Posted by silledad on August 20, 2004, 11:34 pm
I put a deposit down on a Prius in June anticipating a December to March
delivery. Low and behold I get a phone call today offering me a Prius with
the AM package in September. Am I just lucky or am I missing something
since other dealers in my area have told me a 1-2 year wait is normal.
Posted by Michelle Steiner on August 20, 2004, 11:54 pm
> I put a deposit down on a Prius in June anticipating a December to
> March delivery. Low and behold I get a phone call today offering me
> a Prius with the AM package in September. Am I just lucky or am I
> missing something since other dealers in my area have told me a 1-2
> year wait is normal.
Some dealers get bigger allocations than others. Also, it might be that
people ahead of you in the queue turned it down because they didn't want
that package and/or that color.
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Posted by silledad on August 20, 2004, 11:58 pm
I'm not sure if it will be considered a 2004 or 05, it is expected in the
3rd week of September. Do you think that is a factor for some people
passing on it?
> > I put a deposit down on a Prius in June anticipating a December to
> > March delivery. Low and behold I get a phone call today offering me
> > a Prius with the AM package in September. Am I just lucky or am I
> > missing something since other dealers in my area have told me a 1-2
> > year wait is normal.
> Some dealers get bigger allocations than others. Also, it might be that
> people ahead of you in the queue turned it down because they didn't want
> that package and/or that color.
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> Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Vote for John Kerry.
Posted by Michelle Steiner on August 21, 2004, 12:22 am
> I'm not sure if it will be considered a 2004 or 05, it is expected in
> the 3rd week of September. Do you think that is a factor for some
> people passing on it?
That will probably be an 04, which might be another reason that people
have passed. I know that back in June and July, people were passing on
04s, waiting for 05s. That helped me get mine four weeks ago, much
sooner than I had expected to get one.
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Posted by Samuel Atlan on August 21, 2004, 3:43 pm
> I'm not sure if it will be considered a 2004 or 05, it is expected in the
> 3rd week of September. Do you think that is a factor for some people
> passing on it?
There was a discussion on Prius-2g group a few weeks ago about resale value
of a 2004 and a 2005 bought one month from one another. I guess some people
are worried about when they resale the car but if you plan on keeping it
until it falls apart, 2004 and 2005 being the exact same car, I think
passing on a '04 is irrational.
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> March delivery. Low and behold I get a phone call today offering me
> a Prius with the AM package in September. Am I just lucky or am I
> missing something since other dealers in my area have told me a 1-2
> year wait is normal.