The manufacturer can also refuse to sell you new cars in the future. Especially if they feel their franchise contract could be pulled. Rolex has pulled the rug from under ADs for catering to flippers. Mercedes, Porsche, Ineos could do the same.
The manufacturer can also refuse to sell you new cars in the future. Especially if they feel their franchise contract could be pulled. Rolex has pulled the rug from under ADs for catering to flippers. Mercedes, Porsche, Ineos could do the same.
I'm talking about sales to consumers. But anything for export (I want to ship to X country) is controlled by the State Department and Commerce department. If I were to export my newly bought Grenadier to a country that Ineos did not like - but was not restricted by the US government - Ineos would be powerless to stop it.
They are totally within their rights to do that, correct.
Chopard is where your watch money should go… take a look, you might like what you see!!! Rolex is for your accountant!
Nice but I'm not an Chopard guy at all. Rolex, Omega, Grand Seiko, Blancpain, Tudor are my jam. If I splurge it's probably going to be a Lange. I did buy my Rolex before the boom, so I didn't have your typical modern experience.
Yep. In my area the dealership fired @6 employees for flipping highly desirable LR vehicles when supply chain stuff was at its peak. These employees in sales, finance,, etc…were making $50-$75K over sticker on vehicles they purchased themselves for the sole purpose of flipping them. They only got to do it once, maybe twice before they got fired, but other dealers will hire them so it’s easy money.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Rolex, but the AD bullshit / false-scarcity just ruins the brand for me. Too many dudes, in shiny suits, who play golf thinking they are someone with their Rolex. Great product, ruined by the sales experience. Just my personal opinion.
There are a ton of groups that use straw buyers to purchase vehicles for grey market export to other countries. OEMs are extremely strict about this and if they see a North American VIN in another country they find the dealer it was originally sold to and look at registration data to see if it was purchased for export use. If the dealer facilitated this, they can easily lose their franchise or be otherwise severely penalized by the OEM. It's one of the few things that dealers actually can get in trouble for.
All I can say is it is a mistake to not reach out to everyone on their resold list.
You must have been speaking to Sergio Marchionne at Alfa Romeo circa 2017.
I’ve screwed up before, and it was expensive.Whoa whoa whoa, hold your horses. THAT MADE TOO MUCH SENSE!!!!
That’s the point.
I 2nd all of this!!! @Lord Ripon USA , it seems we went to the same school of business!I’ve screwed up before, and it was expensive.
And humbling.
That’s the point.
It doesn’t take much.
“No slack line” in salesman’s parlance.
Most people don’t want over communication but do need some communication. When I received the email about dealer assignments I reached out a few days later and received an immediate call back. Once I saw dealers had vehicles, I dropped in on my local dealer. They provided my VIN to me and I scheduled a test drive as they had already started them. At no point during all of this has my dealer ever reached out to me.
