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3128 messages, Last post on May 24, 2008 at 8:19 PM
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Jeff: I guess you would find the typical market-driven Documentation Fee of $299 here in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area to be intolerable?? Absolute nonsense! No, that is not an exaggeration, either. Dealers charge it, and too many people are willing to pay it. Of course, most don't find out about it until they are already in the Finance office. The typical dealer response is, "Sorry, but it's a fixed charge pre-printed on EVERY contract. No exceptions." The fixed $45 Doc Fee was a nice perk I discovered when I purchased from Crown Lexus (in Ontario) instead of Scottsdale Lexus. |
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I bought a RX330 on Sept 12 and still haven't taken delivery! I got a AWD with Premium Plus and RSES. It's white with ivory. I'm in Northeastern PA and the dealer is saying the RSES is causing the delay. I was told up front that it would take about 2-3 weeks longer with the RSES for a total of 6-7 weeks. I'm working on my 11th week. I've been told many times, "It will be in this week, promise." On 10/17, I was told the car would be in by 10/31. On 10/31 I was told the car was schedule for delivery on 11/10. On 11/11 they just didn't. On ll/17 I was told the car was built on 11/12 and scheduled for delivery at the dealer on 11/24. Uhhgg!!!! If the car was actually built on 11/12, anybody have a good idea on how long it should take to get to the 1 Lexus dealer in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market? Gee, you'd think I was buying a Chevy 
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| If the car was built on 11/12 it takes over a month. If it was shipped 11/12, it will probably be there in three weeks or so. RSES should not have taken that long anyway. But you will enjoy it once you get it. Keep us updated | |
| Thanks for the response. I sure hope it's not another month before I get this truck. | |
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| Thanks, Jeff and whoever responded. I will let you know what turns out at last. | |
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<<<Don't mind rgnmstr... He had a Bad Experience a few weeks ago at a Lexus dealer, got upset because the salesman didn't like his joke about RX330s flipping over or some such nonsense. Anyway, he got frustrated and and went out and did a Strange Thing - bought a Lincoln LS, the wish-I-had-the-Jag-version-but-this-is-cheaper choice. Probably the paint is flaking off of it by now so he likes to post on this board about How Bad Everything Is That's Connected to a Lexus Dealer Anywhere, Anytime.>>>>>>>>> Cheap shot little Jeff. I never knocked the Lexus. Only the dealer's attitude that I had an experience with. Your post tells how little you know about the LS vs the Jag. I bought the version I wanted and I could have bought either. I only cross shopped against a BMW 540. I never lookwed at the Jag. The LS was the car they made to handle. The Jag is the cheaper version that floats down the road. As far as the paint flaking off that's funny considering most reviewers state the car is near German quality. Something the Lexus has never been acused of. By the way if you had any reading comprehension you would know that I never made a joke at the dealer. I'll bet your a skinny little guy who keeps his mouth shut in person. But your hell behind the keyboard. |
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Let's drop the personal swipes. tidester, host |
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Cut the hostile act; neither I nor anyone else cares what Ford model you bought. What I do care about was the bullying tactic you used to scare the lady in No. CA that just happily purchased her RX and was waiting for the trailer from Washington State to unload it. Telling her it would likely arrived damaged wasn't called for and it was plain erroneous. Do you now need to spoil everyone's excitement at buying a new $40k vehicle? I understand that the Lexus sales rep decided to take the next in line and you got upset; happens all the time and it's happened to me. But is it now your responsibility to track Lexus boards and deride everyone that's made a recent purchase of the marque that caused you embarassment? Waste of time...you've never owned a Lexus so go back to the Ford/Mazda/Lincoln board and talk about it's race-inspired suspension. Zoom zoom zoom. |
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<<Cut the hostile act; neither I nor anyone else cares what Ford model you bought. What I do care about was the bullying tactic you used to scare the lady in No. CA that just happily purchased her RX and was waiting for the trailer from Washington State to unload it <<<<Telling her it would likely arrived damaged wasn't called for and it was plain erroneous. Do you now need to spoil everyone's excitement at buying a new $40k vehicle? >>>>>>> Once again you seemingly can't read. I never "bullied" the lady. I only posted my 25 years experience being on the road and being passed by new cars with dealer plates on them like I was standing still. And I drive pretty fast on interstates. Bullying would have been to make suggestions telling her what to do LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DID. <<<<<<<>>>>>>>> I have no idea what your talking about here. A "Lexus rep deciding to take the next place in line" I don't know any Lexus reps. As far as going to the Ford/Lincoln board I enjoy reading various boards to see what's going on with different cars. Maybe if you did that you would drive a better one. |
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Since the RX330 is my wife's car, what car(s) do I drive, Mike? Whichever one it is, I certainly don't need to drive one advertised to the unknowing as containing a "race-inspired suspension" as a pseudo ego boost. Zoom zoom. But all this is beyond the point you originally raised...so the next time you decide to let a dealer's sales rep make your car-buying decision for you, let me know as I find it highly amusing. Perhaps your newspaper boy or crossing guard determined which house you live in? Gosh, a world in which all the major purchasing decisions are determined by the good or bad actions of others. One last note - in those 25 years of being passed by dealer-plated cars...did it ever occur to you that not all of them were being delivered to new owners? |
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