Security Deposit

[dj420118]

Hi, Im planning to buy my mazda 3 in 1 month, just about exactly. I found the mazda 3s sedan exactly the way i want it at a dealership....but i know the car isnt going to be there a full month cuz someone else will come along and buy it. i was wondering if anyone here has had experience with putting down a security deposit to hold the car there for a month or so. if you have please let me know wut u had to put for a down payment or w/e. thanks

Danny

[///BHRpowered]

usually a deposit of 50-100 dollars would be fine for a weekend, I'm not sure what you may have to do for an entire month. when I was looking for my millenia I put down 500 over the phone with the salesguy jsut to hold it for a few hours...but thats alittle different I guess

[SED]

I have put 500cad to have it hold for two weeks... I have bought it just one month latter but didn't loose the money though, as we agreed on canceling the agreement because of some reasons, but they held the car for me...

[gentle]

I put $200 down on mine about 2 weeks ago (was supposed to be in this week but got pushed back till next week). Just make sure they'll refund the deposit if you change your mind/ buy a different car. I also had them write the VIN number of the car i was waiting for on the reciept.

[sprocket77]

I know the feeling of waiting for your car to arrive. I went down to NJ to buy a 3s (I live in Boston) and when I got there the car was not there. They said that it was in the system as 'in stock' instead of 'in transit'. So I bought the car and left them a huge deposit. The car was supposed to arrive the following Tuesday. Well, it keeps getting pushed back - I think the dealer is playing games. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks waiting for this car. Supposedly they got a huge shipment in and I will get a call in the next few hours to see if mine was on the truck. I am not expecting it to be there. I am VERY aggrevated at this point to say the least. The problem is that there is a shortage of 3s 5 -speed manual sedans on the east coast it seems. UGH!

[gentle]

There seems to be a similar shortage out here in LA... i'm trying to use the entire ordeal as an exercise in patience - a personal challenge... its not really working thus far but i'm trying.

Not sure if all car manufacturers are this bad, but they really don't seem to have a handle on the whole shipping process...

[FaFaFooeY]

I had to put down a deposit of $1000 cad. That was the rule at Markham Mazda in Canada.

[sprocket77]

Well, the car was actually on the truck. Yippie! Well, sort of. I can't get it until next week because there are issues with getting the car back to Massachusetts, registering it, insuring it, etc. I need to fax some stuff over and then deal with the finance aspect of things on Monday. Ugh - I really regret doing this out of state now. UGH!!!!!!!! I guess a few more days ain't so bad if it all works out in the end.

[btacular]

don't do it... the dealer can get whatever car you want with the options you want at any time! they lie and say things like they can't but they can and will...

[Siphen]

You can probably put anything down you like, they want to sell you the car.
I put down 3000 cause i hate owing anyone money. On top of my monthly payments I'll be dumping lots of cash into a mazda3 payoff account, once I have the full balance I'll go into the dealership, write a check and get rid of my monthly payments. Projected point of completion for this goal is a year and a half. I am sure this goal will be pushed back a couple months.

You should have walked out if they did not have that car in stock. Find someone who did. Did you check there dealership inventory and confirm with a salesman before you drove down to Jersey? If you did then that sucks that there was a glitch showing a shipped car in stock.