Am I buying this vehicle directly from Ford?
well here is a question, put yourself in the customers shoes.
From a dealers perspective, we would much prefer things to have been done normally. There would have been much less confusion and the free market would have taken care of pricing.
Yes once the reservation is converted to a order by the Dealer I choose and purchase is between me and said dealer. Until then the reservation is with Ford. Again this gives the customer the power to leave a dealership that will charge ADM to one that is upfront with there pricing
And that is the problem. The normal way is letting half the dealers/salespeople out there f*ck people over.
Do you ever wonder why more and more people can't stand big dealers?
Admittedly I haven't bought a new car in a while, but I don't think this how car buying or the free market typically works. If I go to Krause in Atlanta and they don't have the deal I like for the F-150, I can go to Nalley or Tidwell or any of the other 100 ford dealers in the Atlanta area to find a better one. It's not like I have to either buy from Krause at whatever price they dictate to me just because I walked onto their lot first, or else wait another 6 months for the car I want. I see why DEALERS would want it that way, but what a ridiculously raw deal for consumers. What's to stop the dealers from slapping on $10k in ADM and telling their customers "take it or get to the back of the line"?
There are too many asshole dealers out there telling bronco customers BS for answers regarding what their dealership will charge for the bronco even though MSRP was already out. I for one am glad they allow CUSTOMERS to decide who they are doing business with and to be stuck with their original dealer.. that is free market..
He/she has already made it clear that he/she was not concerned about allocation. You know....because 8th largest volume dealer, not looking to add Bronco reservations, have plenty of those, etc. Volume dealers raised hell and got what they wanted from Ford. I’m not in any hurry to take delivery of my Bronco, but I agree with the frustration of those who are. I will keep my reservation with Granger or another small town store.
I'm sorry if I said something offensive. I simply said we wish things would have been done normally and there wouldn't be all this confusion, for both consumers and dealers. If that had happened, you still would have had free choice to do business with whomever wou chose that A) had the inventory and B) gave you the best deal. This is how a free market should operate. With the OEM's interjecting, it muddied everything because they didn't have a concrete plan from day one. I've not tried to convince anyone here to do business with my dealership. I haven't even stated the name. I just know there was a lot of misinformation and I've tried helping to clear some of it up. My apologies.
Hello secret dealership man... so what you're saying is orders will not be fulfilled solely based on reservation order and there's a formula as to how orders will shake out. What was the formula again? I forgot to write it down.
Maybe I'm just an idiot (which is quite possible) but..
