02-26-2009, 06:53 PM | #1 |
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A plea to GM
One thing these forums have done for me is bring me some comfort in knowing that I'm not the only one to have placed my first 2010 Camaro order with a disreputable dealer, only to have to cancel it and reorder with a better (in my case WAY better) dealer. Unfortunately what this means is that my original order date in mid-October has now slipped to the end of February. In other words I (and probably many others) have had to go from near the front of the line all the way to the back. I have seen some say that complaints get you nowhere but there is something GM could do if they want to encourage their dealers to stop preying on unsuspecting customers. They could take allocations from the price-gouging dealers and give them to the MSRP and below dealers instead. In my case moving an allocation from Win Kelly Chevrolet in Clarksville, Maryland (boo!) to Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Frederick, Maryland (yay!) may not really get me my car any sooner but it would definitely make me feel better as a loyal GM customer. Just some food for thought.
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02-26-2009, 06:56 PM | #2 |
Booooosted.
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What kind of gouging were they talking about? I would be so pissed.
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02-26-2009, 06:57 PM | #3 |
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Particularly if the dealer is ordering for floor stock.!
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02-26-2009, 06:58 PM | #4 |
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That certainly is too bad, but the good news is that you are going to be saving money in the end (even if you have to wait a little longer). Hopefully, more people will realize that dealer (Win Kelly) is a bad one and the market will punish them (out of business).
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02-26-2009, 07:02 PM | #5 |
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Hey I've been to the Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Frederick, MD... I used to work at Ft Detrick.
I've always had good dealings with them... |
02-26-2009, 07:05 PM | #6 |
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Win Kelly Chevrolet = Price Gougers = FAIL
Bay Chevrolet in Mobile AL is my dealer. The 1000.00 deposit is non-refundable if I just quit on them, but that won't happen. Any problems out of my control is refundable. So that's not cool but they were up front with me as far as everything else and I got 'MSRP' and 'I keep the stock RS wheels' in writing. |
02-26-2009, 07:08 PM | #7 | |
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02-27-2009, 04:21 AM | #8 | |
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Bottom-line is that I think you did the right thing. Even with my second dealer if they change the terms and I don't like them (not likely) I will walk and wait for either a 2011 or something else entirely. |
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02-27-2009, 09:37 AM | #9 |
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Don't bother asking GM for help on this. I have a an issue with my original dealership and tried to cancel, then the original dealership said my deposit was non-refundable (funny thing, cause everything I signed said nothing about it being non-refundable, and all verbal communication said it was refundable). I call GM to try and get the order transferred to another dealer and they said no, they could not help (I talked to three different people at GM, even had some kind of inquire file started). My credit card went after the original dealer and got my deposit back and I have since re-order at another dealer.
Eventually these bad dealerships will go under. The days of subprime borrowers getting ripped off and banks given any kind of car loans to anyone with a heart beat are over. This is how these dealers survived, now they will not be able to get educated buyers into their showrooms, because of these antics.
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02-27-2009, 03:05 PM | #10 |
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