. . . or Dithering Dealer Delivery Differences
Being a newbie to the forum I've spent the weekend browsing and looking at folks' different delivery stories. These seem to be in separate threads so I thought I'd start one where everyone can put their own stories in one place as I think this would help a lot of people out.
I test drove a DS HSE Lux on 30th Jan. I asked the salesman when, roughly, I could expect delivery if I ordered a vehicle there and then. He checked with his Sales Manager who said it would be the end of March, although they were telling customers early April 'to err on the side of caution'. They also told me that if I paid a deposit on the day (only £500) that would get in 'in the queue', even though my spec hadn't been finalised.
I paid the deposit and the order was finally placed on 9 Feb. Around 20 Feb I emailed the dealer to see if they had any firmer dates. They finally emailed me back on 25th Feb saying
"We have an estimated date only at this stage which is showing the end of May. The dates that we get from Land Rover can come forward or move back. However I will contact you with any updates I get for you."
This is quite a change from the initial estimated lead-time given to me after the Test drive! We travel to France a fair bit and have a ferry-crossing booked for 23 May. It's pretty frustrating (to say the least) not knowing which vehicle we'll be travelling in!
I'vee seen some of you post details of Last Order Change dates, Build dates and Delivery dates. Did the dealers contact you regarding these dates or have you had to chase and pester them? If you could put your delivery dates /experiences on this thread it would be most useful!
Cheers . . .
Being a newbie to the forum I've spent the weekend browsing and looking at folks' different delivery stories. These seem to be in separate threads so I thought I'd start one where everyone can put their own stories in one place as I think this would help a lot of people out.
I test drove a DS HSE Lux on 30th Jan. I asked the salesman when, roughly, I could expect delivery if I ordered a vehicle there and then. He checked with his Sales Manager who said it would be the end of March, although they were telling customers early April 'to err on the side of caution'. They also told me that if I paid a deposit on the day (only £500) that would get in 'in the queue', even though my spec hadn't been finalised.
I paid the deposit and the order was finally placed on 9 Feb. Around 20 Feb I emailed the dealer to see if they had any firmer dates. They finally emailed me back on 25th Feb saying
"We have an estimated date only at this stage which is showing the end of May. The dates that we get from Land Rover can come forward or move back. However I will contact you with any updates I get for you."
This is quite a change from the initial estimated lead-time given to me after the Test drive! We travel to France a fair bit and have a ferry-crossing booked for 23 May. It's pretty frustrating (to say the least) not knowing which vehicle we'll be travelling in!
I'vee seen some of you post details of Last Order Change dates, Build dates and Delivery dates. Did the dealers contact you regarding these dates or have you had to chase and pester them? If you could put your delivery dates /experiences on this thread it would be most useful!
Cheers . . .