Waiting List

I was on a waiting list since april (just took delivery this past weekend) and i never recieved anything from toyota. no keychain or letter. i wish i had gotten the keychain, i really need a new one

what was the number you called?

thanks,
Drew

 

Toyota maintains a database because they want to send out the occasional promo, and because they want an idea of how many people are really waiting to buy, with so many on more than one dealer list.

But all that really should matter to you is that your dealer has you on his/her list (and you might want to be on several lists). Unless you want the worthless keychain, it should make no difference to you if Toyota does not have your name. They will get your name when you buy the car, so you can receive notices. Having your name on Toyota's list now will not improve your chances of getting the car, because the cars are allocated to dealers, not to customers.

 

haven't seen any mail from Toyota

I now have a call in to our salesperson about our spot on the waiting list here in Albuquerque, NM. We put our deposit down early in April and was told it would be 6-8 months, but now that I see this conversation about the database I think it's time to check in with the dealer. So far I've received a phone message that says we're number 54 and they're up to 26, but I don't yet know what that really means. I have received precisely zero mail pieces from Toyota. I just want to make sure they haven't forgotten us.

 

Just heard from the salesperson. At first he said it might be 6-8 months from *now* even though my deposit was in April and that's what he told me then, but later in the call he said 3-4 months. So I have no idea what's going on. They're only getting six to eight cars a month. SIGH. I think I'll check the national database next.

 

Ha! The dealer in Fargo gets one a month. I'm darn lucky I ordered early and only had to wait 2 months!

 

I ordered on 3/8/04 and the deposit was charged to my credit card that same day. When I got my car on 7/29 I realized that I had never received any notification from Toyota about the $300 increase and rebate.
So, I e-mailed them from their website to verify that my check would be in the mail.

I got a response that the order wasn't entered in time so I wasn't eligible for a rebate. :x The story from the dealer is that they are working with Gulf States to rectify the problem because some orders got messed up and had to be re-entered a few days later.

Someone owes me $300 and I'm patiently waiting another week or two for them to figure out who. I'm not paying for their error. I didn't get any keychains or other items during the wait, so I have no idea how they are managing the customer data.

 

Longo is getting 15% of the entire So. Cal allocation?

 

Tony, let us know if you get any info on MSRP for the 2000 model year! :wink:

 

I was on the waiting list at two dealers. The first with a long list 8-9 months in my case took my deposit cashed the check and put me on the data base. The second had a short list 6-8 weeks (I was offered a car in 4 weeks that was not the package I wanted) took my credit card number but never ran it. I got my car 5 1/2 weeks. As near as I can tell they did not put me on the list. It appears to be up the dealer. The second dealer does not need to bother they are selling cars as they are delivered and have very few on a wait list. In fact I was cruising their web page last weekend and they had a Driftwood BC (04 #9) listed as in stock unsold. I would guess if you are not on the national list and want to be you could ask the dealer. You get a nice key ring and email if you need more of that. I think I am going to put the Fords keys on it and I can imaging I am driving a HSD Ford Exploror. May be when I get to the top of a hill I can put it in neutral shut it down and drive in "stealth" mode. If the hill is high enough.

 

Let's hope so I contacted 8 dealers within reasonable driving distance through the Toyota site , 3 have not responded. Of those that did, the wait list is 25 - 80, those with a longer list seem to be getting cars in at a greater rate leaving the potential delivery time about the same. One dealer said he doesn't keep a list and only orders when people put down a deposit. Back to the "go rural" plan, this dealer isn't in a high volume, full of rich folks area and since he has no demo, people are shy to buy without driving first. He said the last 2 he delivered were the color and package requested. His next delivery is Sept and I'm # 2 on his 'list' having sent in my refundable deposit. He charges MSRP. Of course this does sound a bit too good to be true, so I'm a bit wary of getting excited about delivery this year, but heck, some people have gotten lucky! I'm getting on a couple of other lists just in case ;-)

 

The one post that said Longo gets 45 cars a month was greatly exaggerated.

 

Pbbbttt! I'll try to feel sorry for you. My dealer gets just one car every 4 to 6 weeks.

:violin:

 

Maybe he meant they get 45 cars of all types combined.