Take my money, please!
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2020 GLE 450 AMG exterior
Take my money, please!
As if the frustration over production delays aren't bad enough, I've found several vehicles over the past couple of weeks that met my needs/wants and I can't get anybody to sell them to me! Several dealers in California have told me that they are not allowed to ship out-of-state because MBUSA is concerned people are buying them and exporting them overseas.
A dealership in Louisiana said they aren't allowed to sell outside their sphere of influence. Most recently, a salesman in Florida spent several days negotiating with me, we arrived at a price he said he believed his manager would accept and then he called back to say the owner preferred to sell that particular vehicle locally and, oh by the way, he had been driving it and put 1,200 miles on it already. Like, WTF? Why were you negotiating with me? And not telling me that it's now a used vehicle?
If my wife would go for it, I'd have an X5 tomorrow. Ugh.
The good news, I suppose, is that I'm starting to see more 450s that have my key options in them in stock at dealerships. I'm still a minimum of six weeks away from the beginning of production of my order, but maybe I'll find one sooner. My patience has long since worn thin.
A dealership in Louisiana said they aren't allowed to sell outside their sphere of influence. Most recently, a salesman in Florida spent several days negotiating with me, we arrived at a price he said he believed his manager would accept and then he called back to say the owner preferred to sell that particular vehicle locally and, oh by the way, he had been driving it and put 1,200 miles on it already. Like, WTF? Why were you negotiating with me? And not telling me that it's now a used vehicle?
If my wife would go for it, I'd have an X5 tomorrow. Ugh.
The good news, I suppose, is that I'm starting to see more 450s that have my key options in them in stock at dealerships. I'm still a minimum of six weeks away from the beginning of production of my order, but maybe I'll find one sooner. My patience has long since worn thin.
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Interesting! The California dealers have no problem selling to out of state buyers when they are physically at the dealership. It’s likely that they are just making up an excuse because they know that they are in short supply and will sell fast locally. Why bother to ship and lose a local customer.
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From: New England
2020 GLE 450 AMG exterior
Interesting! The California dealers have no problem selling to out of state buyers when they are physically at the dealership. It’s likely that they are just making up an excuse because they know that they are in short supply and will sell fast locally. Why bother to ship and lose a local customer.
Last edited by bigpern23; Oct 3, 2019 at 11:22 PM.
