Yes AP not deposit, calling it that is an old habit, I’ll pay more attention in future. The garage email said “Request for Payment” and “Balance Due” so took me back 😂
I wasn’t having a laugh or being obtuse with lee1480, I just thought it was a silly statement to make, who in this forum would be happy to pay a higher AP? How many posts have stated Order Now, you can always cancel later if prices drop.
I’ve already spoken with garage earlier this week when car was delivered to them and now we’re waiting on the hand controls being fitted. As I said in my original post, I joked with the salesman about getting it in July in case the AP went down BUT I also said I was happy to get it anytime, maybe I was being nieve thinking the hand controls could be fitted before Friday for collection at the weekend? If it’d been ready on Sunday 30th I’d have paid the Sunday price.
@Rene I’m not sure what you mean by ‘acting like this’ 🤔 and I’m not having a laugh but I feel the garage must be if they expect a motability customer to pay out nearly £3k on a Friday when that AP could potentially drop to £0 on Monday 🤞🙏. I doubt it’ll fall at all but I’m certainly going to wait and see then I’ll contact them on Monday to pay whatever I owe.
And why would anyone think I need to stay calm or that showing them a bit of entitled attitude means I’d miss out… 🤷♂️ where do you think I’m not being calm, I already said how I was joking with the salesman, we get along just fine. How would I miss out with an entitled attitude, which I certainly do not have, this is a business deal where I’m paying a set price for a specific product, there is no need to negotiate or appease anyone… you simply say “I’ll have that car, here’s the money” and if you don’t want my business there’s plenty of other dealers who will. Also dealers may not be duty bound to reduce the AP but I’m not duty bound to accept that car until I’m happy and have entered my PIN, until then I can still change my mind and walk away so it’s in both our interests to get the deal done.
Jeez what I thought was a fun Friday story sure brought out the moaning Minnie’s to try and rain on my parade 🌧🫣😂 keep a look out for the AP of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate to see whether it changes from £3,499 and I might come back to update this post on what I finally pay 😉