skafia

it’s the AM now.... what did they say????

Larry Cable

waiting to hear from them...

Larry Cable

So I am in a "holding pattern" until 9/14 when Jan orders lock .... at which time I might know if I will get PTS or not...

hf1

It has been an age old wisdom to cut your losses (bad relationships) quickly and let your profits (good relationships) run. I have deposits with 3 dealers and I have a strong feeling about which one will get my business. One keeps texting me about my "GT4 deposit" and I keep telling him it's a Boxster GTS 4.0. The second one was going to charge me for European Delivery then retreated immediately when I called him on his BS.

Larry Cable

I could not agree with you more on this one - my SA has been completely disinterested and uncommunicative from day 1 despite the fact that this allocation came from his GM ... and its down to him not updating the internal order system in a timely fashion that I am now in PTS limbo!

halfmonkey

Did you confront the SA about this or did you go straight to the GM? Did either one even apologize for the mishap? So they're not able to give you a concrete allocation and told you to wait until lock in Sept?

Larry Cable

No apology forthcoming - I do have an allocation the problem is that I do not have a confirmed PTS slot for that allocation, which I would have had if the SA had updated the internal order on 8/6 when he said he would instead of last week - resulting in my place on the PTS waitlist being one of those for which there is no available PTS slot
currently

Its not a mistake the dealer or even PCNA can fix this after the fact, it is all to do with the factory order processing - 1st come 1st serve ... so now I'm in a "wait and see" until 7/14 to see if anyone "ahead" of me in the waitlist drops out... very frustrating

hf1

Personally, I would just calmly ask for my deposit back from these bozos and not even express anger. Ultimately it's your fault (responsibility) for the predicament you found yourself in -- you didn't cut them off way sooner despite your gut instinct and hints. Pay your tuition and move on. Get Miami, or the new blue that will replace it, or Python Green, or wait for a new PTS window and if it doesn't open just order from the non-PTS colors, but do it with another SA and dealer. Life is too short.

Larry Cable

going to look at a MB Spyder today ...

Selo

Selo here, Gulf Blue with white motorsports side stripes and silver rims.
So far the blues dominate, which is no surprise considering the accepted list is really heavy on the blue tones. Kind of surprised no Mexico or Riviera yet.
For what it's worth, I have a Cobra replica being built that I'm going with Licht grun - not generally big on personalized plates but I'm contemplating "DRNGO95" for the Cobra.

Larry Cable

what month is your build?

Selo

....... So, lovely news! I received a voicemail from PCNA just moments ago that they're not sure what happened but they must have gotten their wires crossed with Germany, and NO MORE Spyder Soup for me! Per PCNA, Spyder slots very limited for 2021, so best chance of making it happen for me is 4/2021.
Bummer, but good thing I still have perfect 981 Spyder to tide me over. Maybe a nice new color or two by April, even if I can't get PTS. My top choices weren't available anyway.

Larry Cable

I think you fell afoul of the same problem I encountered ... sorry to hear this

Larry Cable

I dont think you fully comprehend what the process (and my dilemma) is; firstly dealers do not have PTS allocations, they just have allocations that they can, during order placement, request the factory for PTS, the factory only has a certain number
of PTS build slots in their monthly production schedules, if the 3 of PTS requests exceeds the available # of slots, those at the end of the line get bumped, until the PTS "window" (the months during which PTS requests are
accepted) closes, which is what appears to be happening with Jan...

So unless some Jan slots open up because existing customer drop, and/or the PTS window is extended beyond Jan "I'm screwed"...

had my lame *** SA @ Fremont Porsche updated the internal order in a timely fashion, as opposed to a week ago when I and Exclusiv reminded him yet again to do so ... I would not have been at the end of the line.

faced with this uncertainty the choice was grab the allocation for the Nov build which is the last month for Miami Blue, or wait in the hope that I might get PTS ... and in truth, if I do get a slot in a couple of weeks
I can always pull my deposit and switch "back"...

halfmonkey

Oh no! So did PCNA tell you 4/202 would be your best bet or is that your guess?