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Sep 27, 2022 | 05:43 PM

#21

st3v

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There is no consistency across dealers. In my case, I ordered in Aug 2021 and got the car in Aug 2022.

Sep 27, 2022 | 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by baf2000_1

Dealer wait list is an area where GM could at least add some structure and enforcement. Dealers that do not publish a list with customer numbers and their place in line are not to be trusted, period .

GM gives dealers allocations based on previous sales and leaves it up to the dealer on how they use them. I have no idea why there has to be all this control from above. The dealer is the face of the brand they are selling and the one who deals directly with the customer. I know that GM sets the rules and standards the dealers must follow but they also deserve the right to run their business the way that they feel fits their customer base. My dealer pretty much uses his Corvette allocations for his loyal customers, and it works for me.

Sep 27, 2022 | 06:56 PM

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Big Lebowski

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Originally Posted by ReyM

Went in pre-ordered my Corvette back on Oct 2020 but my dealership told me that I am still 4th in line, is it really this long of a wait to get one?

Your dealer is either jerking you around or doesn’t have the allocation to fill the orders…and is jerking you around. Mine took was 13 months from initial order to delivery. Large volume dealers are delivering in 12 - 18 months consistently. Large volume dealers get more allocation, smaller dealers get few if any. Time to put down a deposit with a large dealer.

Sep 27, 2022 | 07:17 PM

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Walter Raulerson

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Looks like I am finally realizing that the C8 is passing me by(no pun intended) Concentrate on mine

Sep 27, 2022 | 07:24 PM

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Walter Raulerson

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My problem is that small dealers have loyal customers too. They survive on those customers so if one orders a car and has to wait months or years that's not right. A large dealer down the road can get a guy off the street a car before that small dealer. His customer gets told "go to a bigger dealership" again small dealer loses. Not many will wait from May 2019 til September 2022

Sep 27, 2022 | 07:25 PM

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Walter Raulerson

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It has everything to do with GM they set the policy that whomever sells more gets the most cars

Sep 30, 2022 | 11:33 AM

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CatSqueazer

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Which dealer is this?

Sep 30, 2022 | 12:14 PM

#28

Markamen

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From: Endicott NY

Totally agree. Place a deposit with several of the large dealers I was on 4 dealer wait lists in October 2021. 2 were small dealers. The 2 large dealers were Criswell and MacMulkin. MacMulkin came through and I am taking delivery Tuesday. From Deposit to delivery approximately 49 weeks.

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Sep 30, 2022 | 04:06 PM

#29

ontcanuck

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From: Woodstock Ontario

put a deposit in Dec 2020 at # 38 they are saying maybe the end of this Oct. its been a long wait. My buddy ordered his from the same dealer 4 weeks earlier just got his to-day from day of production to dealer delivery 1 week