Dennis Dillion Dodge

Also call dave smith motors in kellogg,id. They are generally the lowest in the nation.

That's actually a very common hedge. Rebates a purchaser may receive are always the ones in effect on the day of purchase. Not on the day the order is placed. I ordered a Mercury Mountaineer factory build in 2000 (we still have this old SUV too), and that's how it was for us. Fortunately the rebates didn't change much during the elapsed time.

They're not playing games with you, but they can only promise how much they will discount the vehicle and not how much the mfr will discount it.

rexlion wrote:
That's actually a very common hedge. Rebates a purchaser may receive are always the ones in effect on the day of purchase. Not on the day the order is placed. I ordered a Mercury Mountaineer factory build in 2000 (we still have this old SUV too), and that's how it was for us. Fortunately the rebates didn't change much during the elapsed time.

They're not playing games with you, but they can only promise how much they will discount the vehicle and not how much the mfr will discount it.

Some language when I ordered my FORD Truck back in 2001 and same language when I ordered my DODGE Truck back in 2006.

Dealer has NO control on what rebates are offered, when they are valid or if any will be offered by factory.

As for the non-refundable deposit.....common but amount should be negotiable. I ended up having to put up $1000 back in 2001 but only $500 in 2006.

Your dealer will go get the truck you want from another dealer dealer if needed. We've sent a man to Alabama to get one. A dealer in Muskogee OK sent an old farmer with a flat bed to swap Camaros with us when the new ones first came out. I still have the OK tag on my garage wall...."We like holding hands and pitching woo" if I remember the song right.
My point is that solves the floating price issue, AND you get your truck sooner.

Thanks for your replies. Much appreciated. Bucky, doubt they can find the truck someplace. It's a very rare bird that I'm looking for and I don't have any issue at all waiting for a factory build to get exactly what I want regarding powertrain, color, interior and truck options. If I'm paying that kind of money, I'm not willing to compromise on any of it.
As far as the price fluctuation language, the reason for concern is that the local dealers will absolutly lock in the price and gurantee that I will not pay one dime more and could pay less if the current rebates in effect today are increased by the time the truck comes in. The Dillion price is about 4 grand lower than the locals so maybe that is the cushion the locals are using. However, what's the sense of travelling 2200 miles out to Dillion if when I get there, their price has now risen to what I can get locally ? That's my issue and concern.

The dealers are just passing the rebates, if any, on to you. I would get a price quote from all the dealers that shows the price prior to any rebates and a clause saying they will pass any applicable rebate on to you as of the date of delivery. Then just compare the pre-rebate prices.

minnow wrote:
Thanks for your replies. Much appreciated. Bucky, doubt they can find the truck someplace. It's a very rare bird that I'm looking for and I don't have any issue at all waiting for a factory build to get exactly what I want regarding powertrain, color, interior and truck options. If I'm paying that kind of money, I'm not willing to compromise on any of it.
As far as the price fluctuation language, the reason for concern is that the local dealers will absolutly lock in the price and gurantee that I will not pay one dime more and could pay less if the current rebates in effect today are increased by the time the truck comes in. The Dillion price is about 4 grand lower than the locals so maybe that is the cushion the locals are using. However, what's the sense of travelling 2200 miles out to Dillion if when I get there, their price has now risen to what I can get locally ? That's my issue and concern.

If the current rebates don't expire till April, and the truck is expected in March, then the dealer can say, "the price is set in stone" and not risking anything.

I got the same story when we ordered the wife's Edge. By the time it arrived, there was an additional 1,000 dollar rebate, and the dealer happily passed that on to us. If we'd taken the "price is set in stone" deal, we would have lost that extra grand. It's a gamble, but only corporate knows what the rebates will be 2-3 months out, the dealership can only guess.

From what I understand the rebate hedge is pretty standard. I bought at Dillon last spring and they were straight with me. I bought off the lot so there was no issue with waiting for a build, but I didn't experience anything that would make me believe they would jerk you around. They were the lowest price I could find by quite a bit, and they undercut the quote I got from Dave Smith by about $4k.

I'd give them a shot. You can save a few bucks and get a free trip out west.

rexlion wrote:
That's actually a very common hedge. Rebates a purchaser may receive are always the ones in effect on the day of purchase. Not on the day the order is placed.

I've read this before and I've seen it go both ways. It may have something to do with market regions, time of the year, salesperson, I just don't know.

Last year about this time I was getting ready to purchase a 2015 RAM 3500, I worked with Dillon, I wanted the rear air leveling so I had to place an order. They sent me the paperwork listing the current incentives indicating if better incentives when I took delivery I would get those otherwise here is the price with current incentives.

I ended up with a local dealer that price match Dillon, same thing, price locked with current incentives, if the incentive were better at time of delivery, I would get the lower price, and I did, and extra $250 in incentives.

Dennis Dillion is NO different than any other truck dealer. Some folks can work with them and some can't, depending on the sales person you get. They are a local dealer for us and we had a nasty experience with them when we tried to purchase a new vehicle a couple years back, so we do not even check their price anymore. I do check the price at Dave Smith in Kellogg ID though. I did find out back when I bought the current truck that other local dealers will match or come very close, to both Dillion or Smith.