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I would bet this won't be the last dealer to take pause at the checklist. That doesn't make it right but still my feeling.
What things on the checklist couldn't be done? Or does he mean he can't do the whole walkthrough tomorrow, but will on another day?
For the record, I closed about 1 months before I picked up the trailer. For me it was more about timing than anything else. I took the checklist with me and looked over as much as I could first, talked with the people at the dealer to get a "feel" for how they operate, and when I was satisfied I wasn't going to get screwed, we closed. That said, they could have screwed us.
When I went to pick up the trailer, we found a couple things that we weren't happy with and they fixed them on the spot. We have found a couple minor ones over the last year that I have corrected on my own, or just haven't got around to it, but it wasn't worth having it sit there on their lot for warranty stuff so I never brought it back. It past its "year" anyways while it was still too cold to do anything and surrounded by snow.
If I would have gave that pdi list to my dealer outright, instead of looking at some stuff on my own that I could do, and speaking with them about other stuff that I wanted them to show me, they would have likely said the same thing. They are the biggest dealer around and have multiple locations. They are the closest to me. And they probably sell 10 times more than any dealer nearby, so if they lose my sale...big deal.
Again, doesn't make it right. The list is sound, but you also have to go with your gut...if he gave you a bad feeling, its ok to walk. Once they have your money, your stuck with it and having to deal with warranty stuff.
Edit to add....my dealer typically does their closings during the week when the banks are open, then schedules the walk through on the weekend. Its not that they won't do it all on the weekend, they will, but hours are tighter because of all the walk throughs they are doing, and sometimes it might mean you don't get to do your walk through anyways. I think because like me, a lot of them are newbies, and need things set up and explained like hitches, brake controls, etc.
I think if I was trading or buying again, I could speed up the process tenfold.
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