Allocations
Melting Slicks
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I was mid 400 when deposit went down in July.
Now, no idea where I am on the list, if it even exists.
Melting Slicks
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There is another variable that hasn't been mentioned yet and that is GM. They don't necessarily keep the orders in line as they come in. Mine is a perfect example, my order got placed from the Feb. allocation so somewhere around early Feb. it went in lets say the 10-13 range. Then on the 18th it finally showed 2000 event code, then two days later on the 20th was at 3000, the following Tuesday the 25th it's at 3300. It went to 3300 two and a half weeks after the order went in and the SAME day another car at the same dealership also went to 3300. That car had the order go in in December. Mine took two and a half weeks and the other took two and a half months to get to the same place at the plant. So I ended up jumping past a bunch at the dealership, I guess because GM was queuing up white 1LT cars to paint. So even if the dealer is honorable and keeps it fair and square with the order of deposits placed, there is no guarantee in the least that GM will. Might go better, might go worse.
I know more about Kerbeck's orders and buyers than I do about my order and that just ain't right.
Last edited by Panfish; Feb 28, 2020 at 05:27 PM.
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So, that puts you at somewhere close to the 75th percentile. Very, very unlikely you will get a 2020 unless allocations increase substantially. By comparison, MacMulkin has just under 1200 total allocations and so far, for Sept, Dec, Jan and Feb, they have gotten around 280 total allocations. You do the math.
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Yes, I mentioned that in another thread. Getting "accepted" by GM (Event code 2000) doesn't mean car A. will get a TPW before car B. Dealers cannot control what happens after code 2000. What they CAN control is how they choose to assign allocations to buyers at each consensus. If they represent X and do Y and a buyer suffers damages like losing out on a 2020 altogether due to future reduced allocations, the dealer is in trouble if (and that's IF) the buyer can document that. Even say, a later allocation award on a subsequent month would still be some form of damage to the buyer as the misrepresentation still existed.
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Instructor
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400 of 600 from July with expected drops and z car waiting, I think you have a good shot at a 2020. You’re probably in the low hundreds at this point. (20% drop rate and assuming 50 cars per first 4 allocations) The dealer won’t tell you where you stand?
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Melting Slicks
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So, that puts you at somewhere close to the 75th percentile. Very, very unlikely you will get a 2020 unless allocations increase substantially. By comparison, MacMulkin has just under 1200 total allocations and so far, for Sept, Dec, Jan and Feb, they have gotten around 280 total allocations. You do the math.
Why exactly is Corvette hyping this car when it can't deliver anything for another year?
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No way a dealer with 600 total allocations has been getting. 50 per month. More like 35 per month. Look at the MacMulkin example above that has very close to twice as many total allocations.
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Melting Slicks
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Nope. They are not even doing orders until they have an allocation for you and there is no list available.
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Folks on MacMulkin's list who put deposits down in October will be getting cars in June or July. Many of us are finding out the hard way that only Mac and Kerbeck could deliver 2020s if we waited to decide until after the introduction in July.
Why exactly is Corvette hyping this car when it can't deliver anything for another year?
Why exactly is Corvette hyping this car when it can't deliver anything for another year?
Instructor
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Was going by my dealer Les Stanford who told me they were getting fifty something per allocation from a 650 total. So used that as a relative comparison.
Melting Slicks
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Corvette just put on a big show in Nevada for all the news media and they have been showing the cars all over the country. The whole promotion is just going to leave thousands of potential buyers disappointed to say the least.
Melting Slicks
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Racer
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Just because THEY say it's non-refundable, does not mean it is non-refundable. That depends on the consumer laws of your sate and what written documentation exists in your specific situation to define that one way or the other. Absent that documentation, many state laws favor the consumer (buyer). Traditionally, dealers like to throw around the term "liquidated damages". If they have to take delivery of a car someone has custom ordered and rejected, then yes, they have that argument as they have to market and sell the custom order the buyer rejected. If that order has not been built (code 1100 which is a computer entry not yet even accepted by the manufacturer), liquidated damages are virtually nil.
If your dealer says it's "non-refundable", you might politely ask where that is stipulated as you say you were not aware of that at the time of deposit. It might be buried in fine print somewhere though and that would be your error.
If your dealer says it's "non-refundable", you might politely ask where that is stipulated as you say you were not aware of that at the time of deposit. It might be buried in fine print somewhere though and that would be your error.
Maybe things will change in March and my order will move forward.......hope so......I guess I'm just venting......figured a Corvette Forum was as good a place as any to do that
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Racer
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Folks on MacMulkin's list who put deposits down in October will be getting cars in June or July. Many of us are finding out the hard way that only Mac and Kerbeck could deliver 2020s if we waited to decide until after the introduction in July.
Why exactly is Corvette hyping this car when it can't deliver anything for another year?
Why exactly is Corvette hyping this car when it can't deliver anything for another year?
Melting Slicks
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So there’s no documentation stating your deposit is non-refundable? In that case, how can your dealer claim it is? Hopefully, it will be moot next month, but if it becomes an issue (you want to bail like so many elsewhere have done prior to build), their assertion of that means nothing.
Pro
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I think many dealers are doing this though. My dealer works this way. I have an option to go put an order in the system, but as they explained it really doesn't matter if they have no allocation to place it against. The big difference to your scenario is my dealer gave me his personal cell so I text him every few weeks to see where things stand. They have been great with the updates and I have been happy so far and they are a very small dealer (only 9 allocations). Just curious, when you call and ask them for an update, what do they tell you? Do you check in regularly or have you gone back to see them (assuming you live close to them)?
Drifting
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My order has been at 1100 for over a month now......when GM does its DOSP on March 5th, I'm going to call the Concierge Service on the 9th.....if my order doesn't go to 2000 I'm canceling it.....and they've already told me my deposit is non-refundable so I will probably have a fight on my hands. Should be interesting 