Crazy Dealership Scandal Involving GT3(RS)'s, Deposits, and $2.5 million

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Usually the deposit is like, $1000 and is refundable, at least for Porsches.  Don't know what it looks like for some of the higher dollar brands like Ferrari, Bugatti, Pagani Zonda, et al.  Some of those wealthy guys will get  a call from the dealership like, 'Sup, we're about to sell 99 of our super secret model, you in?' and rich guy responds with an earnest money check for $50k or something.  But that's more in the realm of hypercars and generally more exclusive stuff than GT3's.

Right, which is why I would think it would have thrown up a bunch of red flags when people were asked to deposit that much money.  The last I saw on that thread, it was about 24 people and somewhere around $2.5M stolen?  You do the math and those aren't insignificant sums that were being put down on average