Dealer Order Lists?

[Moonridge]

Hi everyone, first post from me on the forum. I work for a dealer out of Ohio, and I was wondering how your dealerships are doing ordering for the new Gladiators. Here we are doing an interested lead board, for orders until pricing comes out. When pricing and ordering is available, we are then going to take $500 deposits to secure orders. So far we have over 25 people waiting to order. With demand this high, I really think these are going to sell out. Anybody seeing different processes for ordering? As a consumer, what would you want a dealer to do when ordering your vehicle?

Sponsored

 

[IWantAJeepGladiator]

3 Qs.

1.You mean sell out as in people wont be able to order one even if they want to?
2. The 500$ deposit goes toward the price of the car, not in addition to the price?
3. I know no one knows when either pricing or ordering will be available but would you take orders without price (is that even possible?)?

 

[Moonridge]

3 Qs.

1.You mean sell out as in people wont be able to order one even if they want to?
2. The 500$ deposit goes toward the price of the car, not in addition to the price?
3. I know no one knows when either pricing or ordering will be available but would you take orders without price (is that even possible?)?

The $500 would work as a down payment. So it would go towards the cost of purchase. With selling out, I mean that there will be chance that for a while it might be order only with no standing inventory on dealer lots. Your third question is why we have a list in place for interest right now, we can't order Gladiators and we should get the pricing on them as soon as we can order them.

 

[Troybilt]

Your third question is why we have a list in place for interest right now, we can't order Gladiators and we should get the pricing on them as soon as we can order them.

I hope you are correct that pricing will be available at or before banks open up. That was however not the case with the JL.

 

[lrtexasman]

I would guess most of the people on your board are paying MSRP, which few of the folks on the boards here are willing to do. Most of the educated buyers here will end up pursuing 1% "Tread Lightlty/Affiliate" below invoice or better on ordered JTs from the select few dealerships willing to deal to the Jeep community. The hardcore buyers will be pushing for 5% below invoice on ordered JTs. We get you can sell the ones on your lot for MSRP plus add-ons to the uneducated buyers, but we have tried to do everyone a solid and let them know there are dealers that will deal. Granted it may take 3 or 6 months, but a lot of the preferred colors are late availability and the diesel is another year out at min. Some will smirk at my comments and I say just drive by your local Jeep dealership and look at the dozens of parked JLs that havent even had a test drive in months. Per cars.com there are over 45,000 available JLUs sitting on lots. Believe it or not, FCA will make more JTs than there are customers within the next 12 months.

I say if you want customers work a group deal now for 5% below invoice and you'll be the popular guy with hundreds of customers. Otherwise your just offering a deal anyone can walk into any dealership and get.

 

[Just_Scott]

I would guess most of the people on your board are paying MSRP, which few of the folks on the boards here are willing to do. Most of the educated buyers here will end up pursuing 1% "Tread Lightlty/Affiliate" below invoice or better on ordered JTs from the select few dealerships willing to deal to the Jeep community. The hardcore buyers will be pushing for 5% below invoice on ordered JTs. We get you can sell the one on your lot for MSRP plus add-ons to the uneducated buyers, but we have tried to do everyone a solid and let them know there are dealers that will deal. Granted it may take 3 or 6 months, but a lot of the preferred colors are late availability and the diesel is another year out at min. Some will smirk at my comments and I say just drive by your local Jeep dealership and look at the dozens of parked JLs that havent even had a test drive in months. Per cars.com there are over 45,000 available JLUs sitting on lots. Believe it or not, FCA will make as many more JTs than there are customers within 12 months.

I say if you want customers work a group deal now for 5% below invoice and you'll be the popular guy with hundreds of customers. Otherwise your just offering a deal anyone can walk into any dealership and get.

Agreed 100%, not going to pay MSRP, never have and never will. Never needed a vehicle that bad! I'm sure these will be great trucks but I'm leery about buying a first model year of a brand new line of truck. Prefer to let others vet out the bugs.

 

[Flamma]

Thanks for checking in.

My dealer offers the following:

1. He offers no BS 5-6% below invoice, with no bloated fees/add-ons.
2. He doesn't hound me, or ask me to come to the Dealership (that is one sure fire way of not ever getting my money).
3. He talks to me over the phone, and/or email for the ordering process with NO BS. I tell him what I want, he builds the order, sends me email confirmation. He sends me an out the door quote/build sheet/VON.
4. He accepts $500 or $1000 down towards the Jeep, with credit card.
5. He keeps me updated throughout the ordering/build process. He lets me know as soon as the Jeep comes in (before the dealership starts "washing" it. He does not add anything to the Jeep that I don't specifically want.
6. He either ships the Jeep to me, or I come pick it up. If I come in, I want to be in-an-out quickly (not spend a full day listening to BS).

If you offer something similar to the Jeep community, word will get out, and you will be a very busy salesman.

 

[steffen707]

Thanks for checking in.

He lets me know as soon as the Jeep comes in (before the dealership starts "washing" it.

Dealer "washed" my Pacifica. My car detailing buddy said it looked like they took it to one of those brush wash drive through things. Took him HOURS to fix all the swirl marks. I also paid only 1.5% below MSRP. I feel like such a moron now.

I will never let the dealer touch a car i order again. And i'll never buy an FCA vehicle near MSRP again, what a shmuck.

 

[chrcal14]

Thanks for checking in.

My dealer offers the following:

1. He offers no BS 5-6% below invoice, with no bloated fees/add-ons.
2. He doesn't hound me, or ask me to come to the Dealership (that is one sure fire way of not ever getting my money).
3. He talks to me over the phone, and/or email for the ordering process with NO BS. I tell him what I want, he builds the order, sends me email confirmation. He sends me an out the door quote/build sheet/VON.
4. He accepts $500 or $1000 down towards the Jeep, with credit card.
5. He keeps me updated throughout the ordering/build process. He lets me know as soon as the Jeep comes in (before the dealership starts "washing" it. He does not add anything to the Jeep that I don't specifically want.
6. He either ships the Jeep to me, or I come pick it up. If I come in, I want to be in-an-out quickly (not spend a full day listening to BS).

If you offer something similar to the Jeep community, word will get out, and you will be a very busy salesman.

Basically this. Cincinnati is in range for me for a guaranteed painless process. I can go through pain locally. If I find a dealer within 1 day there and back driving distance from essentially Pittsburgh, PA offering a great rate and no hassle, I'm a customer, and I'll be bringing a trade in (16 Silverado 1500 LTZ Midnight) and a checkbook. Paid off on receipt.

The other thing I would add that I haven't seen above is I'll most likely want at least the Mopar lift installed before purchase, which will require facilitating receipt of the lift, wheels, and tires, mounting, balancing, installation and alignment. Will mean a lot to me and be a big part of my decision, and I don't expect it to be free of course (although I wouldn't argue). I hope to find a dealer experienced with lift installations.

 

[George D.]

Hi everyone, first post from me on the forum. I work for a dealer out of Ohio, and I was wondering how your dealerships are doing ordering for the new Gladiators. Here we are doing an interested lead board, for orders until pricing comes out. When pricing and ordering is available, we are then going to take $500 deposits to secure orders. So far we have over 25 people waiting to order. With demand this high, I really think these are going to sell out. Anybody seeing different processes for ordering? As a consumer, what would you want a dealer to do when ordering your vehicle?

The silence is deafening.

 

[Moonridge]

Basically this. Cincinnati is in range for me for a guaranteed painless process. I can go through pain locally. If I find a dealer within 1 day there and back driving distance from essentially Pittsburgh, PA offering a great rate and no hassle, I'm a customer, and I'll be bringing a trade in (16 Silverado 1500 LTZ Midnight) and a checkbook. Paid off on receipt.

The other thing I would add that I haven't seen above is I'll most likely want at least the Mopar lift installed before purchase, which will require facilitating receipt of the lift, wheels, and tires, mounting, balancing, installation and alignment. Will mean a lot to me and be a big part of my decision, and I don't expect it to be free of course (although I wouldn't argue). I hope to find a dealer experienced with lift installations.

Here is a lift we did for my JL Wrangler customer. Factory MOPAR lift, but we have installed other lifts like Teraflex and Rough Country. It's really one of specialties to make the lift and tires affordable and easy to do for the consumer.

 

[chrcal14]

Here is a lift we did for my JL Wrangler customer. Factory MOPAR lift, but we have installed other lifts like Teraflex and Rough Country. It's really one of specialties to make the lift and tires affordable and easy to do for the consumer.

Sounds good, and thanks for the reply. I'll look you guys up when ordering starts.

Sponsored