07-18-2022, 05:34 PM | #221 |
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Note to anyone with deposits at BMW of Alexandria: they don't appear to be fulfilling orders in the order in which deposits were taken in every case. I asked to see the order bank and saw that I was #1, but that 5 2023s before me already have allocations, and I asked the manager how it was possible that I've been told I'm #1 for 4-5 months now and still haven't gotten an allocation, yet there are 5 cars that have. After lots of roundabout arguing, he asked the salesperson who took the order for the most recent car to receive an allocation when his customer placed his deposit in order to prove to me that I wasn't skipped over, and the answer was February, which is 3 months after I placed mine! He then said he needed to "look into it" and would call me back. I got no call back, so I called him back, and after pushing, he finally admitted that they got two allocations recently but gave them to people who complained about the MSRP increase, letting them skip the line as an "apology" (or that was at least my understanding of it -- he was very unclear). This makes zero sense since I'm equally affected by it and have waited even longer, but he refused to reassign them to those at the top of the list like I asked and said he could cancel my order if I didn't want to put up with continuing to wait.
The manager did say they have an available 50 Jahre edition and offered it to me for $20k over sticker. I said that offer was insulting -- it's insane to screw someone over and not give them an allocation, then try to prey on that and rip them off to sell another car at a huge premium that I'd only need because they skipped me over for an allocation. When I reacted badly, he said that he only offered it to me because I called and that he didn't tell any of his "normal" clients like me about this before because he thought we'd react badly, which is very telling of how they view customer relationships. My SA is actually great and incredibly nice -- the only reason I think I'm keeping my order is because I want him to get commission on my purchase -- but I couldn't be more dissatisfied with the horrible manager at Alexandria. For those in the area without orders yet, I remember both Passport and Charlottesville being very nice when I spoke to them back in the fall when starting this process, but I stupidly didn't get on their waitlists because I had a good initial experience at Alexandria and wanted to be loyal to them (I also sent $200k in business their way since, which makes me even more annoyed). |
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07-19-2022, 06:56 AM | #222 |
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Damn that's jacked up . I am in Maryland and went through my process that started last December and took delivery in March. Allocation was immediate and I had a production number in 2 days . That dealership you are working with is trash and that came from a few buddies that went the same route you are going but did it back in January . Hope you get started soon
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The dealers here in Florida all try to sell for "market adjusted" prices of up to $30,000 over sticker for an M3/M4. I'm so happy Passport has a policy of not jacking up their prices over sticker. Now, I'm hoping it finds a ship from Germany to Baltimore sooner than later.
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07-30-2022, 06:44 AM | #226 | |
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Good luck with your order; hopefully they get an allocation soon.
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08-08-2022, 08:36 PM | #227 |
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Catonsville is a joke. I called them to inquire about placing an order at MSRP. I was advised that they’d be willing to take the order, but my place on the waitlist would slip indefinitely if they receive orders from people willing to pay a markup.
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08-12-2022, 06:33 PM | #230 |
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It's hard to pinpoint the delay for an individual paint, much as it is to pinpoint the cause for any other delay going on nowadays. The prevailing theory is that BMW tries to batch up paint colors, so the more unique it is, potentially the longer you'll need to wait until they match it up with other orders of the same color. But even the "up to 10 weeks" estimate they give isn't that big a deal nowadays with all the other delays.
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08-12-2022, 08:33 PM | #231 |
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I just received a text from my SA to let me know the car was being delivered to Passport BMW late this afternoon. So far, at least, I have had a great experience. Hopefully, their wonderful service continues, and they are able to get my car shipped down to me in Florida without any issues!
I'll keep you posted!
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Not sure what had happened at Alexandria since my purchase a year ago but definitely was nothing like this even during the pandemic. got mine on 1st try at MSRP with allocation given on the first week of deposit. .. Hope you get yours soon,, seems a very bad time to get new car at this time.. |
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09-01-2022, 02:42 PM | #233 |
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How long did it take from arrival at port to dealer pickup? My car is set to arrive at the port in 8 days.
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09-03-2022, 02:36 PM | #237 |
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Hey, I am in RVA also (near Ashland). Just got my production# this past week for my M3CX, what are your specs?
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09-03-2022, 10:03 PM | #239 | |
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I ordered a very similar spec to yours.
I got the 825M Orbit grey wheels, I did Tartufo extended leather, and black calipers, the rest is the same as yours.. Pretty cool you got the gold 1000Ms, that probably looks really good with IoMG. I did not get the car from any of the local dealers, they are just too hard to deal with, I went with a dealer in NJ that I have dealt with before, got an allocation in a week after putting down my deposit. Quote:
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Still can't wait to see your car once your PPF is done. We all need to get together because I have not been able to see othe g80 cars. Went to cars and coffee and a couple of BMW guys barely spoke.
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