Hi Adam,
I believe the factory stopped accepting orders the first week of May. I
started looking around the second week and was told orders had ceased
"last" week. Your scenario about the dealer getting scared off by
"problems" with your credit might be true. Or he could have been telling
you the truth since the timing is right. I don't know what to say about
the factory supposedly accepting the order and then reneging on it. That
could've been just a mistake in communication. I'm not sure you would be
eligible for a rebate with your 2001 order anyway because rebates are
supposed to be for helping to clear out "dealer stock" and wouldn't apply
to special orders as far as I know.
You must be very disappointed! I know I would be. All I can say is, you
can join me in waiting for the 2002 production year ...
Good luck,
Val
At 01:10 PM 06/02/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello all,
> Well just a couple weeks ago I placed my order for my new Dak R/T,
>yesterday I found out it won't be built. The dealer told me that they had
>stopped production and it won't be built. I am a little suspicious of this
>however, because they had also told me that the factory accepted the order
>right after I ordered it. I also received two different credit denial
>letters in the mail, with my name spelled wrong a wrong social security
>numbers on them. Maybe I am paranoid, but I am wondering if the dealer
>"decided" that the truck wouldn't be built because of what he thought he saw
>on credit reports. I have pulled my report recently and it is very good.
>The ones that came back with the wrong name, etc. of course said they
>couldn't verify identity and insufficient history, etc. Does anyone think
>the dealer would do this? I DID sign a contract for purchase with them
>which has no provisions like this in it (standard dealer issue that lets
>them out if the factory won't deliver, which may have been the reason behind
>the excuse). Also, do you think it would matter that I had worked the
>dealer down to below invoice price, maybe he had second thoughts? It would
>even help if someone had a date for last day of production or anything.
>Even if I go for a 2002 I won't get the $2k rebate and I'm sure it will be
>more expensive anyway, but if I can get the dealer for voiding his contract,
>I may have a case. Anyway, let me know what you guys think.
>
>Adam
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