Price increase on ordered AT4

[Motobro]

I ordered my 2022 2500 AT4 with premium package (6.6 gas) in December and finally got the call that's it in state (Montana) this week. But... it's now $5000 more than the price we agreed upon ($1500 Onstar + "increase cost of materials"). Going to check it out when it gets in and will have to decide to take it or get my deposit back. Any thing I can do about the increase in price? $42 a month for 36 months of Onstar which I'll probably never use.

 

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[Duramaximus]

Hmm. According to this article the price increase was supposed to be around $905 to $1,675.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/0...reactions-to-mandatory-buick-gmc-onstar-plan/

Either way I'm pissed that we as purchasers no longer have an option to choose. It's now being forced upon us. Expect other vendors to follow suit if they haven't already.

 

[Tski]

You should be price protected if your order was placed as retail sold. Gm is supposed to reimburse the dealer the difference. I believe you are stuck with the On Star cost though.

 

[Motobro]

You should be price protected if your order was placed as retail sold. Gm is supposed to reimburse the dealer the difference. I believe you are stuck with the On Star cost though.

I read some info on GMC's price protection. Not sure I qualify. I put down $1000 as a deposit, however, both the dealership agent and I signed off on the ordered. I'm going to check more on this. Thanks

 

[Andystoy AT4]

I got my 2022 R AT4 in June and it came with the 3 month prepaid OnStar option which I never used in this truck or the many vehicles that it came in previously. As far as this being a conditioning response to purchasers of EV, I will not be a customer now or after 2025 for an EV. Making things mandatory to drive the price up doesn't sit very well with me.

I can live with the dumbed down version of my truck, which has the big infotainment screen that I now use only for the reverse and hitch camera and although very pricey for that use only, its nice.

 

[aaminchew]

I ordered my 2022 2500 AT4 with premium package (6.6 gas) in December and finally got the call that's it in state (Montana) this week. But... it's now $5000 more than the price we agreed upon ($1500 Onstar + "increase cost of materials"). Going to check it out when it gets in and will have to decide to take it or get my deposit back. Any thing I can do about the increase in price? $42 a month for 36 months of Onstar which I'll probably never use.

I ordered my 2022 2500 AT4 with premium package (6.6 gas) in December and finally got the call that's it in state (Montana) this week. But... it's now $5000 more than the price we agreed upon ($1500 Onstar + "increase cost of materials"). Going to check it out when it gets in and will have to decide to take it or get my deposit back. Any thing I can do about the increase in price? $42 a month for 36 months of Onstar which I'll probably never use.

If the truck was ordered SRE (Sold Retail), then it has the MSRP locked. If the price went up it’s because the dealership increased it.

 

[Coondog]

Ordered my AT4 in January prices hadn't been set yet. My dealer couldn't give me a price. Saw him again in early March, prices were now set and was shown the price. When it finally was built and arrived in May the price tag was now almost $900 more. My dealer gave me a rebate for the cost increase as well as a good deal off the MSRP. No complaints. I see the 2023's are now listing for almost $8000 more then what was listed for the 2022's ( same truck). Glad I got mine this year.

 

[Jezus12]

I am in Canada but I ordered an at4x back in March and put a $500 deposit on it then never heard anything back about it being built so I found another one at another dealership that was in transit and put a $500 deposit on that one but the original one I first ordered showed up last week and I took it. I got my original price from in March since I had the deposit on it they couldn't mark it up? Then the second truck showed up this week and I just got my deposit back from it today and the sales guy said he already had it sold at a $10k markup. He could be lying since hes the sales guy but I know he had an ad out and I saw it was $8k more than my price.

 

[RugbyRef]

It's really unfortunate that some, if not most, automobile dealerships automatically default to applying an ADM to the MSRP of a vehicle nowadays. I have found that it happens to, not only, the high-end vehicles (Corvette C8's, Mustang GT500's, Jeep 392's, etc.), but also to everyday vehicles such as base model trucks and cars. I completely understand the law of supply and demand (post-grad MBA here), but it's simply about greed at this point. I consider myself extremely lucky that I was able to find my two vehicles at just under MSRP while they were in-transit (I did not pre-order them) to the dealership. I have a couple of good friends that have suffered a "dealer mark-up" after they had ordered their Jeep 392's and confirmed an initial price. In their cases they simply walked away from the deal, but were (and still are) extremely pissed that it happened. Primarily, because it took so long to get them in through the order process.

I apologize for the rant guys...just my $.02 cents.