04-06-2013, 07:35 AM | #1 |
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My X1 has been "waiting to be loaded on a vessel" for 9 days now, my lease is over in 3 weeks and I need my car.
Now the unbelievable part is that no one in the entire BMW organization can tell me when my X1 will leave Germany. When you speak to BMW North America they are nothing more than a call center, they can not and will not make any effort to find out when my car will ship. I bring them through the logical thought process such as "please call another division even if you need to call Germany and find out when my car will ship" and the reply is there is no one we can call. I have asked for any other phone # so that I can get a better answer and they repeatedly refer me back to my dealership. My dealership has the same info I have from the automated system. BMW must think that the people they sell there products to must all be idiots if they want us to believe that the shipping of our cars are like spinning a roulette wheel and which car and when it is shipped is completely at random. Does anyone believe that BMW lets the car jockey in the holding yard in Germany decide what car goes on the ship, sure sounds like it from the lack of information and cooperation they have given me. Does anyone know how I can get an answer to what I believe is a very reasonable question for someone whom will be paying for a car for 5 years working 60 hours a week to pay for it? Please excuse my aggravation, it is hard to tame considering the complete lack of customer service BMW gives it's customers. Thanks for any info you can provide |
04-06-2013, 07:52 AM | #2 |
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Have you spoken to your dealer and asked for an update? I found that they have more up to date information. A couple of days ago the phone tracking system said that my car was waiting for a vessel at the port in Germany. In reality, it was being offloaded at the port in the US. I think the call center folks simply do not have access to good tracking info.
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04-06-2013, 08:00 AM | #3 |
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My dealer has the same info that I have "Waiting at port to go on a vessel".
I do believe the call center does not have the info but common sense and common courtesy would be make the calls and get the answer for a customer. We land on the moon, we do complete face transplants, you think they would know when a finished product will ship, it's just that no one makes any effort today to help anyone, it is a shame that no one cares especially when you explain that it is a matter of being without a vehicle and not just wanting a new toy. |
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04-06-2013, 09:35 AM | #5 | |
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you ordered a car from Germany, your lack of insight on your lease does not make you top piority to BMW...chill it will get here, and when you take delivery, how long the car got here should be forgotten... |
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04-06-2013, 10:28 AM | #6 | ||
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Your priorities might be a little bassackwards. Call the Bremerhaven port/shipper and see if they can give you a more accurate status. You can find their info on European Delivery threads on the bimmerfest dot com forum Good luck with your delivery....once it arrives, your disappointment will be overshadowed by that grin and pleasure of driving your brand new, built-to-order BMW. Regards, -BM |
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You might consider getting a car you can more comfortably afford - and which you also will have spare time to enjoy. If you really want a Beh-emm-veh, perhaps consider a used one? Or save up for one? Working 50% overtime for five years, well, I'm not sure that's the right road to happiness. |
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04-06-2013, 07:38 PM | #10 |
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You coulda try finding it on the shipper's website:
2wglobal.com Most bimmers shipped from Germany to the States go via this shipper. Once you're on the website, navigate to the Track and Trace webpage, enter your car's VIN into the box labelled "Cargo ID," and if your car is in the computer, it'll tell you the name of the ship and details of its route. While this site can't always find cars that are on their way to the US, it usually does. I suspect your car is already on its way and the BMW tracking just hasn't caught up because it's, if anything, even more unreliable. If this doesn't work, a few drinks might help. Have a good one! |
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04-07-2013, 07:21 AM | #12 |
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04-07-2013, 08:02 AM | #13 |
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It's quite possible it IS waiting to be loaded on a ship. Depending on where you live (east vs. west coast) they will have a select few ships they use to transport the vehicles across the pond.
It's not like boats are lines up waiting to load your car and bring it. It takes over 2 weeks to make the journey one way with port stops. 9 days waiting on a shipping vessel is not unreasonable. |
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04-07-2013, 11:57 AM | #14 | |
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But yeah, they don't run mostly empty ships. If you need express freight, you need to pay for it. And that likely costs more than the car itself. Otherwise, it can take a month or more, just like a postal package can. Waiting for a ship that can be filled up is part of shipping logistics. Also, once it's on the ship, it likely won't go directly. Different ships make different stops - it could stop in Sweden, Belgium, England, Ireland, Iceland, Canada and New York on the way to New Jersey. Or just a couple of those. It depends on what orders have come in. |
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On another note several ships that make the trip back and forth were recently weather delayed out in the Atlantic so they were a few days late getting to their destination ports. |
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04-08-2013, 09:58 AM | #16 |
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[QUOTE Does anyone know how I can get an answer to what I believe is a very reasonable question for someone whom will be paying for a car for 5 years working 60 hours a week to pay for it?
Please excuse my aggravation, it is hard to tame considering the complete lack of customer service BMW gives it's customers. Thanks for any info you can provide[/QUOTE] it doesnt matter what your situation is, the cars are treated the same no matter if you have already retired and you are just buying it for your son as his car or if you have been saving up for it for 35 years, you dont get special treatment just because it is worth proportionally more to YOU, it still worth 31-48k to BMW ( dont mean to sound mean or crass, sorry) |
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04-08-2013, 05:06 PM | #17 |
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As a member for NJBMWCCA. We were invited to VDC tour about three weeks ago on a Saturday. When the ship arrived at the port. First, they will unload all east coast vechiles 500 -1500( BMWs, Minsi, Rolls-Royces). Second wash and inspect all vechiles for shipping damages. They will mark #1 on the front windshield for the cars has been sold or ordered by customer so that they can ship to the dealership ASAP. Then they will work on the rest as a dealer stock vechiles. The whole process will take about a day or two as they explained to us. They will spend 1-2 hours on each BMWs & Minis, but 8 hours on Rolls-Royces. If your car has been damaged during shipping. They will fix the car before it ship to your dealership. Any body work required paint job, they will have to report to your dealership and dealer will notify you (by law).
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04-08-2013, 05:19 PM | #18 |
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BTW, I'm not try to say anything more. We saw a lot of ///M6 with special paint and all kind of options......Those car must be over $100k. Just be patience, they are in the bussiness to sell car. No reason to delay, plus they are paying interest to the bank.
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04-08-2013, 06:13 PM | #19 |
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I appreciate the information you gave, but that has to do with how long it takes once it arrives in the United States. My car has been sitting waiting for a vessel for 13 days now in Germany, do you have any idea how long it'll take before it's loaded on a ship to start the journey to the United States?
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04-08-2013, 09:07 PM | #21 |
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I ordered my X1 on Nov/26. BMW built my car on Dec/12. Shipped the car to the port and sat there. Finally put it on the boat on Dec/26 instead of Dec/19. Arrived at the US on Jan/4. Ship to my dealer on Jan/8. I took the car on Jan/12(Saturday) because my salsman day-off on Jan/10. Usually the total time takes around 6 to 10 weeks. Timing is everything, if you meet the schedule perfectly.
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04-08-2013, 09:41 PM | #22 |
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To try and make you feel better, my Ford Ranger took 13 weeks from the date I ordered it until the day I finally drove it off the lot. St.Paul is a day's drive from Calgary. I wouldn't be unimpressed if it took BMW longer to ship across half of europe, across the atlantic ocean and finally to your dealer after it goes through crazy american customs
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