Nightmarish Story (with happy ending)
 

I will cut out the semi-bad part from last week and get to the REALLY bad week I just experienced pertaining to the Z I "bought".

Ok, so last Thursday (8/20) I located the car I wanted which was PG, touring, sport, nav, etc. and told my dealer I'd like them to go get it, they said they would since it wasn't too far away. I also got a great price which was invoice, so I happily signed the papers and was told to expect it to arrive on Monday (8/24). I left a $1500 deposit.

It was Wednesday (8/26) that I knew something was up since I hadn't heard anything. I called the dealership 3 times, leaving a message each time then decided to go in person. They keep telling me they're working on it blah blah blah, still knew something was wrong so I called the Nissan we were swapping with and they say "there's no way Nissan A is getting this car. It's the last one in the area and we won't swap at cost." I go into Nissan A on Thursday raging and saying they're liars and cost me a week of waiting when they couldn't even get the car. I ask for my deposit back and they say they already cashed it and I'd have to wait till next Friday (9/4). I yell "how the hell do you cash a deposit on a car you couldn't even get??" Whatever, no matter what I said I couldn't get it back. I call Nissan B and they say the lowest they'll go is +$1000 on invoice. I say wow that sucks since I had invoice but oh well I'll go in and hope for the best. Told them I'd be in today (Friday, 8/28). Dealer calls me today and confirms that I'm coming in, I tell him yea I'll be there in a couple hrs (they are ~1hr away).

I arrive at about 4 p.m., ready to sign the papers and leave happily with my new Z, albeit paying $1000 more than I originally was going to. I walk in, only for the salesman to say, "You see that space on the floor? That's where the car was 45 min ago. It just got swapped." I completely freak out. Like, completely. Nissan A said they can only swap cars at cost, which was a lie b/c this other dealer paid cost +$1000. About to go home, I decide to see what else they have to offer, though I was still firm in what I wanted. Long story short, I begin to rationalize that I don't really NEED Touring, though it was something I really WANTED. I ask how hard it would be to put leather in for me and he says not hard at all. I also wanted Nav but knew going aftermarket wouldn't be bad idea.

So, I signed the papers AGAIN on my Z, the exact car I wanted minus Touring but plus leather for $1000 extra. Got the car for under invoice since they felt bad for my situation, so all in all I paid about $6500 less than with touring + nav but including leather. I just need to go aftermarket Nav, a decent sounding system, aluminum pedals and I'm almost all the way back to where I would've been. Turns out that I'm actually really happy with my decision, as going aftermarket for some things will really allow me to personalize the car. Plus, the build date was very late; serial # 409*** with 12 miles on it just about sealed the deal for me.

Here's to hoping there's no more bad news!

At least you got a happy ending

Congrats!! Enjoy!!

lol after the couple days I just experienced I need the other kind.

i guess u has 370z soon....lol....hope for the best

well at least you are getting your ride, i guess thats what counts. That run around sucks though. I'd smack the first dealership.

i'd burn rudder at 1st dealership....they can smell the smell of losing a sales

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:bowrofl: hahahahhahahahah

:icon18: LMAOOO

Do you mind if I ask you where the car you bought was? I'm also looking for a PG with sport package and I'm hoping you didn't buy the one I was looking at
:(

You're most likely ok, it wasn't on Long Island. Nissan A was Staten Island and Nissan B was Ramsey in NJ, which was by far the biggest and nicest Nissan dealership I've ever been to. They had a completely different showroom for 370's alone, which I thought was great.

cliffs

my dealership was actually in contact with a dealership in NJ that had a PG sport that was currently locked up by a deposit but wasn't sure if the person was going to pick up the car. So I'm not really sure if this is the same car but its a possibility...Hopefully it was a different NJ dealership. Does any of this make sense with the info you were given?

Nah, the one I bought had just come in like a week or two ago and I'm almost positive I was the first person to put a deposit on it. You should try to get more hands-on in the process -- find out what dealership it is so you can look it up for yourself, get the VIN to see build date etc. Maybe I'm just crazy but that's all stuff I needed to know. Also get the mileage to make sure it's not a demo.

Trust me I've been really hands on. The last dealership I was actually dealing with did the same thing to me as happened to you. Took my deposit, told me they had a car and then couldn't produce any information. Ended up they had nothing. I'm going to be in touch with my dealership tomorrow to find out the availability of this car.

I'd love to know how these dealerships get away with this ****. Well good luck man, I hope I didn't take the one you were looking at lol.

haha thanks. It's all good man. After being f'd over so much by dealerships I'm not expecting to find the car I'm looking for until I put in an order for a 2010...So if I can get it than great. If not than I guess I have to wait longer. But I have hope since you told me your car wasn't locked up by anyone prior to you buying it. So maybe it was a different dealership.

Spoke to my dealer today and it wasn't the same car. In fact I was able to go put the deposit down on it and it'll be here sometime this week. Phew! That one made my heart skip a beat :-P Platinum Graphite 6MT Sports Package here I come!