Let's BOYCOTT the TOYOTA FORTUNER!

[Mushi Mushi]

Don't you know that the waiting time to get the Toyota Fortuner is now 10 months?!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that is just a conservative estimate! In fact, since the Philippines is now competing with existing Thailand orders, the waiting time can easily be around one (1) year! .... and worse if you are on Financing scheme compared to thousands in line who will pay cash.

Toyota is virtually holding us HOSTAGE by deciding to market the Fortuner before its lone factory can be ready to satisfy demand.

Do you HONESTLY BELIEVE that when your Toyota dealer tells you that you are No.15 in the line, you are ACTUALLY No. 15? This is just an arbitrary number given to you. There are hundreds of others who are most probably the same No.15 as you from the other branches.

The worst crime is that many dealers are taking advantage of the situation by entertaining only those customers who choose to take their in-house Toyota Financing Scheme with exaggerated interest rates!

Basahin nyo yung Inquirer Today (May 27 issue) and read how a Toyota management executive SHRIEKING in delight na nagkakan-darapa yung mga customers para mauna lang sila sa pila. Tuwang-tuwa pa siya. I'm sure some customers are willing to offer bribes just to get their units early.

What a vulture world.....

[mazdamazda]

if you want to go a step further... you might as well boycott all Toyota products. hehe.

but all these excitement will die down within a few months. don't let yourself be a victim. ;)

[Juan Tamad]

Tama si mazdamazda... Lets wait the feedback on the performance and drivability from those who got there units already.. Baka madaming tao magbago ng isip and shift to Isuzu Alterra.

[Skywalker]

I don't think intentional naman na mahaba ang waiting time. Naging "hot cake" lang talaga ang unit at hindi makahabol ang supply sa demand and the good thing ay hindi pa sila nagtataas ng presyo(I hope). Kung ako man ang taga TMPC mas gusto ko na madispose na agad ang mga units dahil doon pa lang nila makukuha ang profit nila.

Meron pa naman ibang alternatives like Isuzu, Mitsu, Ford, etc.

[BlueBimmer]

i certainly hope quality wont be an issue since the fortuner is being rushed in the assembly line

[RedHorse]

too much na itong HYPE sa fortuner... baka nga sa pilit mong makabili, maging MISFORTUNE pa!!!

[BoyFerrari]

too much na itong HYPE sa fortuner... baka nga sa pilit mong makabili, maging MISFORTUNE pa!!!

Yup, baka ma-misfortune ka nga at Alterra pa ang mabili mo. Hehe.

[BlueBimmer]

dpat maging hotcake ang Alterra to snap toyota out of its omnipotence

kaya Alterra na kau!

[1D4LV]

hmmm. boycott the fortuner? sino kasama mo magboboycott? will toyota care? i don't think so.
besides, it's just to immature for you to ever think about that. makipila ka na lang.

[luckytruck]

the only good thing i hope to see about the fortuner craze (if the units actually arrive) is that those with gen 2 and gen 2.5 pajeros will dispose of their units (mistakenly of course, but sila yun, di ako) and so the pre-owned market will be flooded with gen 2 and gen 2.5 pajjeros para maka-afford na ako ulit

ayos, okay ba logic ko? hehehehehe

andy

[radiazone]

version 1
defect found

version 2
defects are all fixed....... wait for the version 2 na lang...... konti na ang pila.... hehehehe

[1997]

Pag nagtaas naman sila ng price affected din kahit nagpa reserve na e. Not worth it. Feeling nila napaka Ganda ng Fortuner nila. Ang nakakirita ang kakapal ng mga mukha na In-House financing ang priority nila. Dapat ata pa imbestigador na yan(Tignan natin kung tatantanan)...

[BoyFerrari]

Wala na kasing ibang magandang pwedeng pag-pilian. Meron ngang lumabas na katapat, pang puneraria naman. Hehe. (jok lang)

Maganda ring ipa-alam sa Toyota na frustrated ang mga customer para doblehin nila yung production nila. Kung makiki-agos ka na lang sa pila, eh asa ka na lang sa tadhana kung kelan darating yung unit mo.

YES, PEOPLE POWER NA!!! :jump2:

[mrpink]

... dapat magbaba ang honda ng presyo sa crv ... maski ibang market dapat niya ... mapapa-isip yun mga tao ..

[vicoyski]

Yup! If the boycott pushes through, it'll solve the long wait... I-igsi kasi ang pila. From #154 magiging # 153 nako!

[zeagle]

It is a free country. Kung hindi makapaghintay, get something else. I think it is immature that only because there is a lack in supply, boycott na. Seller's market ang Fortuner.

[Bogeyman]

It is a free country. Kung hindi makapaghintay, get something else. I think it is immature that only because there is a lack in supply, boycott na. Seller's market ang Fortuner.

I vote this as the most sensible post in this thread.

A boycott will only favor Toyota because it's going to ease up their waiting list and rid them of unreasonable customers, and give them more time to make sure that the Fortuner is indeed worth waiting for, para sa mga customers na matitira.

Honestly, ibo-boycott ang Fortuner porke matagal ang waiting time? Aba, hinay-hinay lang. Eh, kaya lang naman nagtatagal dahil sa dami ng mga Pedro at Juan na sobrang atat magkaroon ng ganyang sasakyan. In short, yung dami ng mga potential buyers din ang dahilan kung bakit anlaki ng backlog ng Toyota sa Fortuner. Tuloy, nagkakaroon ng dahilan ang mga dealers na mag-impose ng exaggerated na rates. If you really want the Fortuner to get here sooner, adding your names to the already long waiting list is certainly not the way to make it happen. Lumalaki lang yung chances na yung makukuha mong unit eh na-compromise ang quality dahil minadali.

Parang pelikula yan eh, halimbawa Harry Potter. Antagal mong inabangan yan na maipalabas, gusto mong maka-una sa panonood para bida ka sa mga kaibigan mo. Then, come opening day, andami mong nakasabay na tao sa sinehan, to the extent na hindi mo rin na-enjoy yung pelikula. Kung tutuusin, pwede ka namang manood next week kung kelan kaunti na lang ang tao. Pero dahil sa kagustuhang magkarooon agad ng bragging rights, nakipagsabayan agad porke bago. Nasayang lang tuloy ang bayad.

To those car owners who already placed their reservations and are now complaining: necessity ba talaga yan, to the point na kailangan pang magreklamo dahil lang sa matagal? Just call it paying the price of impatience. Nobody poked a gun at your head and forced you to go to the nearest Toyota dealership. Madali lang kasing madala sa hype, at madaling sisihin ang negosyo kapag hindi agad nakuha ang gusto. If you're stubborn enough to stick with Toyota at this time just for the Fortuner, then I think it's only fair na magtiis. Otherwise, as mentioned, there are alternatives that are either available right now or coming soon.

[mazdamazda]

It is a free country. Kung hindi makapaghintay, get something else. I think it is immature that only because there is a lack in supply, boycott na. Seller's market ang Fortuner.

I don't think that's the point of the thread starter.

The LONG wait is a bit ok. But to harass people into getting overpriced financing deals & insurance isn't.

And as what you said... it is a free country. Anyone can propose a boycott of anything.

[BlueBimmer]

I don't think that's the point of the thread starter.

The LONG wait is a bit ok. But to harass people into getting overpriced financing deals & insurance isn't.

And as what you said... it is a free country. Anyone can propose a boycott of anything.

exactly. imo dpat di pwede ganyan. maliit lng nga yan ngaun pero kung ikaw affected na i bet some of u'll cry foul as well.

[BlueBimmer]

problema sa crv wala nang excitement...everybody has 1 hehe
fortuner on the way to being suv ng bayan