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OK, this Giulia buying saga took a complete left turn today, and I need help making a decision. So as of yesterday my order was D1, same as 3 weeks ago.
So this afternoon I did what I always do every Friday afternoon, I searched through dealers on the off chance that another Quad is out there in stock that I would like.
Today I find the *exact* spec I ordered on a lot!! Absolutely what I ordered, but up in NY. So I talk to the internet rep and he confirms the car is still available, no deposits, just arrived. He takes my name/number and of course, being Alfa Romeo, nobody has called me back yet. This is after I said I would take the first train up tomorrow, checkbook in hand, and buy this car. At this point I had no hesitation about this and made it super clear I will buy this car. And still no call, because Alfa.
Literally 5 min later, the dealer where I placed the order calls me. Remember yesterday he said the car was D1, with no schedule. Today he says the regional rep called and she's been working hard to track down a date for me and she found my car and it's in Baltimore. WTF???!!! I went straight from D1 to Baltimore??
But it gets better, the car is in Baltimore WITHOUT BRAKES (I hope he means just the rotors). They are waiting on the brakes. And the car has no VIN (which of course can't be true, but there is no VIN in the system).
So would you just go up to NY tomorrow and buy that car? I would feel bad for the original dealer if he actually has escalated this to FCA and if they actually did ship the car without brakes to expedite things and minimize delivery time. Also, I would have to get my deposit back and all that hassle.
The risk is that nobody from NY has actually called me. I could get there tomorrow after a 4 hour train trip and long uber ride and find out the car is already sold, or it's actually a purple Fiat 500L or any other number of random BS things from this random unorganized company that doesn't know its ass from its ear.
OR do I stick with the original dealer? The risk is that the car doesn't actually exist. Or it sits there waiting for "brakes" for months. Or I find out tomorrow that it's actually in Zimbabwe. "Oh, did we say Baltimore? Oh, we meant Zimbabwe."
So this afternoon I did what I always do every Friday afternoon, I searched through dealers on the off chance that another Quad is out there in stock that I would like.
Today I find the *exact* spec I ordered on a lot!! Absolutely what I ordered, but up in NY. So I talk to the internet rep and he confirms the car is still available, no deposits, just arrived. He takes my name/number and of course, being Alfa Romeo, nobody has called me back yet. This is after I said I would take the first train up tomorrow, checkbook in hand, and buy this car. At this point I had no hesitation about this and made it super clear I will buy this car. And still no call, because Alfa.
Literally 5 min later, the dealer where I placed the order calls me. Remember yesterday he said the car was D1, with no schedule. Today he says the regional rep called and she's been working hard to track down a date for me and she found my car and it's in Baltimore. WTF???!!! I went straight from D1 to Baltimore??
But it gets better, the car is in Baltimore WITHOUT BRAKES (I hope he means just the rotors). They are waiting on the brakes. And the car has no VIN (which of course can't be true, but there is no VIN in the system).
So would you just go up to NY tomorrow and buy that car? I would feel bad for the original dealer if he actually has escalated this to FCA and if they actually did ship the car without brakes to expedite things and minimize delivery time. Also, I would have to get my deposit back and all that hassle.
The risk is that nobody from NY has actually called me. I could get there tomorrow after a 4 hour train trip and long uber ride and find out the car is already sold, or it's actually a purple Fiat 500L or any other number of random BS things from this random unorganized company that doesn't know its ass from its ear.
OR do I stick with the original dealer? The risk is that the car doesn't actually exist. Or it sits there waiting for "brakes" for months. Or I find out tomorrow that it's actually in Zimbabwe. "Oh, did we say Baltimore? Oh, we meant Zimbabwe."