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Right. That's why you pay someone else to drop it at your door and don't waste time hoping to find someone who can beat MD pricing.
While paying extra for shipping (and reduce how much your saving) , I can just pull right up and pick it up from the lot. If I see any issues with paint quality, scratches, or other related issues dealer can fix it right then and there.

Not here to argue...seems like you want to keep coming up with a reason for why it's best for YOU, it doesn't work for everybody. That's all I'm trying to say. Plus, if I work with a local dealer, I'm helping my local town.

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While paying extra for shipping (and reduce how much your saving) , I can just pull right up and pick it up from the lot. If I see any issues with paint quality, scratches, or other related issues dealer can fix it right then and there.

Not here to argue...seems like you want to keep coming up with a reason for why it's best for YOU, it doesn't work for everybody. That's all I'm trying to say. Plus, if I work with a local dealer, I'm helping my local town.

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I'm not worried about MD sending me a scratched up truck. There's no reason to believe that's something that would happen. And I can get my truck without stepping off my property, speaking of saving time. But you're right, shipping would eat into my savings and I'd only be saving $5k instead of $6k. Fortunately, that's not an issue for me.

Look, none of your points panned out. If you simply want to buy locally, that's fine. You don't have to justify it to anyone but yourself. But, I'm not in the business of pretending, so let's not pretend that MD isn't well worth it for pretty much everyone. If my dealer could have come anywhere close to MD on a Laramie with Southwest Edition, I'd have ordered locally. They couldn't, just like almost everyone else.
 

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I'm not worried about MD sending me a scratched up truck. There's no reason to believe that's something that would happen. And I can get my truck without stepping off my property, speaking of saving time. But you're right, shipping would eat into my savings and I'd only be saving $5k instead of $6k. Fortunately, that's not an issue for me.

Look, none of your points panned out. If you simply want to buy locally, that's fine. You don't have to justify it to anyone but yourself. But, I'm not in the business of pretending, so let's not pretend that MD isn't well worth it for pretty much everyone. If my dealer could have come anywhere close to MD on a Laramie with Southwest Edition, I'd have ordered locally. They couldn't, just like almost everyone else.
Just found this site. Content is fantastic. I don’t think I’m going to waste time with local dealers and just send the folks at MD an email. Any advice for those who have just placed an order with them?
 

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I'm not worried about MD sending me a scratched up truck. There's no reason to believe that's something that would happen. And I can get my truck without stepping off my property, speaking of saving time. But you're right, shipping would eat into my savings and I'd only be saving $5k instead of $6k. Fortunately, that's not an issue for me.

Look, none of your points panned out. If you simply want to buy locally, that's fine. You don't have to justify it to anyone but yourself. But, I'm not in the business of pretending, so let's not pretend that MD isn't well worth it for pretty much everyone. If my dealer could have come anywhere close to MD on a Laramie with Southwest Edition, I'd have ordered locally. They couldn't, just like almost everyone else.
Really? You need to get that stick out of your butt. Local business is important, local competition is important because it will drive down cost.

If you want to run about the country saving every penny you can possibly can, go ahead and feel free to pretend whoever superhero you want. I'm not stopping you. I'm glad it makes you happy.

I'm just TELLING you that your plan doesn't work for everybody, and it's not convenient for everybody. So keep beating your chest that you saved $1k over the next guy. It's really not important or impressive. It's actually the opposite...and kinda childish to brag about it.


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Just found this site. Content is fantastic. I don’t think I’m going to waste time with local dealers and just send the folks at MD an email. Any advice for those who have just placed an order with them?

What are you looking to order and have you built it out on the RAM site?

I built my truck and sent the sheet over to Aaron with some questions: [email protected]
 

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Really? You need to get that stick out of your butt. Local business is important, local competition is important because it will drive down cost.

If you want to run about the country saving every penny you can possibly can, go ahead and feel free to pretend whoever superhero you want. I'm not stopping you. I'm glad it makes you happy.

I'm just TELLING you that your plan doesn't work for everybody, and it's not convenient for everybody. So keep beating your chest that you saved $1k over the next guy. It's really not important or impressive. It's actually the opposite...and kinda childish to brag about it.


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Look, you need to get over yourself. Buy what you want. It's your money. But I'm not wasting several thousand dollars (it was a hell of a lot more than $1k) so I can support local businesses that have decided to squeeze every dollar they can out of this situation.

And I didn't run around anywhere. I sent two emails and had a deal on a better truck for less money. Pretty simple stuff.

I don't know why my opinion about MD being the best deal out there bothers you so much. It's kind of weird, to be blunt.
 

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Really? You need to get that stick out of your butt. Local business is important, local competition is important because it will drive down cost.

If you want to run about the country saving every penny you can possibly can, go ahead and feel free to pretend whoever superhero you want. I'm not stopping you. I'm glad it makes you happy.

I'm just TELLING you that your plan doesn't work for everybody, and it's not convenient for everybody. So keep beating your chest that you saved $1k over the next guy. It's really not important or impressive. It's actually the opposite...and kinda childish to brag about it.


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When there's no local competition, it's tough to justify purchasing in an attempt to drive down cost. Bottom line, I couldn't support my local dealerships when none were willing to budge off MSRP. I was not going to pay ~$7k more to buy locally, that's ridiculous. Yes, time is money, but I was in the middle of an extended vacation stretch anyways so why not do a little fly-and-drive? I'd have happily shipped the truck for $5k+ savings if the timing for a trip didn't work out.

As you said, it's not one size fits all, but frankly I have more time than money. If my daily pay were $$$$ then maybe it would be a different story. Poor people problems I guess
 

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Look, you need to get over yourself. Buy what you want. It's your money. But I'm not wasting several thousand dollars (it was a hell of a lot more than $1k) so I can support local businesses that have decided to squeeze every dollar they can out of this situation.

And I didn't run around anywhere. I sent two emails and had a deal on a better truck for less money. Pretty simple stuff.

I don't know why my opinion about MD being the best deal out there bothers you so much. It's kind of weird, to be blunt.
Still don't get my point.

I'm going to keep saying it. What you do works for you, but doesn't work for me. If you can't understand it. That's your problem not mine.

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Still don't get my point.

I'm going to keep saying it. What you do works for you, but doesn't work for me. If you can't understand it. That's your problem not mine.
I understand what you're saying, but paying thousands more to buy locally is not within everyones budget. As I said before, poor people problems I guess
 

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Still don't get my point.

I'm going to keep saying it. What you do works for you, but doesn't work for me. If you can't understand it. That's your problem not mine.

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I do get your point. You want to buy local. Don't try to pretend it's too inconvenient to buy from somewhere else, because that's simply false.

My interest is in helping those who haven't already dug in on a decision. MD is a great option, and probably the best option for most.

Are you even buying a 2022 RAM? Didn't you say you weren't in the tracking thread?
 

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I do get your point. You want to buy local. Don't try to pretend it's too inconvenient to buy from somewhere else, because that's simply false.

My interest is in helping those who haven't already dug in on a decision. MD is a great option, and probably the best option for most.

Are you even buying a 2022 RAM? Didn't you say you weren't in the tracking thread?
You know what's funny, I've had some great experiences with a couple of big name dealers in the Harrisburg, PA area, which is very close to your location. Got plenty of contacts out of it to. Be happy to share them as well.

But i didn't do it...it wasn't worth the drive, delivery, and time for me.

Like I keep saying...

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You know what's funny, I've had some great experiences with a couple of big name dealers in the Harrisburg, PA area, which is very close to your location. Got plenty of contacts out of it to. Be happy to share them as well.

But i didn't do it...it wasn't worth the drive, delivery, and time for me.

Like I keep saying...

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I'm nowhere near PA.

MD, whether driving, flying, or shipping was well worth the money and time saved. It's just math.
 

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I'm nowhere near PA.

MD, whether driving, flying, or shipping was well worth the money and time saved. It's just math.
Good for you, but like I keep saying, it's just not that simple and doesn't work for all.

Math is just a tiny fraction of the equation you are only considering.

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Good for you, but like I keep saying, it's just not that simple and doesn't work for all.

Math is just a tiny fraction of the equation you are only considering.

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Sure, you're free to pay more if you want.

Like I said, this isn't about you. For anyone who wants to save money and doesn't have enough loyalty to a local dealer to overpay for their truck, they have more options than flying in.

End of story.
 

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Sure, you're free to pay more if you want.

Like I said, this isn't about you. For anyone who wants to save money and doesn't have enough loyalty to a local dealer to overpay for their truck, they have more options than flying in.

End of story.
It wasn't about me. It never was. I was just pointing out your ignorance to understand that the picture you painted is yours and yours alone. Your personal saving is nothing to me.

Money isn't everything.




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It wasn't about me. It never was. I was just pointing out your ignorance to understand that the picture you painted is yours and yours alone. Your personal saving is nothing to me.

Money isn't everything.




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It's been about you since your first reply. You made that very clear. Over and over again. Lol, you even did it again in this post. "Your personal saving is nothing to me."

And I'd recommend you cool it with the insults. People didn't agree with you. You don't need to be immature about it.
 

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It's been about you since your first reply. You made that very clear. Over and over again. Lol, you even did it again in this post. "Your personal saving is nothing to me."

And I'd recommend you cool it with the insults. People didn't agree with you. You don't need to be immature about it.
I said" it's not my cup of tea" and you have been whining since and rambling on and taking this conversation where it doesn't belong.

I will keep saying " what works for you.." but you want to keep imposing your weak pointless to prove, what? You saved a couple more thousands than me. Your bragging is pointless because it doesn't apply to all.

Stick to the topic about helping folks save money, stop bragging about it like your better than other folks.



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I said" it's not my cup of tea" and you have been whining since and rambling on and taking this conversation where it doesn't belong.
This was my reply that set you off:

"Saving money and dealing with a business that's earned it is always going to be my cup of tea, but you do you."

Stick to the topic about helping folks save money, stop bragging about it like your better than other folks.

Who's bragging? I quite literally said it's just math. If you don't care about math, that's fine. Pay whatever you want. Seems I'm the only one of us who does care about helping folks save some money.

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You know, we're done here. Throwing you on ignore. Don't think I'll be missing much. Have a nice life, sport.
 
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