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- Max
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Good morning everyone-
I’ll start of by saying I’m not an attorney and know very little about contract law (although I do know a written agreement is far superior to an oral one).
Like a lot of you I’ve been following with mixed interest and disgust stories of dealerships trying to charge outrageous markups when a reservation holder comes in to pick up their Broncos.
Beyond that in the delay “message” we all saw this morning there was a sentence that stated that price protection would be MSRP but given the wording about final price being an agreement between the buyer and dealer it seems clear that Ford isn’t going to bring much if any pressure to bear on dealerships charging crazy markups.
So I’d urge everyone who doesn’t have a long-standing/trustworthy relationship with their dealer to get something in writing.
I understand a lot of people have something in writing due to putting down a larger deposit - so this is more for people like me who only put down the $100 reservation fee.
My dealership I’m buying through isn’t doing anything like Granger - but since they’re just a couple miles from my house they’re fine (MSRP +$599 document fee - not crazy about that but like I said it’s fine). They’re not charging the $1500ish destination charge (or whatever that’s called).
So all I did was call and talk to the sales manager in charge of Broncos (so not a salesman but someone in some form of management). Told him what I’d heard about dealers charging markups and just asked if he’d send me an email confirming MSRP+$599 for my records. He sent me the email in 5 minutes.
Honestly I think the vast majority of us aren’t going to be screwed by shady dealers - but for piece of mind it’s probably worth a couple minute phone call.
And…if a manager isn’t willing to put that in writing it appears (due to the new MIC fueled delay) there’s plenty of time to change to a dealership that will put something in writing.
I can’t imagine how furious and sick I’d feel if I showed up and they told me the only way I’d be getting a vehicle I’ve been waiting on for more than year was if I were willing to go $20,000 over MSRP
I’ll start of by saying I’m not an attorney and know very little about contract law (although I do know a written agreement is far superior to an oral one).
Like a lot of you I’ve been following with mixed interest and disgust stories of dealerships trying to charge outrageous markups when a reservation holder comes in to pick up their Broncos.
Beyond that in the delay “message” we all saw this morning there was a sentence that stated that price protection would be MSRP but given the wording about final price being an agreement between the buyer and dealer it seems clear that Ford isn’t going to bring much if any pressure to bear on dealerships charging crazy markups.
So I’d urge everyone who doesn’t have a long-standing/trustworthy relationship with their dealer to get something in writing.
I understand a lot of people have something in writing due to putting down a larger deposit - so this is more for people like me who only put down the $100 reservation fee.
My dealership I’m buying through isn’t doing anything like Granger - but since they’re just a couple miles from my house they’re fine (MSRP +$599 document fee - not crazy about that but like I said it’s fine). They’re not charging the $1500ish destination charge (or whatever that’s called).
So all I did was call and talk to the sales manager in charge of Broncos (so not a salesman but someone in some form of management). Told him what I’d heard about dealers charging markups and just asked if he’d send me an email confirming MSRP+$599 for my records. He sent me the email in 5 minutes.
Honestly I think the vast majority of us aren’t going to be screwed by shady dealers - but for piece of mind it’s probably worth a couple minute phone call.
And…if a manager isn’t willing to put that in writing it appears (due to the new MIC fueled delay) there’s plenty of time to change to a dealership that will put something in writing.
I can’t imagine how furious and sick I’d feel if I showed up and they told me the only way I’d be getting a vehicle I’ve been waiting on for more than year was if I were willing to go $20,000 over MSRP
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