Good afternoon,
I hope this email finds you well.My name is Jodie and I am the Customer Experience Manager at Gateway2Lease. Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the delays you experienced. I can see from your file that my team placed your vehicle order with the supplying dealership back on the 18th May and that your order was a factory order. As part of our process we will check the availability of your ordered vehicle with the supplying dealership or manufacturer and provide an updated estimate for delivery. It is important to state that this date is still an estimate and as a credit broker we cannot guarantee this date as it is based on information from a third-party supplier. As an established credit broker, we work with a selected group of supplying dealerships who offer high standards of customer service and this is how we aim to provide the best indication for delivery. With factory builds, delays can happen within the process especially when the vehicle needs to be built and shipped from abroad. Once you have placed an order with us you can expect a periodic email that will provide an update on the delivery estimate. For factory orders the update will be less regular as there is usually no update on the quoted estimate until further down the line. In cases where the vehicle has been built or where the vehicle is already in stock, we will provide more regular updates as we get closer to the vehicle landing on site at the supplier’s location.
I have to point out that our terms and conditions are very clear re delivery estimates. Due to the supply chain for any new car, the supplying dealership or any broker is not able to confirm with 100% accuracy (especially at this time) when a vehicle will be able to be delivered until the new vehicle arrives on site at the dealership. When the vehicle arrives on site there is still a lot of admin to confirm a delivery slot with the dealership. This is also compounded by everyone’s resource being so overwhelmed at this time. Our team here at G2L only ever work off what the supplier tells us re delivery ETAs, they do move both forwards and backwards and we are very open about any changes.
My apologies for the delay you experienced and for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
We hope you enjoy the drive of your new lease vehicle.
Kind regards,Jodie