[domano 68]

Originally Posted by vegasmike

I am new to this list but I have lurked for a year or so. Yep I want a camaro, I bought a new one in 1967, screwed it up and wished I had it back So I decided to pay my dues and get a new one to take care of. I got on all the lists in town. To no real avail. The closest dealer got one, went in, told I could not drive it, could not buy it unless I was prepared to give the 10K over MSRP. I did not buy the car and felt treated like a real idiot, and I dont think I am a dork but I upset me so much that I went home, and wrote the dealer an email and wrote one to GM. The dealer sales manager called, he was nice enough but stuck to the idea that 10K over was ok. I said if you dont want to sell the car tell you get more, why not just say so and be honest. The email I sent to GM was similar that I did not appreciate the treatment I got from the dealer. I thought at least the sales manager called, but today GM called me and said, Hey we got your email and we would like to know what happened. The person on the phone acted like she cared what I thought and she told me this is not the first call she has made its all over the country. Dealers are marking the car up to un-resonable rates above MSRP. I said, if you sell the cars direct for MSRP, on line, the dealers could not do this. Its time that GM got with the real world. The dealer is a service station and in most cases people dont need a salesperson, and dont need to go through this silliness. Sure a sales person can be valuable but after 45 years of buying cars I can say that I dont remember a good sales experience with a car dealer. I have met some nice sales people, but dealers dont get it, and they think they make the rules.
Sorry for the drivel here, I just thought others might like to know that GM is making an effort to find out why people who want this car are upset, I am impressed. I will still buy a new camaro, Metalic Orange SS and I am sure when I get it I will love it, but for now the dealers can eat the cars they have or collect them like museum pieces.
To those dealers how are on this forum that do not follow this stupid process I apologize to you, I am sure not every dealer is like the ones here in Vegas, but it seems that people across the US are emailing and calling in and complaining so there quality dealers who are honest are in the very small minority.
Sorry for the wasted band width but I would like to know if anyone else has gotten the call from GM. Maybe someone on the list should compile the call list and publish it and send it to GM so they know that the message is getting out there.
Go Chevy.
Mike

Good points but if you really think about it, it is not the dealers fault. It is ther person buying the car. They do not have to buy the car. Get a crappy offer from a dealer, go to another one. Then the crappy dealers will go away. However, when people are paying these high prices, the dealers will stay. Simple logic.