JohnMacLean
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- First Name
- John
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- Mar 31, 2019
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- Franklin, NC
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- www.johnmaclean.com
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- 2021 JLUR
- Occupation
- commercial and fine-art photographer
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I plan on placing a factory order for a JLUR.
I was referred here on the forum to Travis at Tri-City, who is about 5 hours away from me. He’s been very responsive and helpful with emails. I’m not really able to take off and go there, because I look after my 93 year old father. So there’s a couple of options that Travis mentioned to deliver the order to me. One is a 3rd party carrier for $500, and any insurance claims would need to be handled thru the carrier. The second is the dealer can drive it to me for $200 and they would handle any claims from road damage. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of highway construction on I-40 between me and Tri-City, which makes me hesitant to have it driven here, a plus for the carrier, however 3rd party insurance is also a big concern.
Enter my third option. Mall of Georgia in Buford, GA has a matching quote, and it’s within a drivable distance of about 2 hours away.
So if you were in this position, which option would you go for, and are there any other circumstances that I’m overlooking?
Thanks
PS - I gave both quotes (5-7% below net) to the dealer in my town to see about keeping the business local, but her response seems like they just don’t want to (or can’t) compete with the larger dealers, nor does it make any sense to me: “The quotes you gave me are price with discounts. The dealership does not know what discounts you can get until the vehicle is delivered. I give you the price if I order the vehicle I can’t promise any discounts until the vehicle arrives.”
I was referred here on the forum to Travis at Tri-City, who is about 5 hours away from me. He’s been very responsive and helpful with emails. I’m not really able to take off and go there, because I look after my 93 year old father. So there’s a couple of options that Travis mentioned to deliver the order to me. One is a 3rd party carrier for $500, and any insurance claims would need to be handled thru the carrier. The second is the dealer can drive it to me for $200 and they would handle any claims from road damage. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of highway construction on I-40 between me and Tri-City, which makes me hesitant to have it driven here, a plus for the carrier, however 3rd party insurance is also a big concern.
Enter my third option. Mall of Georgia in Buford, GA has a matching quote, and it’s within a drivable distance of about 2 hours away.
So if you were in this position, which option would you go for, and are there any other circumstances that I’m overlooking?
Thanks
PS - I gave both quotes (5-7% below net) to the dealer in my town to see about keeping the business local, but her response seems like they just don’t want to (or can’t) compete with the larger dealers, nor does it make any sense to me: “The quotes you gave me are price with discounts. The dealership does not know what discounts you can get until the vehicle is delivered. I give you the price if I order the vehicle I can’t promise any discounts until the vehicle arrives.”
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