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noname · 12-21-2013, 02:02 PM

Thank you for everyone who replied to this thread. I probably was just planning on eating the price difference but your opinions spurred me on to fight it.

I can not begin to say how helpful this whole forum was. It allowed me to know how much the big dealers were selling their C7's for, what constraints were out there, and even how much an extended warranty should cost.

So I went into the dealer today to discuss the situation. They maintained throughout that there was a 2LT constraint and the only way the order would be accepted was as a 3LT. They offered me 3 options: 1) Buy the car as is 2) Submit a new order or 3) Walk away.

I told him that it didn't feel right and it felt like a bait and switch. We had agreed to a price and he should honor that. I offered the carrot: If you make me happy, then I'll praise your dealership and do all of my maintenance and repairs there (honestly, I think they'll make a lot more off of me at that end).
That didn't work. So then the stick. Beforehand I had read all about my state's laws on Deceptive Trade Practices and printed it out and found an article about a car dealer that was being sued by the attorney general for taking orders and then delivering a different car.

Yet he still maintained that it was a constraint, and that he wasn't making any more money off of the 3LT than the 2LT. So I called him on that. I said, Ok, I'll take the 3LT for the same profit margin that you would have made if you had produced the 2LT that I ordered.

And voila: now I'm getting a 3LT Z51 within a month of placing the order for about 1500 below MSRP, financed through him for 1.48% for 72 mos!

12-21-2013, 02:02 PM	#8
noname Drives: 3LT Z51 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Dallas Posts: 52	Resolution Thank you for everyone who replied to this thread. I probably was just planning on eating the price difference but your opinions spurred me on to fight it. I can not begin to say how helpful this whole forum was. It allowed me to know how much the big dealers were selling their C7's for, what constraints were out there, and even how much an extended warranty should cost. So I went into the dealer today to discuss the situation. They maintained throughout that there was a 2LT constraint and the only way the order would be accepted was as a 3LT. They offered me 3 options: 1) Buy the car as is 2) Submit a new order or 3) Walk away. I told him that it didn't feel right and it felt like a bait and switch. We had agreed to a price and he should honor that. I offered the carrot: If you make me happy, then I'll praise your dealership and do all of my maintenance and repairs there (honestly, I think they'll make a lot more off of me at that end). That didn't work. So then the stick. Beforehand I had read all about my state's laws on Deceptive Trade Practices and printed it out and found an article about a car dealer that was being sued by the attorney general for taking orders and then delivering a different car. Yet he still maintained that it was a constraint, and that he wasn't making any more money off of the 3LT than the 2LT. So I called him on that. I said, Ok, I'll take the 3LT for the same profit margin that you would have made if you had produced the 2LT that I ordered. And voila: now I'm getting a 3LT Z51 within a month of placing the order for about 1500 below MSRP, financed through him for 1.48% for 72 mos!