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Hi all. I'm new here great Forum with some great cars.

I picked up my VX a week ago after a 5 month wait and got hit with a $653 price rise as mine was a update model.Anyone else been slugged with the price rise. I found it a little unfair. I ordered a VX at a price and never had a word from them in the 5 month waiting time about a price rise.

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Chris Thomas

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Re: Price rise.

Hi all. I'm new here great Forum with some great cars.

I picked up my VX a week ago after a 5 month wait and got hit with a $653 price rise as mine was a update model.Anyone else been slugged with the price rise. I found it a little unfair. I ordered a VX at a price and never had a word from them in the 5 month waiting time about a price rise.

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Chris Thomas

Yes, my dealer informed me yesterday that I should expect a price rise. However as I am leasing the car the rise will mean very little to the increase in monthly payments.

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Try taking it further up the food chain at Toyota as they are supposed to have a policy of absorbing price rises in cases like yours.
Good luck remember the squeaky wheel always gets the oil.

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Hi there, sounds like a bit of a bum deal. Check your paperwork (contract) with Toyota first and see if there is a clause that states the price is subject to change and any info on delivery dates. If it isn't stated in that then I would say you have a good chance of disputing the charges. Check with ACCC if you feel that the contract doesn't stipulate a allowance for a price rise.
My 2 cents

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Welcome to the forum Chris. Good luck with Toyota, and I think you should fight them.
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Most quotes set prices for 1 month, 3 months on the outside. A good salesperson would have contacted you as soon as the price rise was in the wind and asked if you wanted to go ahead. At least you would have been prepared. But you are buying something with a long waiting list so they know they can sell the car quickly. If you don't get a result, never buy off them again and get your service done elsewhere - but send a letter to the dealer principal telling them this and you may get some concessions.

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My dealer informed me that there was at least a $500 price rise yesterday when we went to pick up our car, but I got in first and put some pressure on the dealership about a couple of things... and low and behold our agreed price remained firmed plus a few little extras included.

But others need to be wary of this. I think the Toyota website now has the increased RRP already updated on it.

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My fine print stated that Toyota had the right to pass on price increases to the buyer. However this could not be more than 5% of the total factory price. That was written in section 3.3 "The Purchase Price" in my case. Just double check your fine print for something similar I suppose. However, at the time of signing the salesperson made no mention of this. My opinion is that an agreed price is an agreed price and it shouldn't be changed. Strictly speaking though, my dealer would have been within their rights to ask for more cash. Even though they didn't. I'd have told them to jam it incidentally.....