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Thanks for all the input.
I'm going to reach out to my salesman and see if I can schedule a meeting with him & the Sales Manager.
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Good morning, I’m coming to you guys from some advice. This is my first vehicle purchase. I know there are some Ford employees here, people with experience purchasing from a dealership and people that have gone through the vehicle ordering process.
I have a truck in the shipping stage right now. I have paid $500 just to place the order. But I do not have any thing beyond the order sheet signed only by me. The dealer seams reputable and advertises that they don’t markup vehicles by thousands of dollars, so I’m not necessarily worried about that.
My predicament is that the truck is estimated to arrive while I’ll be out of town and completely unreachable. It could be sitting on their lot for up to 14 days before I get back. Getting test driven? Getting offers from desperate buyers? I will have zero cell phone service.
I would like to schedule an appointment with my salesperson and the Sales Manager to get something signed by them, or maybe just complete the buying process right now?? Or a deposit that guarantees me the truck?
I’ve heard enough horror stories about unknowing or uneducated dealership employees to worry. Will they call me to say it’s ready to be picked up and when I don’t answer for a week or more, just go ahead and sell it to someone else?
Any advice on how to secure my truck order until I get back from my trip?
Thank you and sorry for the wall of text!
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@FarmerWill, what’s the status on your order? Any updates yet?
I ordered from a dealer here in NorCal and just this morning got the email saying my truck has been built. They gave me an estimated delivery of May 17 - May 23.
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10 hours ago, Lee2021 said:
I ordered a Lariat BAP on 11/1 and was scheduled on 3/17 for 4/25. There were a couple of months in Jan/Feb/mar that they really slowed down where people were getting bumped week after week. i have never been bumped and should receive an "it's been built email" late this week/ early next week. Depending on your dealer allocation, you are probably getting close.
Morning @Lee2021, did you ever get a specific build date or just the build week?
I’m guessing you’re wearing out that “Track My Order” button also??
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2 hours ago, 2022Limited said:
Order confirmed 9/9/21. Radio silence until 1/10/22. Regional rep assigned priority 01. Vin assigned 1/13/22. Build dates started at 2/21/22 and were bumped multiple times before an eventual day of 4/22/22. Will post pictures when she gets here 5/12/22-5/17/22. Atlas Blue. Can’t wait!
So, 4 days from build date to shipped? That’s quick. I wonder what the average shipping time is, 3 weeks?
If I apply those numbers there’s a good chance I’ll be on vacation (with zero cell service!!) when my truck arrives at the dealer….
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How many of you boys & girls are scheduled to be built this week?!?
My last email from Ford said my build week is the week of April 25th. My salesman said that my build date is the 28th, but didn’t provide any info on how he got that number (VVR, I guess?).
2/1: Ordered
2/3: Confirmation Email
3/7: Sched. Week of 5/2
3/31: Sched. Week of 4/25
4/17: Salesman says 4/28 Build Date
4/21: Window Sticker available
F350 SRW 4X4 CCLB LARIAT 6.7L EXTERIOR: ANTIMATTER BLUE
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3 hours ago, azfansinnc said:
I hope to finally get mine built next week. It was supposed to be built this week but last week I got bumped to 4/25. That was bump #6 for a total of 7 weeks...so far. Ordered 9/21, scheduled 1/27 for March 7. By the time it hopefully shows up in May, it will be around 8 months from order to delivery.
F350 Lariat SRW. BAP, moonroof, 6.7PSD
@azfansinnc, I’m scheduled for next week also, 4/28. Similar build, just no BAP or moonroof. I ordered about 4 months after you though… Here’s hoping we both make it next week!!
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45 minutes ago, Blue oval 104 said:
but again I can’t even pull the window sticker up on the trackerThe last email I received was a change in production date from March 28 to April 4 then back to March 28 I can’t get the tracker to track anything says invalid order or VIN number and my dealer says it was scheduled to be built this week and delivered by the 14th but again I can’t even pull the window sticker up on the tracker
I’m curious what the 104 stands for in your username? Are you in the Bay Area by chance?
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1 hour ago, Gharri30 said:
Did you change to the Sport package when you dropped the BAP or just striaght dropped it? Also did you add the LEDs on when you dropped the BAP? That's one of the main add ons. Along with body color front and rear bumper, plus the black ovals, fender badges, grill, mirror caps and running boards. Some of those only apply to Lariat trim though. There's something else I'm forgetting. I have the BAP on my Lariat that should be built at the beginning of May. I'll be swapping out my ovals, fender badges, mirror caps and grill to color match with black. Could wait on it to paint the ones on the truck but going to just buy some and have them ready. Also going to aftermarket 22s on 37s so my wheels and tires will go up for sale along with those other pieces.
I just dropped it all together. And, yes, I did get the Quad Beam LED’s. So, the BAP items that I’ll be wanting, you’ll be selling?? ?
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15 hours ago, MinerAddiction said:
Well I didn’t get a PCO but I did get this today!!! I can’t stop smiling.
I'm jealous of the BAP. I looked up your window sticker and you have pretty much the exact truck I wanted.... I dropped the BAP and got a build date just before they started offering the BAP without the bed-liner. I'm sure I'm not the only one. I just need a guide on what to order/replace aftermarket to get that look.
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1 hour ago, MinerAddiction said:
Well I didn’t get a PCO but I did get this today!!! I can’t stop smiling.
Congratulations! That’s a bad ass looking truck!
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Just throwing my timeline into the mix:
2/1: Ordered at Morgan Hill Ford
2/3: Confirmation email
3/7: Sched. Week of 5/2
Today: Sched. Week of 4/25!
6.7 350 Lariat 4x4 CCLB
Amazed how quickly things are moving, still prepared for worse. ?
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F*%&, now I'm more nervous than ever. Just saw a post about another buyer, show up to the dealership and they tacked on $7k to his ordered truck...
I guess I'm going to call the dealership and discuss getting a signed sales order.
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I'll be happy with the msrp. I didn't do enough research about the various ways to access the x-plan prior to going into the dealership. So, I just wanted a dealer that wasn't going to add a markup on a retail order.
When I went in and signed the paperwork & put down my $500 deposit, I asked some basic questions based off the info I've learned here. My "Internet Sales" person was very against listening to what people say on "some internet forum"... I don't know, that left me with a bad feeling. I mean, your title say Internet Sales. She should understand how the internet works and the ability to share information. We ain't in MySpace anymore!
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On 1/18/2022 at 7:07 PM, ardvark666 said:
I have a question for any dealer employees. What’s to prevent a dealer from taking my deposit and ordering my truck and then purposely tanking my xplan deal so that they can sell it for 10k more on their lot? I ordered over the summer and my xplan price is saved on my phone (it should be 62899) but the salesman was weird and told me that my xplan price would be finalized once the truck arrived. Now im starting to think that he is full of it. Truck scheduled to be built in 2 weeks and I have that feeling that they aren’t going to be legit with me. Maybe im
just paranoid but I keep running into people who tell me that they got a super duty for 5k over msrp. The market hasn’t exactly cooled off with that nonsense.
On 1/18/2022 at 7:52 PM, mattdm said:
If you signed an order agreement with the price and paid a deposit that is a legal binding sale agreement.
I had the same (unfounded) fear as well that somehow they would try sabotage the deal at the final hour, but it was certainly not the case in my experience, Price never even came up during delivery, just signed the finance paperwork which had all the same numbers on it that I agreed to originally. My truck was even on their website for awhile with a 20k market adjustment ?.On 1/18/2022 at 8:07 PM, Rcpd34 said:The dealer needs to sign it; not just you.
I hate to beat a dead horse here, but I'm just joining the worry train...
I have an "Order Acknowledgement Form" (signed by a manager) and the order summary page. Both only list an msrp price. It sounds like I would need a different document, a dealer signed Order Agreement, if I want to easy my worries about the dealer adding a markup at the time of purchase?
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I've been searching for a site that let's me pull up the window sticker for a 2021 F-250. It seems like they are all mostly pay sites... The researchmaniacs.com that I've been using for new trucks works great, but this 2021 doesn't come up.
This truck (VIN# 1FT7W2BN0MEC38621) is for sale by private seller and I'm just trying to get the options list and msrp.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
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