I am interested in this thread because I live in the Phoenix area and was tempted by Rairdon. It seems to me that if allegations made here are true, in order to maintain its own integrity Nissan should offer people who ordered from Rairdon the opportunity to order from another dealer without losing their place in line. If people get angry enough to cancel Rairdon orders, Rairdon stands to make money by having Leafs for immediate delivery. I started with Rairdon around Sept.1, gave up in October, and received a follow-up in December. At the suggestion of the moderator in the interest of brevity I have appended quotes from emails that I received from Rairdon rather than whole email messages..
On December 8, after I gave up on Rairdon, I received an email from Todd Fee with the following relevant information: "if you in fact are happy with the Nissan dealer you ordered your Leaf from, I offer you a sincere "congrats"; however, if you want to save more money, I can still offer you my BELOW invoice pricing on Leaf, as well as offer you the allocation of being able to GET your Leaf in a timely manner". As I understand it from Nissan Customer Service, if you cancel an order once it is placed you go to the end of the delivery line, the dealer does not control the time of delivery.
Ibid: "but having over 60 confirmed orders in our database, I CAN tell you that I CAN get the Leaf you'd order in a timely manner, but in all reality, for LESS money too!" This means that if as alleged by others here you do not save money with Rairdon, there will be disappointed customers, including many in our area. Rairdon would profit handsomely from canceled orders because they would have an inventory of Leafs for immediate delivery.
Greg Leach, October 2: " I have been selling Nissans since 1999 and have never come across this before it’s always nice to learn something new and I thank you again for forwarding that to me .". He had never heard of a single pay lease, which is common, before.
Todd Fee on the same subject, September 1: "As far as a pre-paid lease is concerned, I'll have to check with Nissan Motor Acceptance; I have money factors and residuals, but since I've never done a pre-paid lease on a Leaf, I'll have to see what's involved."
Greg Leach, October 13: "I apologize please forgive me I totally forgot about that you wanted those numbers ". The numbers means the price for a single payment lease.
Greg Leach, October 18: "I totally forgot about that you wanted those numbersissan to help us figure out what we must do in our system so that we can do that so please forgive me I have not forgotten about you". An auto salesman who can't remember that you wanted an answer to a price request!
Finally, has anybody received information about the cost of shipping the car back to Washington at the end of the lease?