• ramble81@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    Whenever you order a vehicle, you pay a small bit down, but full purchase isn’t until it arrives. Sometimes you can get deals on custom orders that fell through at the last minute that a person didn’t buy.

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        9 days ago

        I did the same thing in Germany, but the down payment was much higher so people tend to commit fully. It’s actually more of an exception in the US as people tend to not custom order as dealers have loads of new cars ready to go on the lot.

        Frankly I’d prefer them to switch to a custom order model, but there are too many impulse car buyers here.

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        8 days ago

        Seen this is Spain, but only when someone ordered an unpopular colour or something

        Edit: actually, one of my bikes is this - it was a model available in custom colour combos for a bit extra money - mine is green and blue which is a bit off the wall, but I like it … and I got a new bike for 1000€ less than the asking price :-)