I... I thought I explained why they made the increase... A major technical issue they weren’t prepared for gave them way more demand, so they gave the supply. Why would they give a price reduction? “Exclusivity” isn’t going to be a line item on your window sticker. A lot of people seem to believe that FE is going to be a value package since everything comes standard with it.
Maybe a Jeep owner hacked their system- the only way I imagine they could give Ford and their customers a FU!!!
Um have you been to the JL forums lately? I don't think there's a jeep owner out there smart enough to hack their system. Just saying ?
That part is not accurate...Yes - you have to cancel and restart with the new dealer
You are correct re: production & assembly line issues and parts supply logistics. This was the primary reason I reserved Wildtrak as a Hardtop, 6 cyl and Sas. pkg. are std. No "Wildtrak" without those features. My guess is that orders that add those options (aka Badlands) wil lbe delayed or modified. My dad retired from FoMoCo and I worked at FoMoCo for a number of years dealing with these very issues.Yes - you have to cancel and restart with the new dealer. Depending on your trim this may not be as big of an impact as people think on delivery date
They will produce the rigs by trim level, no idea if they do ALL reservations for a trim then move on or switch by day/week etc. - I guess it depends on the production plan. Having experience with this I can tell you the best approach to ensure quality and manage costs is all vehicles with similar specs... there is costs/efficiencies in what parts are on the assembly line, what specific process team member x does etc. etc....... Having an 8" dash assembly and a 12" dash assembly in the same area is not logistically feasible .... blah blah I could go on and on
But why couldn't they actually consider the customer in this? They could make a button to let you modify the reservation
I wasn't trying to say that they did it the "right" way, I was just pointing out the obvious....that they did it.
You all sound like a bunch of whiners with your serious first world problems. No one made you make a reservation. You chose to pick a dealership that you didn’t want for whatever reason, which is on you, no one else. By all means, you fairweather fans and band wagoners please drop your reservations and buy a competitor. More inventory for real enthusiasts.
My Ford.com account now correctly reflects that I have only one reservation and my credit card was only charged one time so I think everything has been straightened out as far as my particular case is concerned but it did take a couple of days. But I think you see what I'm getting at, for some of us our one reservation was being counted as two during the time the website was wonky and I'm just wondering if it caused Ford to think "oh crap" the system didn't shut down FE reservations at 3,500 like it was supposed to so now we have to make more - which will cause a little bit of heartburn, but nothing like the heartburn that would be caused if we have to go back to X number of people and tell them that they really don't have a confirmed reservation like we told them they did.
Perfect, glad it has resolved itself..
