the "ZO6" (NON) deal
mardyn said:
EP..tell us about the Z06 deal you got screwed on... :confused It might make a few of us feel better on deals we have all missed.
mardyn
BRIEFLY - the thing was this: Maxie Price agreed (and I have printouts of ALL emails on this) in June of '05 to sell me a 2006, 427 ZO6 for MSRP less $500 ... I was SUPPOSE to be #42 on a list of 45 people getting one of the ZO6's they were allocated ( acc'ding to the salesman, Keith Perkins). I sent 'em a $2K "non-refundable" deposit on the car per Perkin's instructions. There was SUPPOSE TO BE an actual LIST of ZO6 buyers ...1,2,3,4,5,6 ETC. and as your "number" came up in numerical order, your car was ordered from GM. 'Simple. EXCEPT - what Maxie Price ACTUALLY ended up doing (when they found out how big a premium they could suck out of people) was selling EVERY ZO6 they recieved to the "highest bidder" ... ignoring those of us who'd sent in deposits for "lesser" deals. Therefore, the only "line" that REALLY existed turned out to be the one I had been FED. My " NON-REFUNDABLE" deposit check was sent BACK via an "overnite" UPS letter 8 months later(!!) with a "cover your butt" letter about their allocation having been cut, blah, blah, blah.
I sent all documentation, as well as a photocopy of my deposit check, to various "muckity-mucks" up the line at Chevrolet & GM - UP TO AND INCLUDING RICK WAGNER, CHAIR & CEO of GM - in an attempt to GET the car I was promised ... and instead of ANY OF THEM working to provide me with the car - they all kissed the whole thing off instead!!!! SO! In a certified letter to Mr. Wagner, I informed him I was DONE with GM because of this "brush off" and GM's obvious policy of allowing dealers to pull a stunt like that w/o GM doing a THING about it. Whether he actually even SAW the letter or not (and I doubt it), or actually READ what I wrote ( as if he'd have given a rip anyway!) ... I ment what I said. So. When I got my GT ( July '06), I had a photo taken of me standing beside the car AND SENT IT TO HIM along with a note rehashing all the aforesaid and offering the photo as visual proof I'd ment what I'd said (again - as if he'd CARE). And, tomorrow there will be ANOTHER photo taken ... this time of me standing beside the 2007 BMW we just took delivery of today at BMW Bellevue which I will ALSO send to the man. In the accompanying letter, I will point out to him the fact that's roughly $250,000 now in OTHER manufacturer's bank accounts because of GM's "ho hummmmm" attitude with regard to the above stated events. Again - Wagner himself will pbly never see it. But, it'll give me NO END of satisfaction SENDING IT anyway. There will NEVER be another NEW GM car in my garage(s). Period. I wasn't just "blowing smoke". They obviously couldn't care LESS about having my business - so why the devil should I hand THEM another dime??????????
'Been a Chevy/GM guy all my life. But, no more. They can go ...well, you know...
And, that was the BRIEF version!
E.P.