ok... so i've calmed down.... a bit..... and rung a few people, fiat head office, customer care, the people in charge of the scrappage scheme, office of fair traiding, consumer direct and every one else i could think of, even thought about ringing the newspapers to tell them about scrappage taking priority... but didnt
i admit i've gone slightly crazy today but i digress and everyone has palmed me off onto somebody else apart from consumer direct were very helpful and told me my rights.. i can still cancel and get my deposit back as fiat are in breach of contract and wouldnt deliver within a reasonable time... yarda yarda yooo
anyhow... when i spoke to another fiat garage locally, none of their orders have been put back due to the scrappage scheme, especially when i ordered in August, most people who ordered around then will be getting cars in the next month or so, and there is no nasty surprises lurking on the system, they checked.
So im all ready to cancel and find one second hand, as my current car is falling apart around my ears and i dont think it'll survive the winter...
suddenly i get a phone call from my dealer, saying they have somebody who has ordered a 500 after me but were due to get it before me and is still changeable, so the dealer has swapped the orders.
Which is bad for whoever that person is but good for me... swings and roundabouts i guess. but then i thought that this is the second time my delivery date has rocketed to february, so maybe my dealer is swapping orders around left right and center, which isnt very fair for anyone...
Or am i just on a witch hunt now???