealer said he'd try and talk to the GM rep and see if they could do anything. Apparently not since he never got back to me ( I probably should have followed up on it but got busy with work and before I knew it, April was over).

I really would have liked to have gotten the 0% financing deal that's going on now instead of the $1000 cash back. Part of me thinks I should have waited a bit longer before taking the plunge. However, I console myself with the fact that we had a much milder than normal March and weather in April was spectacular, so I've been getting to drive the car quite a bit. Plus there's a high speed autocross this Saturday and a lo-speed autocross next weekend, which I wouldn't be able to run in if I had waited to order the car. Now, I've had my Grand Sport long enough that it's been through the proper break-in period and is ready to race!!

-Ray

 

You answered your own question right there....buying a car is not like any other purchase.