Surcharge on 22 production

[Soonerfan]

From my dealer on my R8S order, anyone else hear this yet?

"after talking to our rep, we are anticipating a surcharge on the 2022 production. I let you know when I get more information on this."

[VTENGR]

I have an order out on a 2022 R6 and have not heard anything about a surcharge.

[drtbar]

wtf

[Big Block Power]

That sounds like a dealer only surcharge. It wouldn't Make me happy if they are getting greedy.

[mdadgar]

I am hearing this more and more. For example, ATC trailers (premium aluminum car haulers and toy trailers) are adding a $5K surcharge for orders these days.

Lame. Mark the price up to cover increased costs instead. Surcharges just make customers feel taken advantage of.

- Mark

[dustinm]

We have had reports of other members receiving discounts on their new boats. I would look for another.

[Soonerfan]

It is my understanding that this is from the Cobalt rep and is not the markups everyone is seeing from individual dealerships for vehicles and such. My dealer is a smaller family owned/operated dealer in a smaller market and has treated me very fairly and honestly over the years so I have no reason to doubt them at this point.

[VTENGR]

I would assume this is for orders going forward. If they apply a surcharge to an already negotiated deal that you have a deposit on, then that's a very easy way to lose a customer.

[rrfisher]

I initially read the title as supercharged. This is a let down.

[jhnmdahl]

Another member just placed an order for an R4 or R6 (can't remember) and got about 20% off retail. The dealership could be building some real ill will among their customers when things revert to normal.

[Snowman73]

I would assume this is for orders going forward. If they apply a surcharge to an already negotiated deal that you have a deposit on, then that's a very easy way to lose a customer.

Happened to a friend of mine today on an order where he negotiated a price, placed a deposit for on a Malibu over two months ago. I think dealers of all kinds may become a thing of the past, especially after this craziness is over by treating customers this way.

[VTENGR]

I would assume this is for orders going forward. If they apply a surcharge to an already negotiated deal that you have a deposit on, then that's a very easy way to lose a customer.

Happened to a friend of mine today on an order where he negotiated a price, placed a deposit for on a Malibu over two months ago. I think dealers of all kinds may become a thing of the past, especially after this craziness is over by treating customers this way.

Did your friend walk away from the deal? That's a pretty shiesty move by the dealer. Essentially nothing would be keeping them from selling your allocation to the highest bidder.

I don't know what I would do in this situation. I'm already leasing a slip with a lift that will stay empty until the boat gets here. On my lake, slips, especially slips with lifts, are hard to come by so when one opened up I jumped on it.

So conceivably I would have to be willing to walk away from thousands of dollars worth of slip leasing fees to walk away from the deal. It would leave such a bad taste in my mouth I would probably go buy a different brand boat.

[garttx]

Placed an order for an R8 regular not surf. Dealer is 15% off MSRP. There is a dealer prep and freight fee of around 3k. Don’t know if that is normal but I hope it helps. They have been fairly straightforward with me I feel even though I know I am paying more than 2 years ago. But that is how it works in this market I guess.

[VTENGR]

Placed an order for an R8 regular not surf. Dealer is 15% off MSRP. There is a dealer prep and freight fee of around 3k. Don’t know if that is normal but I hope it helps. They have been fairly straightforward with me I feel even though I know I am paying more than 2 years ago. But that is how it works in this market I guess.

I got a similar deal - not quite as good as yours. However what the OP is saying is that he's hearing that dealers are reniging on deals because Cobalt is adding a surcharge to capitalize on the current boat market.

[Snowman73]

I would assume this is for orders going forward. If they apply a surcharge to an already negotiated deal that you have a deposit on, then that's a very easy way to lose a customer.

Happened to a friend of mine today on an order where he negotiated a price, placed a deposit for on a Malibu over two months ago. I think dealers of all kinds may become a thing of the past, especially after this craziness is over by treating customers this way.

Did your friend walk away from the deal? That's a pretty shiesty move by the dealer. Essentially nothing would be keeping them from selling your allocation to the highest bidder.

I don't know what I would do in this situation. I'm already leasing a slip with a lift that will stay empty until the boat gets here. On my lake, slips, especially slips with lifts, are hard to come by so when one opened up I jumped on it.

So conceivably I would have to be willing to walk away from thousands of dollars worth of slip leasing fees to walk away from the deal. It would leave such a bad taste in my mouth I would probably go buy a different brand boat.

He ended up taking half the hit and dealer said they’d take the other half. He also asked for accessories and storage options to make him whole. I tend to agree with his thought which is if he does go somewhere else he was going to pay more than $2500 dollars. Total increase was $5300 or so on a $200k Malibu. Pretty shotty if you ask me, and my friend.

On a similar note, I ordered a car back in July. Allocation never came through. Two weeks ago, a new sales manager had to update my order to a 2022 model year. Two weeks later no order number after I asked three times. I finally called the sales manager. He explains he won’t honor the agreed to pricing with another manager from July. So I immediately cancelled my order. I posted a review of the exchange online. 12 hours later I have a message from the general manager to give him a call. Ten minutes later after explaining details and him corroborating them with the salesman and original sales manager, he calls me and apologizes for the improper behavior and honors the pricing.