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21 minutes ago, Robbie R said:

Just got notified truck has been built. And awaiting shipping. We’re getting close. 

Heck yeah... if you coming through Charlotte,NC on your back home hit me up we can grab a beer get a pic of the trucks and send it to sammy.

What was the total time from order to build mine 111days

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1 minute ago, Thrailkill said:

Heck yeah... if you coming through Charlotte,NC on your back home hit me up we can grab a beer get a pic of the trucks and send it to sammy.

What was the total time from order to build mine 111days

Gave him my order on June 20 th. Order went in on the week  of July 7th so like 70-80days

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12 minutes ago, Robbie R said:

Gave him my order on June 20 th. Order went in on the week  of July 7th so like 70-80days

Not bad at all

Posted
Just now, Zipp said:

Just got the email that my truck made it to the dealer. Confirmed with them and will be picking it up Monday!

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Well look at you go...post a pic 

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30 minutes ago, Thrailkill said:

Heck yeah... if you coming through Charlotte,NC on your back home hit me up we can grab a beer get a pic of the trucks and send it to sammy.

What was the total time from order to build mine 111days

I think the plan after talking to my dad is getting a hotel for the night in Charlotte. Since it’s roughly the halfway home mark. About 8 hours from Tampa and 8 hours home from Charlotte. But will definitely try and meet up. 

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25 minutes ago, Robbie R said:

I think the plan after talking to my dad is getting a hotel for the night in Charlotte. Since it’s roughly the halfway home mark. About 8 hours from Tampa and 8 hours home from Charlotte. But will definitely try and meet up. 

Awesome... Rock Hill, SC is where you should look to stop then 10/15 min from Charlotte easy on and off freeway 

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Well I didn’t go with Rivard because I never heard of them and when I contacted 2 different salespeople they were slow to get back to me and I figured they didn’t have allocations. So I went with Laura, who I bought from last time 2017. They aren’t discounting except 2500.00 for orders. My truck should be there next week. Should have rolled the dice with Rivard!

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25 minutes ago, Johnjr said:

Well I didn’t go with Rivard because I never heard of them and when I contacted 2 different salespeople they were slow to get back to me and I figured they didn’t have allocations. So I went with Laura, who I bought from last time 2017. They aren’t discounting except 2500.00 for orders. My truck should be there next week. Should have rolled the dice with Rivard!

Laura and Rivard were the only ones I have heard good things about from multiple sources... the funny thing about Rivard is some guy name Ben flaked a couple of times on me and I decided to try a different route and go visit the dealership while visiting family(kill to birds with one stone) and that's how I met Sammy and he took care of us fast and easy. 

Laura was going to be my next choice if plan b with Rivard didn't work out. 

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Mine has been awaiting shipment for at least a couple of weeks. 6.6 gasser-10 speed Z71.  I currently have a 2020 Z71 and it has been my favorite.  Used to work for GMAC and buy trucks every 9 months or so, so I've had a bunch.

 

Hoping this 2500 will be as good as my half ton.

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I'm curious why so many seem to purchase from Rivard or Laura? Is it the service, price or they simply get more allocation so you have a shorter wait time for a build?

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2 hours ago, moonlight39 said:

I'm curious why so many seem to purchase from Rivard or Laura? Is it the service, price or they simply get more allocation so you have a shorter wait time for a build?

Local to me(SC and NC) dealers add 5k to msrp and 2k in add-ons 7k min upcharge.

Laura from what I understand takes 2500 msrp for a savings of 9500.00

Rivard (where I ordered mine) gave me 8% off msrp (over 7k)for savings of over 14k... plus a plane ticket and drive home.

The BOTH move alot of vehicles and in turn get more allocations.

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How do you figure 9500 off at Laura? I ordered mine there and they knocked off 2500 for ordering. On the lot they are msrp. Am I missing something?

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52 minutes ago, Johnjr said:

How do you figure 9500 off at Laura? I ordered mine there and they knocked off 2500 for ordering. On the lot they are msrp. Am I missing something?

The 7k extra over msrp they charge in my area plus the 2500 they offered you...9500

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