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Seems there are issues involved in locating dealers providing "Courtesy Deliveries" from east coast dealerships in Northern California or the greater Sacramento area. Apparently many have conveyed the attitude that GM customers purchasing their Stingrays and Z06's from "Other" dealerships, particularly those located on the east coast that aren't displaying the same business practices of adding $10k to as much as $25K onto MSRP are somehow hurting business. While they are certainly entitled to their opinions and personal business practices, they are also having a negative impact on the overall image of General Motors in the area. With the exception of one in the greater Sacramento area didn't even showed up on the top 99 dealers selling Corvette's. All the dealerships in the area are uncooperative in working with GM's customers and other dealerships.
Of those dealerships that can sometimes be talked into participating, they will often discourage the practice by charging substantially more ($1,000.00+) than the norm ($300.00-$500.00) for Courtesy Deliveries. In addition to this, many of the service departments in these dealerships discourage customers who purchased their vehicles from other than their own. I personally was told by the owner of one particular dealership that "Courtesy Deliveries" on a specific vehicle such as the Z06 is taken away from their allocations, which are very few, if any because of their low volume of sales. While I doubted the authenticity or validity of his statement, I would think GM would initiate certain incentives to dealerships to provided better customer service and consider the larger picture of being on the same "Team" with General Motors and all the other dealerships in the country. I have no doubt these business practices aren't isolated to Northern California and exist all over the country as the result of the dealerships being franchises.
If anyone has any information and/or assistance regarding helping locate dealerships in Norther California that are more team players and are willing to provide the "Courtesy Delivery" service at a reasonable price, please, by all means share that information to those of us purchasing our Stingrays and Z06's from dealerships better equipped to deliver.
Of those dealerships that can sometimes be talked into participating, they will often discourage the practice by charging substantially more ($1,000.00+) than the norm ($300.00-$500.00) for Courtesy Deliveries. In addition to this, many of the service departments in these dealerships discourage customers who purchased their vehicles from other than their own. I personally was told by the owner of one particular dealership that "Courtesy Deliveries" on a specific vehicle such as the Z06 is taken away from their allocations, which are very few, if any because of their low volume of sales. While I doubted the authenticity or validity of his statement, I would think GM would initiate certain incentives to dealerships to provided better customer service and consider the larger picture of being on the same "Team" with General Motors and all the other dealerships in the country. I have no doubt these business practices aren't isolated to Northern California and exist all over the country as the result of the dealerships being franchises.
If anyone has any information and/or assistance regarding helping locate dealerships in Norther California that are more team players and are willing to provide the "Courtesy Delivery" service at a reasonable price, please, by all means share that information to those of us purchasing our Stingrays and Z06's from dealerships better equipped to deliver.