Told by dealer, Ford is NOT following reservation dates….Meaningless

[2023bronco]

I don't know why y'all complain about delays and not honoring reservation time stamps. I got my loaded-up Badlands only a month after ordering!*

*Order placed 2.5 years after reservation made.

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[4x4fun]

 

[BOLD Renegade93]

It’s all a joke man. Just save up and be prepared to wait till November or buy something else. That’s where I’m at lol.

If he just took delivery of a Braptor and allegedly a “GT” per one of his posts, I doubt he needs to save up much.

 

[mike8675309]

How many different versions of a GT where there? And how many people actually ordering them? I'm guessing it was a lot less on both.

 

[StarPony]

Weird flex

 

[Al Cowlings]

Sort of fell out of the loop on how orders were being prioritized with Ford/Bronco. Did not realize Res. Dates basically did not matter to any extent anymore….With the “G/T” I guess things are different…

Well, at least one of us in our household got their vehicle. 23’ Braptor-took del. Dec 30th.

Bombing in to brag about the fact that you already got yours is very on-brand for a Raptor owner.

 

[Carbon Bronco]

When I inquired to see about my 2023 Bronco order with the dealer and wanted to confirm the scheduling process I assumed that orders are scheduled/built by Ford with the most important #1 factor being the reservation date. Well…the dealers rep. response was “Unfortunately, throughout this whole process, Ford has not been going in the order of reservations”. Then I saw this afterwards on Ford site…

Will my reservation time stamp still be tied to my order? Are orders still being prioritized by reservation time stamps?

As orders are converted from 2022 to 2023 MY, the reservation timestamp will still be tied to your order. All Bronco orders will continue to be prioritized according to the time they were reserved, vehicle model and configuration selected, part availability, and the number of vehicles your dealer receives.

If true, then NOT Happy…I have a 07/15/2020 reservation date and have been waiting along time to order a Bronco B/Lnds. and receive it. What’s the point in having an “early reservation Or a reservation period if this is not the #1 factor being looked at for scheduling?

Did you delete the part about getting a raptor?

 

[5PC24]

The most important factor these days is component constraints. All of the other factors are downstream of component constraints, and it is the one factor that rules them all. But if you dealer has two orders that were exactly the same, the one of with the earliest reservation timestamp will get picked first.

Interesting to see this thread as I was annoyed with our dealer earlier this week for my wife's Bronco order. He swears up and down that they have no 'place in line' or any factoring in of order timestamp for fulfilling the open orders they have. He doubled down on similar scenario as mentioned above saying that if they had two identical orders in the system that they have no control or influence on which one is picked first by Ford to be built.

Of course, he also tried to tell me that all Ford dealers have the same allocation and that he can't tell me what theirs is since it changes every day.

So fed up with that dealer. Glad I had my Bronco order at a second dealership that actually was helpful and informed.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

He swears up and down that they have no 'place in line' or any factoring in of order timestamp for fulfilling the open orders they have. He doubled down on similar scenario as mentioned above saying that if they had two identical orders in the system that they have no control or influence on which one is picked first by Ford to be built.

Well, that part is true more or less. A lot of dealers just took orders and didn't really pay attention to reservation dates. The dealers who are organized had someone keeping track of all their orders in an Excel spreadsheet.

Ford is keeping track of reservation dates (for all the good it's done anyone). The dealer's mostly aren't.

 

[fr8ycat]

Sort of fell out of the loop on how orders were being prioritized with Ford/Bronco. Did not realize Res. Dates basically did not matter to any extent anymore….With the “G/T” I guess things are different…

Well, at least one of us in our household got their vehicle. 23’ Braptor-took del. Dec 30th.

Nice try, we’re all booked up.
Go sell crazy somewhere else.

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