I've had several people ask me if we're going to put orders in based on timestamp and my answer is yes....and no. We're going to contact customers in order of timestamp, but I don't believe that all orders can hypothetically be placed in reservation order. That would require every person to do B&P and have everything completed 100% on time and agree on pricing with the dealer. Add in each dealer only has 40-50 days to input all these orders, and I can see it being a nightmare logistically. My plan is to put the order in as we get them and let Ford sort it out as they said orders would be "prioritized" by reservation time stamp. I think that takes the heat off the dealers since it would be nearly impossible to get all the orders done in the same order as the timestamp given the short window we have to submit them. If I only had 20, 30 reservations, sure it would be easier.I would add to this the fact that Ford has recommended dealerships place orders by timestamp, but it's not a requirement. So if your dealership shows preference to friends, family, golf buddies, regular customers, or people ordering higher trims, that will also affect your delivery. We've already seen dealership who took reservations over the phone and then did not put them in the system in the order they received them - some orders (mine) were held for a day, and another person on this forum had theirs held at the same dealership for three days. This leads me to believe that some dealerships will be employing similar tactics when it comes time to place orders.
But no way will a dealer let a guy/gal drag their feet on deciding what they want to do, hold up on pricing, etc...and let that delay all the other folks in line behind them. That would make zero sense.
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