When my dealer printed out my ORDER PREVIEW from WBDO, I told him I'd be using X-Plan so he printed it with the DISCOUNTS line at the bottom, which lists the prices for A/Z, D, and X Plans.
How do you KNOW that? That was the rumor for all Mach-Es until it turned out that virtually nobody is paying more than MSRP.
And if people run out of friends at Ford to get X Plan PINs from they should check with their employers or other organizations they belong to and see if they can get X Plan pricing through them. Failing that, a $25/year membership in the Mustang Club of America will get you X Plan pricing.
My dealer said this was the case when I was asking if my deposit was refundable if I cancelled. Said he didn't need to keep the deposit if someone cancelled since that would just mean he would get a car he could mark up.
My dealer said that any Mach E ordered by a customer, but then refuses to take delivery, means he can easily add $5k to the MSRP, and sell it the same day. It is a very hot car. There are always customers that want it now and are willing to pay above MSRP and not wait until next summer for delivery. Time is money.
Yes I heard the same - my dealer is happy to take as many customer orders he is allowed to as he knows there will be cancellations and he can get a higher price. He said the same with Bronco
we had been shown elsewhere on here checkout screens that would suggest all of that would be online, not "at your dealer." Are you saying we will have to go through the "Finance Manager office"?
Maybe. We’ll see what the e-commerce team can get done. The last update I heard was that there were some very late program requirements changes. This means that at the time when deliveries start there may be some scenarios that cannot be done online.
Unfortunate if this ends up being the case. I was looking forward to avoiding a drive and paperwork at the dealer, which is located in COVID central out here.
My dealer basically said the same thing. He didnt even ask for a deposit on the FE.....he said he has buyers lined up to take the car if I didnt want it.
I really miss the days when I had A/Z from my dad.and if your on a plan its even better
Its possible that even if finance manager interaction is needed, most of it can be done over phone or email and docusign (that may be too much to expect) or just go in to check the final numbers and sign and get out in a shorter time. I am hoping that would be the case at least with reasonable dealers.
This is so strange because my dealer seemed like he was afraid to do this. He was adamant that my original premium be canceled so he doesn’t receive a car that is not spoken for. Maybe a refused car is different than a rejected order-I guess it’s in the intent. Or he has more scruples than you would normally give his profession credit with possessing.
That's what mine said last week too. He said Ford sent out the warning to dealers they better not do that, or they could get their allocations cut on other vehicles.
I suspect they really just THINK dealers will do that, not "know" it. I suspect many dealers might do it as well, but that doesn't mean ALL will. It'll be a deal-by-dealer decision. Although it sounds like Ford warned dealers not to hold open reservations that aren't intended to be follow through (like for instance Machdrop FEs that resulted in a 2nd order), so there may not be that many late cancels anyway.
