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Originally Posted by JKSully

Sorry to revive an older thread, but I'm in the same boat as the OP - order placed at dealership, small deposit paid, and I have the workbench printout that the sales rep printed out with my build the day that it was entered (with no order number on it). I did it on a Saturday and was told that they send orders on Tuesdays. Followed up today via text message (Friday, 6 days after being at the dealership) and asked if it was submitted and for the order number.

Got the response "it's in the order bank and waiting for GM to grant us an order" - which sounds like it's waiting for allocation, which I totally get. But when I asked if they had the order number, was told "when they grant the order, I will send it." I responded with some terminology I've picked up from this forum to try to imply that I know the process somewhat, without outright calling BS, hoping that would prompt him to cough up the order, but no luck.

Since I have never worked with this dealer before, I don't yet have any trust in them yet - I can't tell if they are sitting on the order and it's really status 1000 (or not even that far), or if it's status 1100 and they are keeping back the order number for some obscure reason - or more likely that the sales rep doesn't get the process and can't be bothered to ask.

Wondering how much I should push - I just want to make sure it's at least at 1100 status so I can get a place in the queue as soon as possible and actually get a 2022 car before they give up and start the 2023s....

they need an allocation from GM before anything. They can submit as many orders as they want but without GM allocating them any cars you won't get anything. Also you should find out if anyone is in front of you for allocations.