- First Name
- Ryan
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- Sparta, NJ
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- Jeep Wrangler TJ
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
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My 4 door Badlands/2.7/Lux/soft top Bronco is nearly out of production and is going to be delivered in a week or two. I'm considering immediately putting it up for sale, ideally for a small profit.
Before I go any further, if you're going to be hating on me for this, I DO NOT want to hear it. Those comments are going to be 100% ignored or possibly receive a harsh response from me at best. I reserved this vehicle the night of the Bronco announcement in 2020. I ordered the vehicle the first day the order banks opened up, canceling a lucrative appointment to drive straight to the dealer to place the order just in case it would improve my odds. I've faithfully tracked all of the delivery issues and changed my order to a 4-door with soft top to avoid the MIC hard top issues. I've purchased a temporary vehicle in the interim just to wait for this damned Bronco, at considerable expense. Long story short, I've paid my dues and I really, really, REALLY don't want to hear any complaining about my thought process here.
Now with that out of the way, let's move on. I have a number of vehicles, too many in fact, and I upgraded my work situation to a better job but the downside is that commuting is required a few times per month. It's a 130 mile commute. While waiting for the Bronco I decided to purchase a Tesla Model 3. (Cool experience so far, by the way.). Also, my wife's Explorer is timing out and she needs a new vehicle. I also have a souped up Jeep Wrangler TJ and a Jaguar F-Type in the garage. The temporary vehicle is for my kids who are now driving. Yep, I have five vehicles now not including the Bronco, and a lot has changed since I placed this Bronco order.
My wife, God bless her, is a complainer. She complains about everything. She is already complaining about the Bronco being too big, even though she's never driven it. It probably is too big for her... frankly. But then again she'll hate whatever she's got no matter what. But if I let her pick her own vehicle at least I can tell her to shut it when she complains about whatever heap she goes with. (Yep, she'd rather drive some econo-Ford half-ass SUV than a brand-new Bronco... go figure.)
So I'm thinking pretty heavily on just putting this thing for sale right now on E-Bay or Auto Trader or whatever, for about a $10k markup. From what I can surmise people are so eager to purchase this vehicle that the markup is about right. I'm not looking to profit from the situation so much as I am just trying to recoup the immense money and energy the process of trying to purchase this Bronco has taken from me. We've put vehicle purchases on hold and had to buy vehicles which were less than ideal while waiting, and it's all taken so long that my life circumstances have simply changed. I think it's a fair play on my part.
So my question(s) is/are:
1) If I place the Bronco for sale before I accept delivery, can the dealership penalize me or possibly (legally) cancel the sale? I have a window sticker available to me at Ford.com and can even provide the prospective buyer with a VIN.
2) What do y'all think, is $10k about right? The Bronco's sticker price is $60,300 or so, so I think $70k is about right. If one was to order today they're looking at a minimjum of 12 months in the best case before their Bronco is delivered.
3) Which avenue would you use to sell the vehicle? Auto Trader? E-Bay?
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm sad to potentially be leaving the Bronco family before I even joined it, but I figure I can get a Warthog in a couple of years. Still love the idea of owning one of these things.
Thanks.
Before I go any further, if you're going to be hating on me for this, I DO NOT want to hear it. Those comments are going to be 100% ignored or possibly receive a harsh response from me at best. I reserved this vehicle the night of the Bronco announcement in 2020. I ordered the vehicle the first day the order banks opened up, canceling a lucrative appointment to drive straight to the dealer to place the order just in case it would improve my odds. I've faithfully tracked all of the delivery issues and changed my order to a 4-door with soft top to avoid the MIC hard top issues. I've purchased a temporary vehicle in the interim just to wait for this damned Bronco, at considerable expense. Long story short, I've paid my dues and I really, really, REALLY don't want to hear any complaining about my thought process here.
Now with that out of the way, let's move on. I have a number of vehicles, too many in fact, and I upgraded my work situation to a better job but the downside is that commuting is required a few times per month. It's a 130 mile commute. While waiting for the Bronco I decided to purchase a Tesla Model 3. (Cool experience so far, by the way.). Also, my wife's Explorer is timing out and she needs a new vehicle. I also have a souped up Jeep Wrangler TJ and a Jaguar F-Type in the garage. The temporary vehicle is for my kids who are now driving. Yep, I have five vehicles now not including the Bronco, and a lot has changed since I placed this Bronco order.
My wife, God bless her, is a complainer. She complains about everything. She is already complaining about the Bronco being too big, even though she's never driven it. It probably is too big for her... frankly. But then again she'll hate whatever she's got no matter what. But if I let her pick her own vehicle at least I can tell her to shut it when she complains about whatever heap she goes with. (Yep, she'd rather drive some econo-Ford half-ass SUV than a brand-new Bronco... go figure.)
So I'm thinking pretty heavily on just putting this thing for sale right now on E-Bay or Auto Trader or whatever, for about a $10k markup. From what I can surmise people are so eager to purchase this vehicle that the markup is about right. I'm not looking to profit from the situation so much as I am just trying to recoup the immense money and energy the process of trying to purchase this Bronco has taken from me. We've put vehicle purchases on hold and had to buy vehicles which were less than ideal while waiting, and it's all taken so long that my life circumstances have simply changed. I think it's a fair play on my part.
So my question(s) is/are:
1) If I place the Bronco for sale before I accept delivery, can the dealership penalize me or possibly (legally) cancel the sale? I have a window sticker available to me at Ford.com and can even provide the prospective buyer with a VIN.
2) What do y'all think, is $10k about right? The Bronco's sticker price is $60,300 or so, so I think $70k is about right. If one was to order today they're looking at a minimjum of 12 months in the best case before their Bronco is delivered.
3) Which avenue would you use to sell the vehicle? Auto Trader? E-Bay?
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm sad to potentially be leaving the Bronco family before I even joined it, but I figure I can get a Warthog in a couple of years. Still love the idea of owning one of these things.
Thanks.
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