Yes.
1100 and Dealer Allocation
This causes a lot of issues. When you place an order with a dealer, the status is 1100 in the GM ordering system called WorkBench. PRELIMINARY ORDER ACCEPTED. UNTIL GMAD ACCEPTS the order, it just sits there at 1100. You don't have an order with GM at this point. You only have a dealer requesting an allocation for a slot in the production schedule. Dealers are awarded allocation based on past performance, as well as other factors. If you are sitting at 1100 you are not in line yet for production. Your dealer MUST get GM to accept the order. When GM accepts the order, all the parts are available and will be allocated to your car build.
First, many salesman do not understand the allocation process.
Second, dealers are told at the beginning of every model year the number of units they are expected to order. This is their Guide Number, so called because it is intended to help a dealer "floor plan."
Third, dealers are told every other Thursday how many Allocations (a portion of their Guide Number) they can use over the following two weeks AND this number of orders will be divided over two weeks.
Dealers only receive allocation if earned ...some weeks it is not earned and not available...
There is NOTHING stopping the dealer from picking and choosing who's order they place and some unethical dealers may choose a customer who will pay more to get a vehicle over someone who is haggling on price.
This awkward system meets laws and demands of court decisions.