Pure Dirty Salesmanship! Marina Del Rey Toyota

[MsDaisy]

Sounds like daddy needs to ground his baby boy, or at least take away his cell phone.

[bac]

Originally Posted by My2008Prius

My personal cell number is 949-285-9418 and my name is Brandon, these cars will be gone early tomorrow morning, call me at ANY TIME.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, how about if someone from the area calls the listed number? You'd certainly get the scoop that way.

... Brad

[My2008Prius]

Originally Posted by bac

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, how about if someone from the area calls the listed number? You'd certainly get the scoop that way.

... Brad

Anyone in Cali curious on the ad? Someone want a Prius?

[Tech_Guy]

In a free enterprise economy, the world is an auction. If someone is willing to pay a premium price for a product or service to get it immediately, then let him/her do it.

Unfortunately in business (and life) people do not always behave in a rational manner. When a person gets emotional about a business transaction, they usually end up paying more than if they were not emotional about the business deal.

Keith

[mingoglia]

Originally Posted by Tech_Guy

In a free enterprise economy, the world is an auction. If someone is willing to pay a premium price for a product or service to get it immediately, then let him/her do it.

Unfortunately in business (and life) people do not always behave in a rational manner. When a person gets emotional about a business transaction, they usually end up paying more than if they were not emotional about the business deal.

Keith

You're right. There isn't any laws being broken here (unless someone has a contract that states that the very next Prius that arrives on the lot is theirs). There is however a certain standard that a good businessman will typically try to follow.... and I'd bet the owner of this dealership doesn't know this is going on... well, he may by now. As stated earlier, it's possible this ad was fabricated. All it would take would be for a disgruntled customer (that didn't get the Prius deal they were hoping) to place the ad with either a fictitious phone number or even a legitimate phone number of a salesperson there. I'm not subscribing to any theories... just throwing that possibility ou there.

[PriuStorm]

Call the dealership and ask to speak with the General Manager... find out if he has a son named Brandon or even if he is aware that this is going on. Then proceed with the above suggestions to speak with the owner and contact Toyota Corp.

[ravenmaniac]

Sounds to me like Brandon's ex-girlfriend is trying to get him in trouble with Daddy or run up his cell phone bill by putting this ad on Craigslist.

Don't worry, someone from Nigeria will probably offer to wire Brandon some $$ to get this deal completed. Craigslist is full of scammers!!! Beware....

[GatorJZ]

Toyota can't and won't do anything about this.

[prius2010]

I have a Prius on order at this dealer, so I called and talked to the manager Kamal. He was very nice and explained that they are having a large amount of cancellations because of customers ordering at multiple dealers. Their cancelled rate he said is about 1/2. Although they call the next people on the list, he explained how complex it is. There are 5 packages of Prius in LA area and 8 colors, therefore 40 combinations. And because most people want what they want. Sometimes a car becomes available to the newer people on the list. Also he explained that the dealer is rewarded for selling cars faster and they lose "allocation?" if they dont sell the car for a couple of days. So after the person who the car was ordered for decides to pass on the Prius, they contact the next 15 people. If however it is not a color/package match for any of these people, the car becomes available for sale. Brandon is one of the sales people with enough courtesy to advise and stay in contact with someone, not making them drive to the dealer for a car that they cannot buy. I have a package 6 on order, and I have been called for different packages and really did not understand why. Now I know.

[dbcassidy]

Originally Posted by prius2010

I have a Prius on order at this dealer, so I called and talked to the manager Kamal. He was very nice and explained that they are having a large amount of cancellations because of customers ordering at multiple dealers. Their cancelled rate he said is about 1/2. Although they call the next people on the list, he explained how complex it is. There are 5 packages of Prius in LA area and 8 colors, therefore 40 combinations. And because most people want what they want. Sometimes a car becomes available to the newer people on the list. Also he explained that the dealer is rewarded for selling cars faster and they lose "allocation?" if they dont sell the car for a couple of days. So after the person who the car was ordered for decides to pass on the Prius, they contact the next 15 people. If however it is not a color/package match for any of these people, the car becomes available for sale. Brandon is one of the sales people with enough courtesy to advise and stay in contact with someone, not making them drive to the dealer for a car that they cannot buy. I have a package 6 on order, and I have been called for different packages and really did not understand why. Now I know.

If a dealership is currently worried about having a Prius on their lot that they can't sell in a couple of days, maybe they should find another line of business.

After being burned by a dealership where I put down a deposit for a Prius (any color / any interior);
- Told I was #2 on the list,
- Find after four weeks that I was still #2 on the list (because incoming Prii to the dealership were being sold to the highest bidder),

I have a word for Toyota dealerships that complain that they have 50% cancellation rates... Karma.