I agree with you, but I also think Ford needs to find a way to fix this for the consumer. Something like offering to transfer all Granger orders outside of a 100 mile radius to local dealers with available allocation and setting the maximum price for those transfers to MSRP. If people choose the stay with the Granger deal at that point, then that is on them.
Exactly how I remember it.Here you go.
August 2020 FAQ screenshot:
October 2020 FAQ screenshot after big dealership pushback and when Ford started to slip in some such seemingly benign terms such as residency and when we all first learned about constraints but were still naĆÆve enough to believe that they wouldn't have a major impact on our builds and when Ford nonchalantly dropped the all reservations completed before stock production language. Oh the good ole days.
All you have to do is walk into another dealership and place a NEW order. Ford allowed reservation transfers but never did allow order transfers, an order with another dealer is always a new order because orders are submitted and belong to the dealer. I was in the same situation as an October Granger reservation order holder. When I learned Granger had 1200+ orders and allocation for about 100 I jumped ship and placed a new order with another dealer. I'm now the owner of a new Bronco! I had to bite the bullet and go softie, but I got my Bronco and couldn't be happier. Basically you are complaining about not keeping your place in line, and that is correct you don't get to switch dealers and keep you place in line because each dealer has its own line. Even under the old formula Granger expected allocation for around 300 Broncos, which means most wouldn't be getting a Bronco for a very long time, do the math. Granger offered amazing deals to get a huge number of orders to increase their allocation. I believe Granger is an honest dealer, but they had to know most of their order holders would be waiting a very long time. There was always an allocation system, dealers know this even if it wasn't communicated to customers well enough. When I placed my October Special ($2000 below invoice) reservation I knew darn well it was probably too good to be true, and it was!
Although, this isnāt the communication I was referencing (apparently Regional is a common wordHere you go.
August 2020 FAQ screenshot:
October 2020 FAQ screenshot after big dealership pushback and when Ford started to slip in some such seemingly benign terms such as residency and when we all first learned about constraints but were still naĆÆve enough to believe that they wouldn't have a major impact on our builds and when Ford nonchalantly dropped the all reservations completed before stock production language. Oh the good ole days.
. This was from the delayed ordering email Ford sent us on 15 December, 2020, before we were allowed to order in January of the following yearā¦ā¦āthe number of Bronco vehicles your dealership will receiveā = allocation. 
And it also stuck it to all the small dealers with limited allocations which in turn stuck it to the customers who ordered from them. My dealer was not "under invoice" and the reason I chose them was due to good past experience with them both for service and sales.
Correct, and I remember that language being added to the FAQ's as well, unfortunately I did not screen shot it at the time so wasn't sure when Ford had officially let the allocation cat outta the bag.Although, this isnāt the communication I was referencing (apparently Regional is a common word
i also found a Ford Q&A from 2020 on BN that specifically says āallocationā in the formula.
Not that any of that matters now.
I am sorry to tell you that allocations were already a thing when the order banks opened.
Times 150k. Thatās $15 million. But the money goes to the dealer not Ford.
I wonder if this relates to the fact that orders are halted? Just noodling here but a new "order" might need to be generated for the new dealership (the system may not be able to handle a transfer). Just a thought.
There is no other position to take on this subject than this one right here. Any other interpretation is willful ignorance.
