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5 minutes ago, BCGM said:

Thank You taking the time to reply Thrailkill !

Anytime

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21 hours ago, Thrailkill said:

No sir Bruce

me and Robbie both had to travel across several states to get that deal.

Total savings for me

Dealers around here adding 5k to msrp 92k would have been 97k.

I paid 83k, 14k savings for me well worth it for me.

 

 

 

No, not calling you a liar, I just DO find that hard to believe! That's a helleva deal, not sure how they're able to do that unless they had an over-stock and needed to move some trucks?? Yeah, the added price to sticker went away here about 1-1/2 yr's ago. I'm sure that dealer does far more volume than my local dealership, so they probably get a bigger margin between msrp & the bottom line. Congrat's on the deal, you did well!

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2 minutes ago, mtbadbob said:

No, not calling you a liar, I just DO find that hard to believe! That's a helleva deal, not sure how they're able to do that unless they had an over-stock and needed to move some trucks?? Yeah, the added price to sticker went away here about 1-1/2 yr's ago. I'm sure that dealer does far more volume than my local dealership, so they probably get a bigger margin between msrp & the bottom line. Congrat's on the deal, you did well!

No worries,  yes sir Hella of a deal..

We actually ordered ours as they couldn't keep them in stock took about 3.5 months to come in gave everyone on here a heads-up about the place and Robbie got one ordered also.

 

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Colorado has been MSRP for a while.  But no way I'm doing that.  I ran numbers at 5 different dealers, and finally got the one closest to my house to sell it to me at "invoice", which amounts to about 5k off on my AT4X gasser.  Scheduled for production next week, I placed my refundable deposit just under a month ago.  Not the best deal in the world, but working local will gain me some tax savings.  I spoke to someone at Rivard, but they would not take a custom order.  They did offer to send me a list of all trucks in their pipeline to choose from.  Even after shipping it to Colorado, it still would have worked out a little better, but I am OK with the deal I got.

 

Generally speaking, I think by the end of the year, all of these HDs are back to the normal 8-12k off MSRP.  Unless it is RAM, which of course are already available at 12-15k off.

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14 minutes ago, 453030 said:

Colorado has been MSRP for a while.  But no way I'm doing that.  I ran numbers at 5 different dealers, and finally got the one closest to my house to sell it to me at "invoice", which amounts to about 5k off on my AT4X gasser.  Scheduled for production next week, I placed my refundable deposit just under a month ago.  Not the best deal in the world, but working local will gain me some tax savings.  I spoke to someone at Rivard, but they would not take a custom order.  They did offer to send me a list of all trucks in their pipeline to choose from.  Even after shipping it to Colorado, it still would have worked out a little better, but I am OK with the deal I got.

 

Generally speaking, I think by the end of the year, all of these HDs are back to the normal 8-12k off MSRP.  Unless it is RAM, which of course are already available at 12-15k off.

You're the second person that has said Rivard wouldn't work with you, do you remember the sales person? Last I check they were doing custom orders but the internet guy is a clown and doesn't want to work with people at all.

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43 minutes ago, Thrailkill said:

You're the second person that has said Rivard wouldn't work with you, do you remember the sales person? Last I check they were doing custom orders but the internet guy is a clown and doesn't want to work with people at all.

It was a manager.  I started with an internet chat, gave my email, and then a manger contacted me.  They did not say they would not work with me.  On the contrary, they were very friendly.  They only said they would not order me a custom unit.  I like the mechanicals things most people skip - dual alternators and batteries, block heater, high idle.  None of their ordered for stock units had those things.

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22 minutes ago, 453030 said:

It was a manager.  I started with an internet chat, gave my email, and then a manger contacted me.  They did not say they would not work with me.  On the contrary, they were very friendly.  They only said they would not order me a custom unit.  I like the mechanicals things most people skip - dual alternators and batteries, block heater, high idle.  None of their ordered for stock units had those things.

Yeah same thing I originally ran into with the internet manager...  but dang 5k off is still way better than most deals for sure out here. 

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1 hour ago, Thrailkill said:

Yeah same thing I originally ran into with the internet manager...  but dang 5k off is still way better than most deals for sure out here. 

Thanks.  I am in a decent position of owning my 2020 1/2 ton and not "needing" the 2500 by a specific date.  We estimated the trade value a month ago and agreed.  No doubt it will go down as I await the new truck, but if they lowball at the time of the deal, I'll walk.  Optimistic that won't happen though 👍

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The only reason I agreed to close to msrp(1k off) back in 22 was because the trade values were out of this world. The trade I had was a Kia minivan not exactly known for amazing resale and it was an easy 10k over what it should have been so in my opinion it didn’t matter if that money came off the msrp or the trade was artificially high. Would have been the same as about 11k off msrp. 
 

trades really started to tank after that. I know because one of the places I shopped for trades in caravana and even to this day they email me monthly trade values for that van. It was a 2020 and it was at 36k in 22. We paid 35 lol. It’s now at 20k!! In the last email I received. 

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Placed an order (with allocation) today for a 6.6 gasser ZR2.  Should have a build date next week.  

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After 2 months, my order has finally been accepted by GMC.

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On 3/12/2024 at 4:37 PM, Leevon said:

Placed an order (with allocation) today for a 6.6 gasser ZR2.  Should have a build date next week.  

 

Received build date of 4/8.  Moving quickly!

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New to the forum:  Order placed on 3/6 for a 3500HD AT4, accepted by GM on 3/15, build week 4/15

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GM is moving quick now.  My order went in 2/8, immediately allocated, and delivered to dealer 4/2.  Less than 2 months, pretty amazing (AT4X 2500).

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Found out today that mine has finished production and is on it's way to CA. I ordered on 1/17/24. It may have been finished before today.

 

I then called up my SnugTop dealer to order my shell. Lead time on it is 6 to 12 weeks...almost as much as the truck itself. Price of the shell went up 20% since I got a quote in January.

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