Toyota executives listen..

billt01

So I’ve been looking for a  2024 Toyota Prius for a few weeks now. I live in Georgia but have searched Florida, Alabama, and the Carolina’s for a car. I have talked with no less than 15 dealerships and most of them are literally screwing consumers with mandatory dealer OPTIONS and pricing adjustments. I was frustrated and sent this email out as a Hail Mary not expecting anything except self-medication though my experience.

I received 3 responses within hours of the email.

Kudos to Toyota

And for the dealers out there thinking this is acceptable, Toyota can’t control your actions..but they can control your allocations..

lkapigian

Some 30 plus years ago I fired off a similar letter to Lee Iacocca , was surprised to get a response and an extremely hefty discount on a new Jeep…. 

fishlessman

last time i shopped a new truck with dodge, one dealer went out of their way to find  multiple vehicles within a 500 mile radius. i didnt want nor need ac in a convertible. they dropped it off a few days later. i also didnt want carpeting nor electric windows in it but they didnt have that in the 1989 convertible dakota truck.

Botch

fishlessman said:
 i didnt want nor need ac in a convertible. they dropped it off a few days later. i also didnt want carpeting nor electric windows in it but they didnt have that in the 1989 convertible dakota truck.

I'll be damned; I had no idea such a thing existed.     
 

Canugghead

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/car-dealerships-are-price-gouging-customers-survey-1.6635498

fishlessman

Botch said:

fishlessman said:
 i didnt want nor need ac in a convertible. they dropped it off a few days later. i also didnt want carpeting nor electric windows in it but they didnt have that in the 1989 convertible dakota truck.

I'll be damned; I had no idea such a thing existed.     
 

drove mine for 30 years, all 125 hp of it........it fished well, pull up to the lake, sit up on the rollbar and make a cast.  highway speeds not so much

mine was white with the black top

alaskanassasin

@billt01 Did work from home not pan out? they are trying to drag swmbo back in 3 days a week, what a joke.

alaskanassasin

a somewhat interesting thread, immediately sunk.

billt01

Canugghead said:

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/car-dealerships-are-price-gouging-customers-survey-1.6635498

I had a English lesson with one of the sales managers to discuss what the word "options" actually meant

billt01

alaskanassasin said:

@billt01 Did work from home not pan out? they are trying to drag swmbo back in 3 days a week, what a joke.

Wife gets 4 days at the house and 1 in the office..I'm lobbying for a week in / week out schedule..we will see..