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[johniew398]

Tony,

I know exactly what you mean or sort of anyway. I bought my Z006 Z06 from Spitzer Chevrolet, got one of the first one's made and paid $6k over MSRP and was happy to do the deal. The sales person I went through moved to EVS Chevrolet so I kept in touch and he had me as #2 on the list for ZR1 for over 12 months. I even called and emailed just to stay in touch with him. He verbally and via email confirmed I was # 2 on his list and even said he wasn't putting any more on his list. He said I'm only calling you and the guy in Arizona when we know the numbers.

What happened? When the allocations were released and the prices came out he sent me the following note:

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Hey Johnie,

This ZR1 launch has been a mess man...I have not called anyone yet.......I will be in touch though....depending on what you are thinking price wise...let me know, will determine what I can or cannot do....

I am already looking for more ways to obtain additional allocation so I can participate at the level we want to.

More soon sir

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So he immediately did as all Corvette salesmen are doing and wanted to get me in to the bidding war.

Yours though is totally different - you paid a deposit, I didn't - it was all verbal/email and a gentleman's agreement which means nothing today.

Your dealer could eventually tell you there were 50 people they forgot about in front of you. How do you prove any differently?

Car salesman, regardless of the price and type of car are all the same and always will be. It's in their genes.