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<blockquote data-quote="Black 03 Z06" data-source="post: 68744" data-attributes="member: 1852"><p>Ok, maybe someone can explain how this works then. I realize I have a simple mind.</p><p></p><p>You go into a GM dealership and you want to order a car, a Corvette C7 to be exact. So first you have to determine if the dealership even has the right to sell you a C7 of any description. You have no choice to believe what they tell you, only later you find out that the order is really only a hope on their part. First fault in logic.</p><p></p><p>Now you have to determine what you want on your C7 from a vast option sheet, that was something I thought they were trying to rid themselves of many years ago. So you pick out what you want and sign the deal. The order goes nowhere, just sits. Second fault in logic.</p><p></p><p>Now the customer sits and wonders what the status is of their order and the dealership tells them all sorts of nonsense about the build and delivery time frame. Big money put down to secure the order in some cases and that does not ensure you will actually get a car because you cannot be sure the dealer really can sell it in the first place. And if GM accepts the order they cannot build it they can't get parts. See above.</p><p></p><p>Now the orders are in but GM runs out of parts because they have never seen the order. How can you forecast to a supplier what you need when you have no idea what is in the pipeline? So the high demand speciality items just grind the order/build process to a halt. Third fault in logic.</p><p></p><p>So now you have customers who really want your product and despite having placed an order it really does not mean a thing. </p><p>Some orders apparently were never placed. What benefit this has for the dealer is beyond me. Maybe they just like to argue about the non refundable deposit you gave them. In a small Canadian market the demand is equal to the American side just smaller percentage of vehicles based on the population. Still a sale is a sale unless you are dealing with GM and then maybe a sale is really not a sale at all.</p><p></p><p>So what am I missing? As Ricky would say "You got a lot of splain' to do Lucy".</p><p></p><p>I worked for two different companies suppling equipment to GM. They, GM, had they committees who would come to your manufacturing facility and tell you what you were doing wrong, that this process should be changed and that is not right. Get that done and maybe we will order something. Finally get the order and then wait and wait for payment. This is a company who should never ever offer advice on business to anyone, including governments. They seem to struggle to be in the car business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black 03 Z06, post: 68744, member: 1852"] Ok, maybe someone can explain how this works then. I realize I have a simple mind. You go into a GM dealership and you want to order a car, a Corvette C7 to be exact. So first you have to determine if the dealership even has the right to sell you a C7 of any description. You have no choice to believe what they tell you, only later you find out that the order is really only a hope on their part. First fault in logic. Now you have to determine what you want on your C7 from a vast option sheet, that was something I thought they were trying to rid themselves of many years ago. So you pick out what you want and sign the deal. The order goes nowhere, just sits. Second fault in logic. Now the customer sits and wonders what the status is of their order and the dealership tells them all sorts of nonsense about the build and delivery time frame. Big money put down to secure the order in some cases and that does not ensure you will actually get a car because you cannot be sure the dealer really can sell it in the first place. And if GM accepts the order they cannot build it they can't get parts. See above. Now the orders are in but GM runs out of parts because they have never seen the order. How can you forecast to a supplier what you need when you have no idea what is in the pipeline? So the high demand speciality items just grind the order/build process to a halt. Third fault in logic. So now you have customers who really want your product and despite having placed an order it really does not mean a thing. Some orders apparently were never placed. What benefit this has for the dealer is beyond me. Maybe they just like to argue about the non refundable deposit you gave them. In a small Canadian market the demand is equal to the American side just smaller percentage of vehicles based on the population. Still a sale is a sale unless you are dealing with GM and then maybe a sale is really not a sale at all. So what am I missing? As Ricky would say "You got a lot of splain' to do Lucy". I worked for two different companies suppling equipment to GM. They, GM, had they committees who would come to your manufacturing facility and tell you what you were doing wrong, that this process should be changed and that is not right. Get that done and maybe we will order something. Finally get the order and then wait and wait for payment. This is a company who should never ever offer advice on business to anyone, including governments. They seem to struggle to be in the car business. [/QUOTE]
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