If you don't say okay someone else will take your allocation and pay or the dealer will place the order under an abandoned reservation and sell it on the lot. By all means negotiate but don't pretend like having a GT grants you any leverage over the dealership. Ford did not set this up in a way to protect the consumer. The GT only gives you first shot at purchasing the Raptor, it really doesn't mean anything.
As I understand it they get the allocation whether you buy it with your GT or not. GT holders have zero leverage negotiating price. If the dealer wants to mark it up $50k (like mine) they can and if you don't want it at that price they don't care they'll sell it to someone else at whatever markup they can get!!
WOW, I misunderstood the program. We get shit on again!
My Bad. I wasn't interested in the Raptor, but I thought the program benefited those who have waited FOREVER, not the Dealerships again. Well, some of the dealerships anyway. There are still some honorable ones out there.
it wasnāt on mine I had to call and they put it onIt;s on mine: SOUND DEADENING HEADLINER $0
I think everyone thought the GT program would be a bit more favorable to the consumers but at the end of the day it's just smoke and screen PR. The dealerships can pull whatever BS they want to get the GT winner to walk and sell the allocation to anyone.
PatrickRide,
Hey, my question is.... are you a golden ticket holder? The ford emails stated at MSRP. I submitted my build yesterday with the dealer and received back the build sheet. I replied back to them (asking) and they confirmed my build price is the sell price plus tax, title n registration. They will not be adding an admin. fee.
I think the manner in which I obtained my allocation should explain. I did not win a GT. My dealership had 3 GT winners. 2 ordered a Raptor and the third "did not respond to attempts to contact". My dealership then pulled that GT allocation from the GT winner and gave it to me. I had an existing order from 2/2021 with them so not a day 1 reservation.
This is whatās happening. Itās all over the Bronco Raptor forum here and elsewhere.
Not doubting what you are sayingā but the Email from Ford about placing your order for the Raptor only came out like a day or two ago and we have to the 28th to order. What if your GT holder isnāt on a forum and didnāt get around to replying to the email until tomorrow, what happens if he contacts the dealer and sees that his allocation is gone? Surely 48 hours isnāt enough time to justify him abandoning the offer.
The dealer contacted the region rep and got it approved to transfer the allocation, they wanted to make sure they wouldn't get punished for doing this. At the end of the day getting a GT really doesn't mean anything since the dealerships still retain the allocation. If a dealership wanted to tack on 100K ADM on all their GT winners to muscle them out of buying a Raptor nothing is stopping them from what I've seen.
