03-15-2015, 06:20 PM | #15 | |
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are you doing SUPPLIER DISCOUNT?
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Torch Red Z51 Coupe 2lt, Blk Interior, 8spd Auto, MagRide, Alum Blk Wheels, Red Calipers, Carbon badges, Transparent roof
(1100) Ordered 09/25/2014 (3000) Accepted by Production 09/30/2014 (3300) Scheduled 10/10/2014 (3400) Broadcast 10/17/2014 (3800) Produced BORN 10/28/2014 (4B00) Bayed 10/29/2014 (4000) Available to ship 10/29/2014 (4200) SHIPPED 11/03/2014 (5000) Delivered 11/04/2014 |
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03-15-2015, 07:32 PM | #16 |
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03-15-2015, 07:51 PM | #17 |
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(1100) Ordered 09/25/2014 (3000) Accepted by Production 09/30/2014 (3300) Scheduled 10/10/2014 (3400) Broadcast 10/17/2014 (3800) Produced BORN 10/28/2014 (4B00) Bayed 10/29/2014 (4000) Available to ship 10/29/2014 (4200) SHIPPED 11/03/2014 (5000) Delivered 11/04/2014 |
03-15-2015, 08:30 PM | #18 |
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03-19-2015, 11:44 PM | #19 |
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This has been an education for sure. We ordered a 2015 C7 1LT about 12 Jan with a dealer upstate who gave us a decent discount. This was before we learned about the allocation system. He placed the order on Jan 15. 7 weeks later it was still in 1100 status (thanks for checking, Becky!). The dealer could not say when he would get an allocation. Since the car is going to be for my much-better half, she decided that she would rather cancel the order and find a dealer who gets frequent allocations and then put a deposit down for a 2016. We spoke to 4 dealers around the country and found a sales rep who is up front about allocations and had yet to receive any other deposits for a '16. So, we have put a deposit down with that rep. It has been a frustrating experience say the least, but we are now optimistic that we will be able to take delivery of a new C-7 at the NCM in August or September.
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03-20-2015, 04:43 PM | #20 |
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It is an education for anyone who chooses to order rather than buy off the lot.
The allocation system is not Chevrolet specific nor GM specific. The system is used to distribute vehicles to every Chevrolet (and the rest) dealer in the country. It is legally defendable (an important consideration) and it works. Do I like it? No! Do I understand why we have it? Yes! Do I think it could be made to work in a more retail customer way? Of course I do. AND I do believe it will happen but not this year and maybe not this decade. Laborsmith |
03-21-2015, 04:44 AM | #21 | |
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That means that people will keep going to the dealerships who have allocations and those dealerships will also keep the status of getting the most, because people keep buying from them. my local dealership will lose out on sales, like mine. I think dealerships are the ones who are getting shafted here is my point. |
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03-21-2015, 09:23 AM | #22 | |
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and again read my post above...ANY dealer that is getting "shafted" had his chance to get C7's, he just decided not to play per the GM rules... A good example is Bud's, outside Columbus Ohio in a town as small as it gets....yet he decided to get behind the program, and now has mucho allocations. Spoiled dealers want them when it's the good times, but not when times are tough, if this was your customer and he did this, what would you do? |
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03-21-2015, 11:42 AM | #23 |
Drives: 2015 Torch Red Z51 2LT Join Date: Sep 2014
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Dealers
Save yourself a lot of GRIEF find a dealer with allocation who can order while your there or over the phone. I agree with Glen e Bud's is where i bought mine because he had allocation and my local dealers did not. I called Bud's ordered my car over the phone (no deposit required) and picked it up 6 weeks later. it can't be much easier than that! Bud's (Tom) also told me about the SUPPLIER DISCOUNT which saved me $7000 on my car. of course i used Becky to update my car because she was online and knows her stuff, but a phone call or email to bud's worked also. Tom also took lots of photo's of my car arriving on the car carrier and while at the dealership. I'm not saying Buds is the only way to go, just be sure your dealer is upfront and has allocation, there are not that many that can produce a car within 6 weeks. things i think helped.
1. bud's had allocation 2. they knows corvettes and how to get them fast! 3. when a carrier truck pulls into their lot it unloads the whole truck. which helps with shipping, so many cars sit "BAYED" waiting on a truck because its the only car dealer is getting and has to wait for other orders from near by dealers to fill truck. Bud's fills the truck, they have a showroom for Corvettes that is probably 20,000 sq ft and has about 30 or more corvettes in it. 4. bud's was a small dealer in a small town, but has the ALLOCATION other dealers can't match. check out their Facebook page for reviews, lots of return corvette buyers do your research first! ask the right questions!
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03-21-2015, 11:54 AM | #24 |
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I can't agree more. You have to do your research. I live in the Houston, Texas area. I was unable to find any dealer in the area that was willing to "talk". The dealer in the area that I had brought my 1999 hardtop and two trucks was not willing to come off MSRP. I ended up purchasing my C7 from Classic Chevrolet in Grapevine, Texas. My salesman was Steve Thomas. From the beginning to delivery Steve was the best sales person I have every dealt with when purchasing a automobile. He sold a C7 to someone in LA, who for whatever reason could not get to Grapevine to pick up his car. Steve put the car in his trailer and drove to LA. To me that is what you would call GREAT customer service.
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03-21-2015, 02:52 PM | #25 | |
Drives: 2015 c7 Join Date: Nov 2009
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I remember i told my mother i ordered my corvette, and then had to switch dealerships because my local dealership could not get my car ordered. She was baffled on the fact i could not order a covette at certain dealers. she thought a once the order is placed FROM a customer it should go right into GM. either way i switched to the 4th largest crovette dealer in the country. so i am covered. I just dont like the system as a person who grow up in a family owed business. it doesn't make sense to not let dealerships fill near guaranteed orders. |
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03-21-2015, 03:21 PM | #26 |
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Agreed, I hear ya, but it's just not going to happen. The dealer is GM'S customer, the consumer is the dealers customer. It may change long term with the tesla model, but for now all mfr's allocate the same way. You get your share of what's hot based on past sales success. It's all legal now, and has been, since the mis-allocation scandal by honda in the 80’s.
The other problem is there is no way to tell- with today's budgets- if an order is real. Many have tried and given up. Porsche for one. Too many ways dealers can falsify orders.....the key here is no mfr has the resources to verify the order. And my opin, deep down inside , GM does not care about filling sold orders, when all of them are sold anyway. As I keep saying, not right but the way it is. >30 years as a factory rep for Honda,Porsche and BMW, 5 years as a general manager of a dealership.
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