04-19-2022, 02:33 PM
The saga continues.
Talked with the GM of my dealership today. He spoke with a BMW rep who said indeed, there's a delay in getting bikes built now. BMW said there's no such interface for dealers to see what each other has on order, the screen I was shown must have been an in-inventory screen. The GM called their Green Bay location and verified they do have a bike exactly like I ordered but it's not listed for sale is because someone has a deposit on it. The depositor hasn't returned to buy it in nearly a month. I was told they'd be called and given an opportunity to buy it now or I'd get it. I told the dealer to ship it down to Milwaukee and I'll come in and buy it the day it arrives.
I'll know tomorrow what's happened with that. Another option they offered me was a discussion they had with BMW this morning. The dealer already has 7 bikes on order and now it doesn't sound like it'll get any of them and just learned about that today, so BMW said they'd work with them as best as possible to prioritize some orders. Otherwise I was told there were only 17 Storm Black Metallic RSes allocated for North America in '22 and if I wanted one I'd better grab one from a dealer that still has one.
Talked with the GM of my dealership today. He spoke with a BMW rep who said indeed, there's a delay in getting bikes built now. BMW said there's no such interface for dealers to see what each other has on order, the screen I was shown must have been an in-inventory screen. The GM called their Green Bay location and verified they do have a bike exactly like I ordered but it's not listed for sale is because someone has a deposit on it. The depositor hasn't returned to buy it in nearly a month. I was told they'd be called and given an opportunity to buy it now or I'd get it. I told the dealer to ship it down to Milwaukee and I'll come in and buy it the day it arrives.
I'll know tomorrow what's happened with that. Another option they offered me was a discussion they had with BMW this morning. The dealer already has 7 bikes on order and now it doesn't sound like it'll get any of them and just learned about that today, so BMW said they'd work with them as best as possible to prioritize some orders. Otherwise I was told there were only 17 Storm Black Metallic RSes allocated for North America in '22 and if I wanted one I'd better grab one from a dealer that still has one.
Craig
'20 R1250RS
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'20 R1250RS
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