EchoRomeo
Member
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2022
- Threads
- 4
- Messages
- 23
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- 34
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Vehicles
- Mach-E SEL / comf+tech / grabber blue (pending)
- Thread starter
- #16
Sounds awful! Yeah when I was initially calling around to Chevy dealerships most said they didn't actually accept my GM Family First discount. Even the dealer I bought from was uncertain about applying it. I don't know for sure but I think there's a difference between your supplier discount and my Family First...sorry to say, I think Family First carries a little more weight. I recall at one point a dealer clarifying that I had a Family First code and not supplier before confirming they'd accept it.LOL. oh well, I had an offer from the GM dealership on Thursday, I accepted it (all over text and phone calls, I was unable to get to the dealership). They asked for Driver’s license, Proof of insurance, and to fill out the online Financial forms, I did all of that, I asked what I needed to do to reserve this vehicle, down payment? Formal signed document, “Oh no, no need for that, we will hold it for you.”
I told the Chevy dealer I was going on vacation (Just Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), I’d be back Monday or Tuesday, they called on Saturday and said, and I am quoting, “Hi Todd, Chris Mc[ScrewYou] general sales manager at [Weasel Chapbutt] Chevrolet, reaching out because Carson and my new sales Manager Tom mis-quoted you on that incoming Chevy Bolt EUV, so I wanted to go over the new numbers, GM Supplier pricing is not available, the only thing I can get through is the 6300$ GM Rebate, so again, just wanted to review the actual numbers to make sure you’re still looking at moving forward so give me a buzz back if you would, 813-###-####, thanks so much bye”.
Any mention of, ”if you don’t call us back we are going to sell it”? It was Saturday by the way, (and the car is NOT even in the dealership until 7/11!), when I received this, on vacation. And you guessed it, they sold it without calling me, texting me, emailing me, nothing. Everybody I know has a story like this, dealerships are the absolutely worst run businesses I have seen, and I am in the industry. I will welcome the day Ford starts selling 100% outside of the dealership environment.
Sorry, rant over.
For the Bolt, it's unfortunate how we have to "shop around" dealerships these days to find ones that won't charge an outrageous mark up or that will reserve a car for us / give us a heads up when cars become available. It's too bad the guys you delt with didn't communicate better or give you the chance to firm up the reservation before moving on to someone else. In today's seller's market, it seems like customer service is no longer necessarily the top priority.
But at least you still have your Mach-E order...hopefully that purchase goes much more smoothly!
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