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dealer quote request response
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dealer quote request response
For those of you that have requested car quotes from forum dealers, what has been your response time for your request? I requested a quote from a dealer on a car that would need to be ordered with a delivery to another part of the country. The request was sent through their web site on Monday evening and as of Friday evening there has been no response.
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St. Jude Donor '15
"In honor of jpee"
if you want advice, it depends....it depends on how badly you want a quote. my good friend in biz tells me to always contact people two different ways. in your case, an email and a phone call, letter, card, whatever.
as I said, it depends on how badly you want it. for the time it took to post up here, you could've done 2 or 3 different ways to contact s/he at the dealer.
and yeah, I know s/he should WANT the sale and get back to you.....so? whatcha gonna do?
as I said, it depends on how badly you want it. for the time it took to post up here, you could've done 2 or 3 different ways to contact s/he at the dealer.
and yeah, I know s/he should WANT the sale and get back to you.....so? whatcha gonna do?
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Sending a quote request thru a dealer website isn't the best way if you want to work with a Forum Supporting Dealer. An email request directly to the sales rep for the Supporting Dealer is the best. Having said that, I got 7 to 8 replies out of 10 requests last November when I sent out requests for ordering my 2011 ZR1. I was disappointed that I never got replies from Kerbecks or Ross Downing as the two I best remember. Got rock bottom pricing from 2 or 3 of the Supporting Dealers and I ordered with Tommy Jr at MacMulkin as he went the extra mile to get assurances from GM that the car would be built before the Christmas holidays so that I would qualify for the incentives available at that time before the end of the year.
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21
I asked for a quote from ken Fichtner, and received it apx 2 hrs later! Excellent price! 
kenfichtner@fichtnerchevrolet.com
kenfichtner@fichtnerchevrolet.com
