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Originally Posted by FStop7
The reason the Individual program is so weak in the USA is because it's much easier for a customer to back out of a deal without losing any kind of deposit or paying any kind of penalty. So the dealership ends up potentially stuck with a car that was more expensive than normal to build, yet more difficult to sell depending on how much higher the price has been driven up by individual options.
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what? all the bmw dealerships require a deposit in the la area (except maybe southbay....and you have to order m3's with at least the tech and prem package)
i would be more open to custom ordering a car, but it becomes a daunting task when no dealerships have the ext color in stock on the car you want to buy (ex. silverstone m3's in socal.....they dont exist for the most part). plus, they want you to make a "future payment" aka non-refundable deposit. imo, if you want to make this program more successful they have to make the deposit 100% refundable and standardize it across all dealerships (some dealerships charge from 1-5K for the deposit and is very inconsistent).