Courtesy Delivery in CA

[Powaup]

I'm looking for a dealer in CA that will allow me to pick up my M4 from their dealership via courtesy delivery near end of August. I don't need any product demo or anything. I'm ordering my car from a dealer in NJ and Doing ED. So far have been shot down by 4 dealerships in the Bay Area near where I reside. I have to be down in LA in August/September so any dealer in So Cal will work as well. Need this done so I can get my purchase order and contract out of the way.

Thanks

[batchelorc]

Didn't know a dealership could refuse a delivery from corporate (ED).

[Powaup]

Originally Posted by batchelorc

Didn't know a dealership could refuse a delivery from corporate (ED).

Yea looks like they are going to have to get involved here

[Stav]

Originally Posted by Powaup

Yea looks like they are going to have to get involved here

Courtesy delivery is just that - no dealer has to do it. I pretty much always buy out of state too but look at it this way, you found a better price somewhere thousands of miles away and you would like the local dealer to assist you with your purchase.

To me it sounds a bit like milk prices are better in NJ and will save 50 cents buying my milk there but my local milkman has to deliver my NJ milk - will give him/her 5 cents - why doesn't he accept?

[Powaup]

Originally Posted by Stav

Courtesy delivery is just that - no dealer has to do it. I pretty much always buy out of state too but look at it this way, you found a better price somewhere thousands of miles away and you would like the local dealer to assist you with your purchase.

To me it sounds a bit like milk prices are better in NJ and will save 50 cents buying my milk there but my local milkman has to deliver my NJ milk - will give him/her 5 cents - why doesn't he accept?

Isn't 5 cents better than 0 cents?

No dealer in the bay area was willing to sell me a car via ed period, regardless of price, I was #3 on the list at Stevens creek and #1 at Sonnen BMW and when allocations were released I heard nothing from either dealership. According to the sales manager at BMW of Monterey they won't do it because of liability issues because they can't track the car on the boat and when it gets on the truck and if something were to happen to my car it would "complicate" things

[Stav]

Well, personally I am doing ED through a dealer in CA and I am in TN. I am close to PCD so I can take delivery there. So there are CA dealers who do ED (at ED MSRP).

As I mentioned I pretty much always go with out of state dealers but they are at least within driving distance of 1-3 hours.

And no - 5 cents are not always better than 0 cents since they dilute the local market and make it an acceptable practice for the future.