It’s fine saying you can go elsewhere if the dealership insists on having a deposit. Way down here in Cornwall, if I wanted Hyundai, KIA, MG, Peugeot, Nissan Vauxhall, Cupra, Renault, Skoda, VW or Volvo, you’ve the grand choice of one dealership within 90 miles. That means it’s take it or spend a fortune in travel. I was told it was a £1,000 deposit, no question, no choice. It’s fully understandable when they’re ordering £55k worth of car when they’re not selling big numbers of that particular spec.
In 2009 I travelled all the way from Berkshire to Hull to collect my shiny brand new Volvo CX-90 auto diesel for £26,000.
And I was ready to travel to Derby last week to collect that Skoda Enyaq, but it didn’t work out.
Despite many telling you must travel twice to the dealership, we live in 21 century, so my last two cars on Motability I purchased via Internet, legally signing the documents, using Digisign. So one trip to save money?
Obviously you may have different circumstances or simply don’t want to travel long distances- totally understandable.
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