I don't blame them
If you had bought your car from elsewhere, I would tell you to get stuffed.
And don't tell me you wouldn't do the same either.....
Now you're in the crap, and you need them, you will 'begrudgingly' use their services.
So don't get all hoity toity when they 'Begrudgingly' accept.
Having been a dealer, I can see both sides here, and while you have a valid point, so do they.
'Their' customers get first choice. You opted out of this experience.
Why not use the 'Dealer you chose' eh? ROFLMAO Too far away???
I sort of agree with this although I dont like it and Im sure Fiat would throw a hissy fit at such behaviour. The dealer network is Fiats customer face and any negative opinions reflect badly on thier brand as they "chose" that dealer to sell thier cars.
As a customer we purchase a car from the Dealership not Fiat and as such our first port of call for defects is the dealer -that is the same for any transaction. The fact that Fiat pays dealers for warranty is great but my guess is that Fiat screw the price down (time allocated etc) to a point were its less of an earner to a dealer doing warranty as we might think.
Money is money however and any dealer who begrudgingly accepts your/Fiats cash should really look in the mirror and wonder why they would think of turning cash down esp at this time!!
I think its important to lodge your dissatisfaction of any dealer with Fiat CS as they have far more power than any single person.