April incentives

pancepance · April 18, 2014

Anyone know what the "special value discount" is? When I build the truck online it clearly shows that as a line item of -$4000 and a separate line item of -$1750. When I asked the dealer what incentives/rebates I would get they said -$1750. I don't know how to request the -$4000 "SVD" because I don't know what it is. Seems very very very shady to me. GMC advertises an amount online when you build a specific vehicle completely. They show a price, they show discounts, yet in reality, the numbers don't seem to be the same. I'm a day away from walking away from the deal because I feel that somehow I'm getting shafted on 4 grand. Not that its the end of the world but its half the charger kit I'm gonna get so why throw it away? I even tried the GMC chat to inquire about SVD and again got nowhere. They cant specifically tell me what it is, who qualifies for it, or why is shows up online for the specific truck I built yet wont be honored by the dealer. Its very confusing and annoying. I've waited patiently for a few months and ready to go get it and now I'm trying to understand why I have to pay more than the quoted price on the printout I have for the exact truck I built online. Sketchy..

bruklnboy · April 18, 2014

bring the print out to dealer and if they dont match it try a different dealer. They not flyn of the lots so some dealer will want the business especially at the end of the month, thats their job. fortunately my guy is a straight shooter as best as a car salesmen could be lol.

pancepance · April 18, 2014

The car business is such a racket. I forgot how good I had it with Toyota. I called the dealer with what I wanted, They called me back with the right price the first time, I said OK, next time I heard from them the vehicle was ready to be picked up. No BS. Treated like a human being. I had such a good deal with them. Couldn't beat the prices and was confident that I never once had to call another dealer to check the price. They respected my business and knew I'd buy more from them and they were right. In 4 years I spent 250k + on trucks with them But before that they were straight up with me on the first purchase, before they had any idea I'd be back every 4 months for another vehicle. I've never had such an issue as I've had trying to get a gmc. Opened my eyes. When the person on the other end of the GMC "chat" told me the dealer has discretion to offer as much as they wanted for a vehicle I almost fell off my chair. Never would have thought the advertised price on the GMC website was actually up to the dealer as to how much or little they felt like offering. I'll still go look at the truck in person since I did wait this long for it, but have serious doubts that I'll wind up taking it back with me. It certainly looks nice from the photos and after 3 months would be nice to get in it. Part of it is principle I suppose.

Maybe i'm reading this wrong but when the manufacturer shows a product to be a certain price and doesn't say anywhere that that price is subject to other unknown stipulations and then the dealer says the price is something else I find that to be poor business. I read every single line, asterisk, fine print, etc. Nowhere does it state anything about what I am being told.