It depends. If the vehicle is in fact in transit inland (ie. on a train) and they divert it to their store, there's no extra charge. It's part of the Freight and PDI charge. They just need to look at the allocation and call the dealer that's supposed to receive the car and swap it out with another that's on the way from the factory. Most other dealers are pretty good about this. Sometimes they can just 'claim' a car that's in port. We'll do that from time to time-- as they're just orphans and for whichever dealer needs them.
If the car has landed on the lot already, it's a different story. They now need to do a real dealer trade-- and depending on the car, circumstances, etc, sometimes the dealer selling you the car will get whapped with a freight bill to bring the car in, and also to send one back to the donor dealer. Once the car is off the original Freight and PDI bill, it's a crap shoot.
Hope this is helpful.
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