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An article at

http://www.asahi.com/car/news/TKY200712100256.html

says 2700 people in Japan are on the waiting list for the new GTR. They'll have to wait 3 months for delivery. In the meantime a guy got his new GTR on the 6th of December. He paid 8,347,500 Yen for it. Thats about $87,000. He sold it at auction on the 10th of December for 10,400,000 Yen About $109,000. A profit of $22,000 in 4 days!

The GTR has been named Car of the Year in Japan.

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i am pretty sure this also happened when the s2000, or evo 8 or something like that was released. some people that got in early would go into the dealer to pick up their car and have a buyer waiting at the entry to the dealership that would pay 10k or more higher than purchase price. i know if i had the money i'd do it. go round to a few different dealerships, order 1 (back when it was first announced of course, not now) then sell them 1 at a time. if you did it 4 times you would pretty much get enough profit to keep 1 for yourself and not pay a cent for it.

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i am pretty sure this also happened when the s2000, or evo 8 or something like that was released. some people that got in early would go into the dealer to pick up their car and have a buyer waiting at the entry to the dealership that would pay 10k or more higher than purchase price. i know if i had the money i'd do it. go round to a few different dealerships, order 1 (back when it was first announced of course, not now) then sell them 1 at a time. if you did it 4 times you would pretty much get enough profit to keep 1 for yourself and not pay a cent for it.

If you think big and do it with a Ferrari you could really win the lottery!!!1111!!!!

:banana:

Can I hear someone say "scalper"

dangerous_daveo Grand Master

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Can I hear someone say "scalper"

That is exactly it. You buy it for the love of it, not to take advange of others.

I guess tho, its not like a band where you might never see them again. 3 month wait isnt THAT long, so if they are happy to pay the premium... I still don't agree with it.

Mr. Keets Grand Master

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This nonsense used to happen before the arse fell out of the stock market. Guys in the U.K. selling their spot on a waiting list for a new Ferrari, making a profit. Once there are enough units out there it will disappear..or the market will nose over again :banana:

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i am pretty sure this also happened when the s2000, or evo 8 or something like that was released. some people that got in early would go into the dealer to pick up their car and have a buyer waiting at the entry to the dealership that would pay 10k or more higher than purchase price. i know if i had the money i'd do it. go round to a few different dealerships, order 1 (back when it was first announced of course, not now) then sell them 1 at a time. if you did it 4 times you would pretty much get enough profit to keep 1 for yourself and not pay a cent for it.

The 2 door STI's (first release) were pulling up to 25% more than new.

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This is happening right now in Australia with the 200 series Landcruiser, was in the Courier mail on Saturday...

People are on-selling at a good 5-10% profit ontop of the on road costs...

"Toyota dealers are getting frustrated as they cannot get enough stock of what is to be said the best 4wd ever seen in Australia"

True story, my old man got the new saraha twin turbo v8 diesel on Friday and has already been approached in a shopping centre carpark and even at the dealership when he was picking up the car by another customer waiting for his to be delivered. The current back log for this model (Sahara V8 TT Diesel) is now back to March next year...

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This happened when one of the new mercs came out. I think it was the slk or something like that. My old work (Rick Damelian) had to of them for sale which were brand new but 20gz more than the original price because there was a six month waiting list and both of them sold. It was even published by the daily telegraph

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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Nissan have some sort of plan to prevent this from happening?

I read from an auto-blog that if the car is sold within 12 months of ownership, warranty would be void? Perhaps this only applies to Nissan-USA, but it does make sense in preventing the profiteers.

Moreover, Nissan-USA has prevented (or is trying to prevent) dealers from marking up the price from MSRP by cancelling the dealership's consignment if found guilty of marking up the recommended retail price.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Nissan have some sort of plan to prevent this from happening?

I read from an auto-blog that if the car is sold within 12 months of ownership, warranty would be void? Perhaps this only applies to Nissan-USA, but it does make sense in preventing the profiteers.

Moreover, Nissan-USA has prevented (or is trying to prevent) dealers from marking up the price from MSRP by cancelling the dealership's consignment if found guilty of marking up the recommended retail price.

Nissan North America haven't really said that. They said they will vet all US GT-R purchases and offer "counsel" on excessive markups but there is no way to police excessive markups as side deals with shady dealerships and desperate punters.

Most people in the industry in the US are still expecting markups, perhaps not $30k+ markups but they will still be paying more than MSRP.

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