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My comment about abuse was not referring to the price. I fully agree that a certin profit over dealer cost is reasonable. In fact I got my ED order at a small profit over invoice from my local dealer. I also agree that there are greedy dealers (those that charge MSRP + a premium for hot sellers) who sour the perception of those good dealers that seek to do right by their customers.

My comment was referring to the practice of offering ED orders to anyone who called. According to the sales manager at my dealer, the ED program was intended to be a delivery option for dealers to offer their local clients. The intent was not to have dealers out there selling at a thin margin over invoice to all takers across the country. That's why ED orders must be delivered to the selling dealer or the PDC. You cannot do a courtesy deliver to another dealer like you can with a regular US order. I understand it was this practice that caused BMW to revert to past practice of having ED M5 orders come out of dealer allocations.