After ADM's end will you go back to "that" dealer?

[Hopeless Diamond]

No. Not to punish walk ins but to allow a dealer to make enough money and Profit to stay in business. I don’t know how Ford dealers are doing in other areas overall but around here, they hardly have any new vehicles to sell.

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[Cornbred]

I'm pretty PO'd about my local dealers and the ADM's they are trying to collect. Between the wife, work and me I purchase a new Ford about every 2 years it seems. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to buy local again, am I alone in thinking to grind this axe for years (or forever)?

We, wife and I stopped buying from local Ford dealer years ago. We buy from a dealer that’s 3 hours away...it’s that bad. I’ve tried in that time to give local dealers a chance but they’re just awful to deal with.

 

[Nateandapril]

For me, the the quantity of the sin is something to take into consideration. With the market in its current state, anything 5k or below ADM is sort of ok…. Like they need to make some money because they don’t have a lot of inventory to sell and they do have families to feed.
Having said that though, these dealerships that went 10,15, or 20k markup…. Hell naw. Yes I’m watching, yes I will remember, and yes I buy enough vehicles for it to actually make a difference to a dealership.

 

[Nateandapril]

For example: I was shopping for a diesel truck in December and got notified that there is a 25k markup on a Sierra Duramax I was looking at. Based on the price of the truck to begin with, 25k ADM represents a 33% markup from MSRP. These guys were friendly but there’s no way in hell they are getting my business ever again

 

[StevieD23]

I would never again do business with a dealership who marked up a customer's order when it was originally agreed upon that it would be done at MSRP.

However, I don't see much of an issue if a dealer decides to mark up certain vehicles on the lot. After all, the S in MSRP stands for Suggested. No one balks when there are huge incentives and vehicles are marked far under MSRP. There are 9 New Fords for sale across 2 of the local Ford dealerships. They're having a tremendously difficult time right now and so if they are marking stuff up to support themselves during this tough time, so be it.

 

[30snack]

Not trying to pick a fight but why is that? Is because the people who bought wild bronco's jumped ahead of customer orders and need punished? OR ???

To me it's the same either way, the bronco was intended to be sold below MSRP, how much is anyone's guess. AT MSRP the dealer makes out like a bandit, there is no reason to mark them up above MSRP at all.

Free market capitalism.....sell things for what people will pay for them. Now if it is a customer order and you hit them with a surprise ADM that is unethical garbage.

 

[thenewjs]

While I haven't received my Bronco, the dealer I'm working with has been fair. If the buying process goes as smooth as others has stated, they will be my preferred FORD dealer. They sell and offer deals on other makes.

 

[Dusty]

Of course I'd never speak to them again if they tried to slap an ADM onto a reserved, customer-ordered Bronco with no prior notification to the customer at the time of the order (as some have done, and should be burned at the stake for).

But ADM's on their dealer stock? Can't say I blame them too much for trying to maximize ROI on those (unless they acquired that stock by a reservation holder backing out over a surprise ADM, in which case, burn them at the stake).

 

[Snowdogyyz]

For me, the the quantity of the sin is something to take into consideration. With the market in its current state, anything 5k or below ADM is sort of ok…. Like they need to make some money because they don’t have a lot of inventory to sell and they do have families to feed.
Having said that though, these dealerships that went 10,15, or 20k markup…. Hell naw. Yes I’m watching, yes I will remember, and yes I buy enough vehicles for it to actually make a difference to a dealership.

This is how I feel about it too.

 

[Spooled]

I'm not even going back to Ford after this much less a Ford dealership.

 

[77Ford]

Free market capitalism.....sell things for what people will pay for them. Now if it is a customer order and you hit them with a surprise ADM that is unethical garbage.

I'm agreeing with you, I'll take my money to a dealership that did not charge ANY ADM. I just think this is a short sighted flash in the pan that is going to create heart ache for years to come. I can hold a grudge for a very long time.

 

[Brian803]

Not a fan of ADM, but given supply/demand I understand that it's just a reality at the moment with stock/abandoned orders. What I am not sympathetic to are customer orders where you agree to MSRP (either verbally, by email/text, or in a signed purchase agreement) and then AFTER the vehicle arrives the dealer changes the terms. I won't do business with a dealership that is dishonest.

 

[Bob 07064]

You also need to consider the shady dealers that are hitting reservation holders with double digit ADM's hoping they walk so they can sell it to whoever and telling Ford that the truck was abandoned....

 

[Cooldude]

Don’t bother me, I’ll buy from whoever gives me the price I’m comfortable with.

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