A warning to all! Corporate Pricing Program!

[wai]

Hi Wai

You make some good points. Bottom line is in the timing, happy to accept that Corporate where not going to honour the rebate but POST final SALE/transaction??!!

Look for the escape clauses and the E & OE. These sales agreements are gone over with a fine tooth comb by corporate lawyers.

The other thing is that there are two parties here. One is VW Group who have the agreement with your employer, and the second is the dealer from whom you purchased the vehicle. The dealer believed that this was OK, however VW Group have said no, and it is VW Group who pay the dealer the discount. Literally, the transaction is open as it is conditional on the payment from VW Group.

At best, the dealer decides to let it go, and they will recover it on other sales and servicing to your employer. That may not go down too well with your employer. They do not miss out on anything. Much like having a go at the people who are preparing your meal at a restaurant, you do not want to get the people who will be responsible for servicing your vehicle off side. They will recover the amount somewhere along the line.

At worst, the vehicle will be repossessed from your driveway or where you park it where you work, because as far as the dealer is concerned, the sale has still not been completed because full payment has not been made.

I am a Consulting Engineer, and all my invoices clearly state "provision of works does not transfer ownership of the works. Transfer of ownership occurs on receipt of full payment".

Personally, I would be making an appointment with the CEO of the dealership and trying to work out a compromise given that the purchase is a private purchase and not part of a salary package. I take it there was just you when you negotiated the price. They might have F@#$'d up, however they could just as easily say that you misled them.

You are going to have to work with this business for something like the next three years. Even if you decide to have the servicing done elsewhere, your employer might not, and word spreads very quickly through the dealership grapevine.

Both parties should put it down to experience and split the difference. As Penny said to Sheldon "I dare you to eat it..."

[PeteP]

Happy to say the dealer has agreed to acknowledge this as a error on their behalf and leave it at that....thank god!!!! All is well that ends well. Now back to playing with the new Passat,,, if it bloody stops raining in Melbourne.