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Not that it hasn’t been fun distracting myself by talking with you guys on this forum, but my patience has finally come to an end and I’m tired of waking up at 3 AM, wondering if I bought a vehicle or not. All I’ve gotten from my dealer is promises and assurances that my order has been placed. No VIN. No acknowledgement of any kind from Ford. No paperwork from the dealer. The dealer is 75 miles away. I called the first of September and made an offer over the phone, which was accepted. They eventually asked for a $500 deposit and a photo of my license. Since then my contact has largely been via texting, with a couple phone calls along the way. I have been texted with photos of my order sheet (NOT an invoice). I think this is where I screwed up. Since this order was so quick and simple (I did drop a couple add-ons that were supposedly holding back builds early-on), I assumed it would be feasible to do this all over the phone. I no longer think so. We’re not there yet for making a vehicle purchase. I should have made the effort of actually going to the dealer.
Today I am going to drive to there, meet my salesperson face-to-face - er…..mask-to-mask…..thank her for her service, and say, I’m going to leave here today with at least one of the following." At which point I present her with the following list:
A signed copy of a retail order
A copy of the DORA for my order
A VIN number for my order
A refund of my $500 (and an order cancellation)
I am not much of a diplomat, so I thought I would run my plan by you guys and see if you had any thoughts or suggestions before I head out. Sometimes you have to be willing to cut and run in order to get results. I’m finally there.
Today I am going to drive to there, meet my salesperson face-to-face - er…..mask-to-mask…..thank her for her service, and say, I’m going to leave here today with at least one of the following." At which point I present her with the following list:
A signed copy of a retail order
A copy of the DORA for my order
A VIN number for my order
A refund of my $500 (and an order cancellation)
I am not much of a diplomat, so I thought I would run my plan by you guys and see if you had any thoughts or suggestions before I head out. Sometimes you have to be willing to cut and run in order to get results. I’m finally there.
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