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Originally Posted by Supersport2011L99
Yea I went to 2 chevy dealerships and they we're completely useless. I went to one and said I was looking for a 2ss rs rally yellow and they came back saying there isn't one in all of north america and the manager said to me " why don't you just get a v6 why do you need all that power, it's much smarter to get a v6" I just got up and walked away then I went to a next dealership and they also said that they can't find a rally yellow 2ss rs...finally I went to a 3rd dealership and they found it within 10 minutes.
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Your experience is sad but a reflection of the economy. If the dealer has to dealer trade the car it means someone, not you, has to pay to get each car, the one trading and the one traded for, between dealers. Sales people don't want to do this because the difference in the transportation costs is taken off the sales price of the vehicle dropping their commission. Since the new Camaros are highly sough after they would rather just wait on the next guy to make full commission.
From the dealership persepctive, they also lose because they pay the tranfer costs outright.They also lose a car from their lot that they think they can sell (or they wold not have ordered it). Also, the other dealre has to agree to the trade. That's a whole different story. What probably happened with your dealer is that they had interest in the other dealership so it was a funny money transfer and they still ended up moving their inventory. You will find a lot of Chevy dealerships are owned by the same person.
In any case, lesson learned here is always shop all the dealers in the area. You'd be suprised how hungry they get when they know you have done the leg work and that you are willing to do business elsewhere. If you only knew how many 'lookers' show up every day that they have to weed through...