chrsschb
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I'm trying not to be a complete ass here so I wanted some advice on how I should handle this situation:
On March 14th I backed out of my GT350 order. I love the car, don't get me wrong, I just wanted to go a different direction.
Anyways, I had a MSRP deal through an out of state dealer. Everything was fairly smooth and they were easy to deal with so no complaints there. My main issue was communication on their part after the deal was finalized.
Once I told the dealer I wanted out, and he finally replied a week later after I started emailing and calling again, he informed me that the car was on a rail car somewhere in Florida. Instead of letting the car sit at the dealer and letting me help him sell the car he wants me to pay to ship the car back to him. I was honestly considering it but I said well hey let me help you sell it. An MSRP track pack should sell pretty easily, and if needed we'll talk shipping. Then he informs me that he'd be adding ADM from here forward. He didn't disclose how much so I don't know.
So my issue is I've now lost all motivation to help this guy sell this car and assist with shipping knowing that he is no longer offering the car at MSRP. If he's going to charge ADM why should I put even more money into his pocket.
I'm also not fully motivated to help because communication has been an issue along the way. Here's a break down of our communication in the past 9 months. If it says "Reply" it means I initiated the contact.
06/06/15: Ordered
06/09/15: DORA
07/14/15: Reply about how the allocation process works and letting me know he's looking into transport options
07/31/15: Reply to questions I had about transport options
08/19/15: Update on drop shipping to a local dealer
09/01/15: Confirmed the local dealer's fee for the drop shipping
10/14/15: Reply to me asking about VIN and me wanting to swap from Tech to Track
10/19/15: Reply to me asking about the out of state purchase process
12/03/15: Reply to me asking for a status update (no update)
01/08/16: Reply to me asking for a status update (no update)
02/15/16: Contacted me letting me know I had a build week of Feb 29
03/15/16: I contacted him about me backing out (no reply)
03/22/16: Reply about me backing out. At which point he informed me of the rail car thing (This is after reaching out to them again).
I think it's important to note that contact initiated by this dealer only happened a single time once the order/transport was in place, and that was on Feb 15th. Every other update was me asking for something/update. I never received a VIN, ship date, rail car info, etc.
Anyways, I'm trying to not be an asshole here and want to help, but I'm conflicted now that he's doing the ADM crap. He's holding my $5000 (refundable) deposit and I'm trying to get it back.
What would you do?
On March 14th I backed out of my GT350 order. I love the car, don't get me wrong, I just wanted to go a different direction.
Anyways, I had a MSRP deal through an out of state dealer. Everything was fairly smooth and they were easy to deal with so no complaints there. My main issue was communication on their part after the deal was finalized.
Once I told the dealer I wanted out, and he finally replied a week later after I started emailing and calling again, he informed me that the car was on a rail car somewhere in Florida. Instead of letting the car sit at the dealer and letting me help him sell the car he wants me to pay to ship the car back to him. I was honestly considering it but I said well hey let me help you sell it. An MSRP track pack should sell pretty easily, and if needed we'll talk shipping. Then he informs me that he'd be adding ADM from here forward. He didn't disclose how much so I don't know.
So my issue is I've now lost all motivation to help this guy sell this car and assist with shipping knowing that he is no longer offering the car at MSRP. If he's going to charge ADM why should I put even more money into his pocket.
I'm also not fully motivated to help because communication has been an issue along the way. Here's a break down of our communication in the past 9 months. If it says "Reply" it means I initiated the contact.
06/06/15: Ordered
06/09/15: DORA
07/14/15: Reply about how the allocation process works and letting me know he's looking into transport options
07/31/15: Reply to questions I had about transport options
08/19/15: Update on drop shipping to a local dealer
09/01/15: Confirmed the local dealer's fee for the drop shipping
10/14/15: Reply to me asking about VIN and me wanting to swap from Tech to Track
10/19/15: Reply to me asking about the out of state purchase process
12/03/15: Reply to me asking for a status update (no update)
01/08/16: Reply to me asking for a status update (no update)
02/15/16: Contacted me letting me know I had a build week of Feb 29
03/15/16: I contacted him about me backing out (no reply)
03/22/16: Reply about me backing out. At which point he informed me of the rail car thing (This is after reaching out to them again).
I think it's important to note that contact initiated by this dealer only happened a single time once the order/transport was in place, and that was on Feb 15th. Every other update was me asking for something/update. I never received a VIN, ship date, rail car info, etc.
Anyways, I'm trying to not be an asshole here and want to help, but I'm conflicted now that he's doing the ADM crap. He's holding my $5000 (refundable) deposit and I'm trying to get it back.
What would you do?
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