My Bronco was sold to someone else.

[zombie]

Glass 1/2 full kind of guy. And I have a great relationship with my dealer. Could be Canadians are more trusting because they chose to trust people will do the right thing, especially after a bad experience.

I'm Canadian and I don't trust that dealership any further than I could throw it.

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[North7]

Time will tell. My money is on the dealership doing the right thing.
edit: plus we all know @Ford Motor Company is in fact following this thread too.

Based on dealers track record, highly unlikely.

 

[JPye]

I'm Canadian and I don't trust that dealership any further than I could throw it.

Different strokes for different folks. My dealership has only treated me fair and square. Again, time will tell. I just hope OP takes the time to keep us informed if the final result.

 

[PaulBrownSr]

Can you put your spider sense "Feelings' into words. I have complete confidence that the dealership will take good care of OP, and he will be deeply satisfied. I do not need to wish him luck either.

Can you tell me what motivation the dealership has to do the right thing at this point? They’ve already demonstrated they don’t care about doing the right thing when they sold a customer’s ordered Bronco out from under them.

 

[JPye]

Based on dealers track record, highly unlikely.

US automobile dealership are by federal and state regulations scummy for certain. They run their dealerships like tyrants. And Florida has many bottom feeders on the used car sales side for sure. I was semi-retired in Naples Florida in 1999, and walked into the Germain Lincoln dealership there wanting to test drive the new Lincoln LS. They didn't take me seriously, probably because I rode in on a 1997 Suzuki GSX-R 600, wearing flip flops and shorts. So I reached out to the Lincoln dealership in Stuart Florida, on the other coast. They gave me a good price over the phone, and drove the car to my home in Naples without signing anything until I purchased the car. I signed the sales receipt for the agreed price, and they handed over the keys and left.

I also have experience dealing with a used car dealership in Florida on a use Jeep Wrangler in 2001. Now they were turds for sure. I think they are used to selling to idiots or something. I have heard that some used car dealerships there will lock their doors so customers can't walk out. I spent 2 hours negotiation for the Jeep. Every time I gave them a price, they would respond with a month payment. I had to drag out the details of the term. And those turds would change the term to reduce the price. Each time the TVM calculations resulted in them making $1000 more than I wanted to spend. The salesman finally handed me over to the finance manager and we closed the deal. SO, yes, I get it. Dealerships can be despicable people. But, I think the OP will be happy in the end. Call me naive, I don't really care.
EDIT:
And BTW, the bar graph compares car sales people to the rest, not dealerships. Perhaps splitting hairs, but sales people have different motivations than the dealership. It was no doubt a greedy car salesperson who sold OP's bronco out from under him. Sales people have to have a killer instinct to skin their customers alive without killing them.

 

[JPye]

Can you tell me what motivation the dealership has to do the right thing at this point? They’ve already demonstrated they don’t care about doing the right thing when they sold a customer’s ordered Bronco out from under them.

Reputation.

 

[evomind]

They will just "steal" someone elses order.
How else can they fix it?
IDK

 

[BlueBronco]

Get a Lawyer and sue FORD motor company not the dealer.

Sue them for what exactly?

And for the OP, I think the best you are going to get is a chance to re-order a MY23, or, an opportunity to purchase a similar build with a markup. Sure, the dealer can scour the country and locate a like Bronco but there is no way the other dealership is going to give up an abandoned order for MSRP and your current dealer is not going to eat any premiums. I hope I am wrong but you are sol it appears.

 

[Bronco cat]

Such as wait and see what the new 6th gen Toyota 4Runner looks like in 2024.

Prepare to be underwhelmed similar to the tundra and sequoia.

 

[66GT]

Time will tell. My money is on the dealership doing the right thing.
edit: plus we all know @Ford Motor Company is in fact following this thread too.

 

[sniffHound]

Some prominent Canadians have bad track records.

Reputation.

 

[negativezero]

edit: plus we all know @Ford Motor Company is in fact following this thread too.

I'm not so sure. FoMoCo seems disinterested in this kind of incident. They're only willing to request details when it's a potential mechanical fault, failure, or massive issue with giant risk ripples.

They DGAF in a single dealer/customer drama exchange.

 

[reaper5252006]

You should hire an attorney and request to see the paperwork for the vehicle that was stolen from you, take the amount of ADM they took off that vehicle and then have it removed from the future sale price of your vehicle and toss in the extended warranty you were clamoring for.

It sounds like the OP is an introvert though and doesn't have what it takes to really make the situation right. Unfortunately, you are just the perfect person to scam. By the time your new Bronco comes around the ADMs will have died off and they will have no need to scam anymore and still get the sale from you at the price they predicted all along.

It's either Lawyer Up to make it right, or be content with being the story of a fool on this forum IMO. Sorry.

 

[Razorbak86]

You should hire an attorney and request to see the paperwork for the vehicle that was stolen from you, take the amount of ADM they took off that vehicle and then have it removed from the future sale price of your vehicle and toss in the extended warranty you were clamoring for.

It sounds like the OP is an introvert though and doesn't have what it takes to really make the situation right. Unfortunately, you are just the perfect person to scam. By the time your new Bronco comes around the ADMs will have died off and they will have no need to scam anymore and still get the sale from you at the price they predicted all along.

It's either Lawyer Up to make it right, or be content with being the story of a fool on this forum IMO. Sorry.

Are you reading the same thread I am?

Maybe you missed the OP’s post below?

I'm a GM of a boat dealer so I like to think I know a bit about sales.

 

[mustanggarage]

unfortunately on that same bar graph lawyers don't come in much higher. I doubt you will find one to take the case on contingency so you will end up spending more in lawyer fees than you would to pay the damned ADM.
sorry just my anger at my recent lawyer experience speaking

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