Trying to decide between 718 Cayman GTS and 992
07-09-2018, 05:04 PM
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As for the rest, call the second dealer on your list. $5k (refundable or not) to wait in line on the off-chance that your first dealer might deign to assign one of their allocations to you if they feel like you are worthy is a steam pile of equine manure. Dealers know if they have allocations or not. Any particular SA knows if they might be able to find (usually via trade) an allocation if they don't have one. What that tells me is that your first dealer doesn't have an allocation and would need to expend some effort to get one. If they had an allocation they would have offered to do the deal right now.
Attempting lock you in to them when they don't even know if they can get you a car is utter crap. Worst case, a dealer might ask for a deposit in order to expend effort to get an allocation but within a time limit. In other words, along the lines of: do the deal now and take a deposit and if they can't secure an allocation within XX days refund your deposit.
On the flip side, the person you talked to on the phone might have figured your were deal shopping and that any unsecured effort they expended to find you a car would have been useless if you found a 5.01% discount from the 27th dealer you called.
Bottom line: Transparency is often facilitated face-to-face.
07-09-2018, 05:16 PM
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On the flip side, the person you talked to on the phone might have figured your were deal shopping and that any unsecured effort they expended to find you a car would have been useless if you found a 5.01% discount from the 27th dealer you called.
Bottom line: Transparency is often facilitated face-to-face.
Bottom line: Transparency is often facilitated face-to-face.
07-09-2018, 06:01 PM
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Pretty sure I've seen that RDMUSTANG got his allocation last April (sorry, I don't know how to link him here). I may be mistaken though.
07-09-2018, 10:53 PM
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Regardless, a deposit that isn't refundable, indefinitely, on an allocation that may never exist is nuts. But, a high-volume dealer a) probably has filled all of its current allocations and b) can probably live without your business. Go find another.
