To anyone that's interested in reading. My experience with ordering has been one of a learning process. I'm sure everyone else is learning including the Dealers and Ford.
My original order was place with Dealer A on March 22nd for a F250 Platinum with pretty much every feature including Spay in bed liner and AS. I made it perfectly clear I wanted my email address place on the order so I would get confirmation but never received anything. I called back to make sure it was added and was told they don't give Ford the emails because of spam, however I insisted that the manager add it and he said he did but never received any emails. I preceded to confirm my order with the Ford Marketing number and the order was in fact placed on the March 22nd. At the point of ordering it was a Priority order #19, Type Retail with my number under the customer field according to the order I signed. BTW, also gave them a $1000 deposit. After numerous calls to the Ford Marketing Department I decided to call the dealer A to see if my priority number changed and it was changed to #10 around the August (not sure of the exact date) Was told it was unscheduled and clean.
Around the end of September I received a call asking me to drop AS but decided against doing so because I was in a position where I could wait for the truck, this was also the time Dealer A told me that Ford dropped my Priority number to #02.
I have been following this forum since March 16th so I know there have been a lot of trucks similar or just like mine that was ordered, built and delivered all after mine was originally ordered. Frustration started setting in!!! Started asking myself if this was a Allocation issue, Dealer issue or possibly a Ford issue. So at this point started calling around and talked to a veteran sales guy referred to me by a friend. He stated he could have my truck to me in 6-8 weeks. I wanted to see if this was true so I decided to place the exact same truck with all the same options with Dealer B on September 20th Explained to them I wanted email confirmation and received the Ford email the very next day. (still haven't received any emails from Dealer A) No Deposit was even ask for. Also, to note I sent a copy of my Drivers License to Dealer A on June 9th. On November 16th I received a text from Dealer A stating the spray in bed liner is a commodity issue and we can get the truck schedule if its removed so I did. Ironically enough I received an email from Ford regarding my truck I ordered from Dealer B stating that my truck was scheduled for production the week of January 24th "As Order" did not have to delete anything. Still nothing from Dealer A other than deleting an option. December 3rd I decided to call Dealer A and add my spay in bed liner back to my order since I knew that the other order had it and was already scheduled but was told they couldn't add it back in because it had been schedule (never received an email stating this) for the week of January 31st. A week later than the other ordered from Dealer B on Sept. 9th. On December 14th I received a text from Dealer A stating my Truck build was pushed back to the following week of February 7th. As for as i know the Dealer B order is still being built the week of January 24th.
My thoughts are: (I wanted to add that I was told by both dealers that they were going to give me Plan X pricing because of my affiliation)
Allocation issue. Dealer B sales more trucks so they get more retail orders than Dealer A
Pricing and profit strategy on behalf of Dealer A. I'm getting Plan X pricing so I keep getting pushed back because the dealer is making more money on full retail price orders.
I don't know of any other reasons than one's above but if anyone else has an input. Let me know. Also, I'm about to have 2 trucks and will be more than willing to sell one for the $1000 deposit plus any sales tax implications that might apply. I'm pretty sure that either dealer will be happy to place it on their showroom floor and sell it for above list price.