I am about ready to place my order for a new 2015 Z51 vert. According to GM Authority, the destination charge is included in the base price. My dealer says it isn't included and that you need to add the $995.00 destination charge to the base price of the Z51 convertible of $63,000.

Who is right????

 

Your dealer is right and GMAuthority should know better.

Maybe there was a typo or a brain freeze.

Laborsmith

 

So who is right?

 

Base + 995 on all Vettes.

 

uhh... GM authority is right.

I've been to their site; it plainly states at the end of the first paragraph that destination is an additional fee... up & above the base price.

 

If you pick it up in person at the museum, you get to pay even more!!!!!

 

So it was a reading controversy? I added two words to my first post in this thread to make more clear what I wanted to say.

Laborsmith

 

So if you go for museum (essentially factory) delivery you pay the museum charge and the destination charge?

 

The museum is not the factory, it is a separate entity not owned by GM. No different than buying from the Chevy dealer in downtown BG, everyone pays the same destination fee regardless whether it's KY or CA. The additional museum delivery fee pays for the service the museum is providing and most goes to the museum though some goes to the dealer and GM.

 

The Window sticker will list base price, options price and then destination charges on separate lines.

 

Destination fees are so much crap. Making several thousands on cars isn't enough, you have to charge us 1000 to get the car to the dealer, not to mention that the cost of the gas and wear and tear on the vehicle that is doing the shipping, is not $1000 anyway.

 

Mike, you are correct. It does state there is a $995 delivery charge. I understand that and know I will pay it.

The question is whether or not the destination charge of $995 is included in the base price?

Below the 4th paragraph, it clearly states with an asterisk that the $995 is included in the base price of all four models.

I don't intend to pay the destination charge twice.

When you opt for the R8C museum delivery, the destination charge should be waived. It must be at least 8 blocks from the factory and you could coast most of the way.

Why not pick it up at the factory and drive it over to the museum? I am sure that could be worked out.

 

We all hear you but you're fighting a losing battle.

 

No it can't!

 

even if this could be worked out... the car haulers "union" still gets its cut; you'd still pay the $9xx destination fee even if they didn't touch it at all.

Best to just let the system function as it is designed to do; and not add any detours or roadblocks.

 

I suspect the "car haulers" union gets about $10 maybe $20 per car. Now the unionized drivers get more than that, but are we now questioning the "right" of any American to earn a decent living?

Laborsmith

 

You really are kidding, right? Do you think to pay a trucker or a train is free?
do you work for free?

 

read again, the " " means tongue-in-cheek.

But since you bring up the subject; those pre-memorized union retorts got stale back in the 20th century. I'm surprised to hear one of these " questioning the right of any American to earn a decent living?" again so many years past it's prime; espescially since it's Jedi-Mind-Trick effectiveness no longer works.

You may of forgotten that I mentioned before that I was born & raised in a Union household; "UAW" and "AFL-CIO". I was indoctrinated to accept certain wackiness, and support the cause blindly. Once I got out on my own; I shed this cult and now can see things as they really are; with no one BS'ing me into not believe my own eyes and ears. There is still some good in unions; but there is a lot of bad as well. Us non-culters can say that without fear.

The purchaser of a high dollar product says "as part of our purchase of this item you (the union) are involved with... I want this to happen, instead of that".

but are we now questioning the "right" of any American buyer to be specific on how their hard earned dollars are utilized during the purchase process?

The museum delivery people are better trained than the dealer prep droids. If a dealer high-school drop out can drive & prep the car for delivery; then the museum staff would be 1000% better at it.

There's only one thing stopping the museum delivery staff from driving the car 2 miles from the factory to the museum for museum deliveries: it's a 5 letter word.

Bottom line; if there's no way to avoid the delivery charge... best to not try and circumvent any part of the process; it will only result in something going wrong. Some times, rolling-with-the punches makes better sense than throwing any.

 

The government mandated destination charge seems to cause about as much confusion and BS as anything associated with new car purchases. The proponents for (and beneficiaries of) this particular regulation were and are the automotive manufacturers. It allows them the freedom to standardize shipping charges by having customers closer to the point of final assembly subsidize shipping costs for those who are further away. It blunts some of the competitive advantage a given manufacturing plant would have in a certain region and as any honest person will admit they love for everyone, other than themselves, to sell in a highly competitive environment. You can be confident that this standardized charge nets in excess of what is actually paid for shipping, consider it the manufacturer's version of "additional dealer profit".

I was planning to mow my 5 acre lawn this morning but the damn union made rain fall from the clouds. Or maybe something else caused it but I enjoy attributing blame to things I don't like...

 

Yep, the unions run the car hauler and train companies how else would any auto maker be intimidated into paying a fee?

I am a proponent of returning the fee charged to the distance the vehicle travels, but others are not. Granted I tend to buy vehicles assembled within a days drive of where I live, sometimes an hours drive, so being selfish in this area may be small of me.

We know the separate destination charge is mandated by federal law and I suspect the one fee fits all amount of the fee is also but have not found a reference to point to.

The "decent living" concept may be a bromide, but over the last decade union membership has fallen and the income of the middle class has too. Is there a correlation?

My memory is that in 1969 the DFC for a Corvair going to Flint was less than $15 and going to Los Angeles was $135. A significant difference, if you ask me. At the time Corvairs were built in one plant, Willow Run, just as today Corvettes are built in one plant.

Laborsmith