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03-10-2014, 04:22 PM
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Supply Chain Management seems to be a foreign word now-a-days to German efficiency as well.
I had an EDP pickup scheduled for late June with all paperwork finalized and accepted by MB USA EDP. Today my sales person informs me that all 19" wheels, black as well as silver, are on backorder until the end of the year. We checked twice with MB USA EDP that my build would not run into any bottlenecks and here I am with this exact issue, unbelievable.
Figured some of you might want to know and follow up with your sales person, if your build or EDP pickup is similar to mine.
As much as I love the 45, I absolutely do want the 19's, but without the hefty OEM accessory price of maybe $4,000 or whatever it will run. Any suggestions?
MB USA is of little help, of course!
I had an EDP pickup scheduled for late June with all paperwork finalized and accepted by MB USA EDP. Today my sales person informs me that all 19" wheels, black as well as silver, are on backorder until the end of the year. We checked twice with MB USA EDP that my build would not run into any bottlenecks and here I am with this exact issue, unbelievable.
Figured some of you might want to know and follow up with your sales person, if your build or EDP pickup is similar to mine.
As much as I love the 45, I absolutely do want the 19's, but without the hefty OEM accessory price of maybe $4,000 or whatever it will run. Any suggestions?
MB USA is of little help, of course!
03-10-2014, 04:45 PM
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Supply Chain Management seems to be a foreign word now-a-days to German efficiency as well.
I had an EDP pickup scheduled for late June with all paperwork finalized and accepted by MB USA EDP. Today my sales person informs me that all 19" wheels, black as well as silver, are on backorder until the end of the year. We checked twice with MB USA EDP that my build would not run into any bottlenecks and here I am with this exact issue, unbelievable.
Figured some of you might want to know and follow up with your sales person, if your build or EDP pickup is similar to mine.
As much as I love the 45, I absolutely do want the 19's, but without the hefty OEM accessory price of maybe $4,000 or whatever it will run. Any suggestions?
MB USA is of little help, of course!
I had an EDP pickup scheduled for late June with all paperwork finalized and accepted by MB USA EDP. Today my sales person informs me that all 19" wheels, black as well as silver, are on backorder until the end of the year. We checked twice with MB USA EDP that my build would not run into any bottlenecks and here I am with this exact issue, unbelievable.
Figured some of you might want to know and follow up with your sales person, if your build or EDP pickup is similar to mine.
As much as I love the 45, I absolutely do want the 19's, but without the hefty OEM accessory price of maybe $4,000 or whatever it will run. Any suggestions?
MB USA is of little help, of course!
Hopefully that was a conservative estimate and they'll have 19's sooner than that.
I was told my car would be built in the last week of March. It ended up getting built a couple weeks ago and now it's waiting for me to pick it up in Germany.
03-10-2014, 05:52 PM
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2014 CLA 45 AMG; 2012 GLK 350 4MATIC (totaled); 2009 VW GTI (sold)
Wow, sounds like a bit of a gong show! Guess my 5 month wait time to get mine back in November was not that bad after all! And it had all the upgrades too! Sounds like those upgrades are creating delays now!
03-10-2014, 06:23 PM
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Will let you know how things turn out, as I want to stay away from aftermarket.
