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yep i got suckered in on the ole bait and switch,, they told me they had a bunch of cars ordered that were not produced yet and would be available for the old price.... added the mag shocks and the red seats and gave them the deposit, five days later get the phone call that they want another $3000, told them to keep the car and send me the deposit,, and this was one of the big forum dealers,, got all excited for nothing,,
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yep i got suckered in on the ole bait and switch,, they told me they had a bunch of cars ordered that were not produced yet and would be available for the old price.... added the mag shocks and the red seats and gave them the deposit, five days later get the phone call that they want another $3000, told them to keep the car and send me the deposit,, and this was one of the big forum dealers,, got all excited for nothing,,
Well...If the order status is in the system at 1100 and accepted before the Price increase, the Specs can be changed. Not sure what the problem was there. Lots of the big dealers order for stock and can modify the orders before they are queued for production. The big guys have 25+ available per week and may not have specific orders/deposits on all of them.
Any new order at this point is at the new price..Careful you're not screwing yourself! Are you sure they were not asking for additional deposit money to lock the car in? My order through MacMulkin required $2K to lock things in..No refund after GM accepts the order for production.
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Well...If the order status is in the system at 1100 and accepted before the Price increase, the Specs can be changed. Not sure what the problem was there. Lots of the big dealers order for stock and can modify the orders before they are queued for production. The big guys have 25+ available per week and may not have specific orders/deposits on all of them.
Any new order at this point is at the new price..Careful you're not screwing yourself! Are you sure they were not asking for additional deposit money to lock the car in? My order through MacMulkin required $2K to lock things in..No refund after GM locks the order in..
Any new order at this point is at the new price..Careful you're not screwing yourself! Are you sure they were not asking for additional deposit money to lock the car in? My order through MacMulkin required $2K to lock things in..No refund after GM locks the order in..
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yep i am sure, he emailed me a copy of the new price, had nothing to do with the deposit,, it seems that GM wants it to be in production, and everyone is hopping around trying to figure out what that means, i am just not willing to pony up another $3000 that i had not planned on
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so far i have not come up with anything from any one in charge that wants to step up and say this is before price increase and this is after, i am about ready to thrown in the towel chevy customer service seemed to think that the workbench order was not enough that it needed to further along in the proess to make GM, i have never seen a company trying so hard to make me keep my money
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so far i have not come up with anything from any one in charge that wants to step up and say this is before price increase and this is after, i am about ready to thrown in the towel chevy customer service seemed to think that the workbench order was not enough that it needed to further along in the proess to make GM happy, i have never seen a company trying so hard to make me keep my money
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Two possible reasons for your price increase: the ordered car is for inventory, dealer's name. (Price is locked for him, maybe?). Second: options are changed voiding the prior price. I think the orders are price locked for named customer, only on orders placed prior to price change, and no changes allowed. In your case the dealer gets the reduced price, (inventory cars might not qualify) customer gets increased price. Seems certain aspects have to be met for price rebate, when/if they are met dealer is given a code to apply for car's prior pricing.
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Two possible reasons for your price increase: the ordered car is for inventory, dealer's name. (Price is locked for him, maybe?). Second: options are changed voiding the prior price. I think the orders are price locked for named customer, only on orders placed prior to price change, and no changes allowed. In your case the dealer gets the reduced price, (inventory cars might not qualify) customer gets increased price. Seems certain aspects have to be met for price rebate, when/if they are met dealer is given a code to apply for car's prior pricing.
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When you change the order, it is pulled and a new order is placed. This happened to me when my order was accepted by GM. I was going to add red calipers, but my dealer told me that he would have to cancel the original order and re-enter. This was when everyone was scrambling to get a slot. The dealer said there was a risk I could lose my place, so I opted not to change the original order.
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I called GM today,I had ordered the Stingray about 3 weeks ago now.Anyway they asked me for my order number.The dealer told me that they are waiting for the Allociation then I will get A order number.Now with talking to GM.when I ordered the car the dealer should have went into gmfleet.com And put the info in and then A gm order workbench sheet will be produced with A order number is all of this right?I'm still waiting for my dealer to do this.
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The dealer can order as many cars as he wants and he can do that while you're sitting there. You can get an order number that will be at 1100 status. Now, that ain't going ANYWHERE until the dealer gets an allocation. You can sit at 1100 for many , many, months before he gets or maybe NEVER gets an allocation. Only when the order goes to 2000 status do you get in queue for production.
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Think of it like this: 1100 = entered and 2000 = accepted.
Some dealers enter orders daily, some weekly and it does not make any difference how often. What makes a difference is, wait for this, uh, oh yes, ALLOCATION.
At least one dealer enters a customer order when he has allocation. Reduces the amount of time to be anxious but I suspect it is done that way because of the potential for a large number of retail sold orders.
So there are several approaches to entering an order and each works and no one is particularly better than another.
But once an order is entered the Order # is generated and the dealer can give it to you.
Laborsmith
Some dealers enter orders daily, some weekly and it does not make any difference how often. What makes a difference is, wait for this, uh, oh yes, ALLOCATION.
At least one dealer enters a customer order when he has allocation. Reduces the amount of time to be anxious but I suspect it is done that way because of the potential for a large number of retail sold orders.
So there are several approaches to entering an order and each works and no one is particularly better than another.
But once an order is entered the Order # is generated and the dealer can give it to you.
Laborsmith