Order Process Changed ??
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Melting Slicks
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Order Process Changed ??
Has something changed in the order process ? I was at my dealer talking to the manager who handles all GM Workbench orders, now I have been dealing with them since 2008 and they are aware of the allocation process, also I am well aware of how it works. Bottom line we were talking and he stated they do not need an allocation for a SOLD order. My question is has something changed or now we are in the last few years of the C7 they changed the process.
Does someone have factual information on this, because in the past you first needed allocation, then the dealer could place orders (Dealer Stock or Sold Order) and based on constraints the orders were picked up by GM with a 2000 event code.
Does someone have factual information on this, because in the past you first needed allocation, then the dealer could place orders (Dealer Stock or Sold Order) and based on constraints the orders were picked up by GM with a 2000 event code.
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I just went through this a few weeks ago and dealt with the owner's son at the dealer that I placed my order with. They needed an allocation for my order to be picked up by GM, which they had so it was picked up soon thereafter. If they did not have an allocation it would have sat there until they had one.
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A dealer can "place" (or enter) an order any time they want - allocation or not. The fact is that an order won't get "accepted" (move from 1100 to 2000) by GM until it is assigned to an allocation that matches the order (any constrained items on order are allowed by the allocation).
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A dealer can "place" (or enter) an order any time they want - allocation or not. The fact is that an order won't get "accepted" (move from 1100 to 2000) by GM until it is assigned to an allocation that matches the order (any constrained items on order are allowed by the allocation).
Just what I said...
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A dealer can "place" (or enter) an order any time they want - allocation or not. The fact is that an order won't get "accepted" (move from 1100 to 2000) by GM until it is assigned to an allocation that matches the order (any constrained items on order are allowed by the allocation).
dealer can submit orders until hell freezes over but those orders won't progress without allocations awarded to that dealer in due time.
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That actually happened to someone here on the Forum. The dealer said he had an allocation and showed them Work Bench docs, etc. to get him to place an order, which he did...his car came in 6 months later. An honest dealer or one that sells a lot of Vettes is your best bet.
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All of the above is correct. Here's what has changed:
Up until recently, in order to get an allocation a dealer had to "earn" it. Basically, a dealer would earn allocations based upon previous Corvette sales; the more Corvettes a dealer has sold, the more future allocations they would earn. Until recently, virtually all of these allocations were used by the respective dealers to order Corvettes to fill customer orders or for dealer stock.
Not long ago (once supply began to exceed demand), however, some dealers began to not use all of their allocations. For example, dealer X is awarded 5 Corvette allocations for a particular week but they only order 3 cars. In these cases the unused allocations are then offered to dealerships that did not actually earn them based on prior Corvette sales. In these cases I don't know with absolute certainty whether or not those "unearned" allocations are intentionally awarded to dealers with unfilled orders waiting to be picked up but doing so would make perfect sense.
Hope this helps.
Up until recently, in order to get an allocation a dealer had to "earn" it. Basically, a dealer would earn allocations based upon previous Corvette sales; the more Corvettes a dealer has sold, the more future allocations they would earn. Until recently, virtually all of these allocations were used by the respective dealers to order Corvettes to fill customer orders or for dealer stock.
Not long ago (once supply began to exceed demand), however, some dealers began to not use all of their allocations. For example, dealer X is awarded 5 Corvette allocations for a particular week but they only order 3 cars. In these cases the unused allocations are then offered to dealerships that did not actually earn them based on prior Corvette sales. In these cases I don't know with absolute certainty whether or not those "unearned" allocations are intentionally awarded to dealers with unfilled orders waiting to be picked up but doing so would make perfect sense.
Hope this helps.
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