rnkepler
Well-known member
I'm sure the upcoming deliveries are going to generate the most excitement for the month of December, but I'm beginning to wonder how smoothly the ordering is going to go for the new launch markets. December is less that two weeks away and I haven't received an email about scheduling a home assessment yet even though I have a December order month in the Raleigh, NC market. I plan on getting the waiver but I thought that without the waiver or completed assessment you can't order. Has anyone else outside of the initial launch areas gotten the email to schedule your home assessment? I also noticed several weeks ago that Nissan pulled the launch schedule page from the LEAF website. You can still find it indexed in the search but it just brings up a blank page if you click on it.
What's really concerning me was that when I contacted a local certified LEAF dealer to ask about pricing, they said that they didn't have any pricing yet for the LEAF but would be sure to let me know when they got it. After I sent them the price list with the invoice prices included, they apologized, telling me that the reservation period was over and I was going to have to wait till next year sometime when Nissan starts taking orders again and that they don't take orders, Nissan does (this came from a manager). They really seemed to have no idea how the ordering process works or that they might even be getting requests for quotes next month. I referred them to this forum so they could see how other dealers were handling the ordering process and sent out queries to some other local dealers. Hopefully they will know what's going on.
I'm sure December ordering won't happen until the end of the month anyway, but it looks like it will be an interesting process in the new launch markets even without eTec to complicate things.
What's really concerning me was that when I contacted a local certified LEAF dealer to ask about pricing, they said that they didn't have any pricing yet for the LEAF but would be sure to let me know when they got it. After I sent them the price list with the invoice prices included, they apologized, telling me that the reservation period was over and I was going to have to wait till next year sometime when Nissan starts taking orders again and that they don't take orders, Nissan does (this came from a manager). They really seemed to have no idea how the ordering process works or that they might even be getting requests for quotes next month. I referred them to this forum so they could see how other dealers were handling the ordering process and sent out queries to some other local dealers. Hopefully they will know what's going on.
I'm sure December ordering won't happen until the end of the month anyway, but it looks like it will be an interesting process in the new launch markets even without eTec to complicate things.