Prius pricing for 2005 announced

I wonder if you might have a case against the dealer in small-claims court (no lawyer needed!) since you have proof of when they charged your credit card, and their slip-up cost you the rebate.

It's too bad that on this and other issues Toyota takes such a hands-off attitude toward the dealers. I'm under the impression that Honda is much more hands-on, demanding that their dealers give the customers a lot more attention. My previous car choice (Civic rather than Corolla) was almost entirely based on the way the two salesmen treated me: the Honda salesman was all service and honesty; the Toyota salesman seemed to feel he'd be doing me a big favor if he sold me a car, and even lied about the competition (telling me the Civic was carburated, when I knew it was fuel-injected.)

 

Thanks Dianne. I'm fuming, but I've been polite in my requests. I'll go to small claims court if I have to - it's not the money, but the principle. Heck, I'll have to take time off work and drive 150 miles to go to the court (law says you have to go to the defendants county).

The dealer messed up and they won't even do the right thing. I had previously sent them another buyer just before me. My friend on the list behind me dropped off after my experience. I actually found him a car in Marshall, TX (with no port packages).

I'm going to get the $300 back one way or another. I probably would have let it go if they hadn't also stuck me with the port package I did not want.

 

I got my certificate in today for the rebate/refund and noticed something that I hadn't noticed when I read about it on here: It's only good through 3/31/05. What happens if by some cruel twist of fate I don't get my car by then? My dealer's been getting one car about every 3 months and hasn't gotten a pkg BC yet that I'm aware of, so it's not like I'm being overly picky or anything... just a little. I've been number 1 on the list for a bit now, so the next BC should be mine -- assuming they get one. But, if the next two cars aren't BC's, that will be putting me awfully close to March 31. I've already waited over 8 months, what's another 7, right?

 

I just got of the phone with my dealer (in Greensboro, NC) a little while ago and he told me the infomation he got from his GM about package availabity. This is what he had that was to be available to him in 2005;

#2 (GY) 10%
#5 (AI) 57%
#8 (BG) 33% (I have in my notes 'BC' for this one, so maybe he was mistaken on either the number or letter code.)

The percentage is the allocation allotment of each they are supposed to get over the year.

This is quite the bummer to me as 1) I really think the the package formally know as #7 has the best blend of added tech and added safety/performance for the extra expense. Since I have to bump up the bottom end on this car I really wanted to go with this. And 2) I really don't think the JBL system is worth any where near the extra expense especially after reading about it's lack of audio performance.

Anyway, has anyone else across the county received different info about 2005 options in their area? It certainly seems quite limited to what CA will be getting.

 

Can't be a #8, there are only 6 per Dianne and there is no BG - the old #9 (BC) is #6 in 2005 and the old #7 (AM) is #4 in 2005. 2005 GY is #1 not #2. At least the #5 AI is correct

 

The numbers I used that he gave me are from the 2004 numbering. That is, the dealer still called them off by these numbers to me. That is part of the confusion. The one know as #8 I thought he'd said BC to me later. Maybe he said BG and I missed. (That southern slang can throw these northern tuned ears off. :wink:

 

Has anybody body else other than PsiNormal gotten this latest letter yet? Since they mailed them out on the 20th, I thought that I would have mine by now.

 

I received my letter/certificate last week.

Maybe it's payback from a Toyota executive who vacationed in Hawaii and was upset with the "Kamaina Discounts."

 

Still waiting for my letter/certificate...starting to get nervous :roll:

Ray