[New Ranger Order Not Scheduled]

7 hours ago, Jerry52 said:

You need to use the Order Code, I bet it will work now. let us now. My sales code also starts with a "F" my order code starts with a "D" and three numbers.

Sales Code is just the dealer number in Ford's system.  Order code is order specific. 

[What is an "lpoe" or "dre" Dealer?]

For anyone here do the terms "lpoe dealer" or " dre dealer" mean anything to you?   

 

Context: 

I'm in the process of building an automated tool that scan's ford's Public Website/API for inventory cars/trucks along with prices/options/ trims/days on lot/ status, etc 

 

Ford has an incredible amount of data via their ford.com inventory APIs so just for fun, I'm building a system that takes a daily snapshot of what their US inventory looks like so I can dive into the data for some personal fun, if it's interesting and not against any rules, I may share the aggregated data at some point but for now, just a personal project at the intersection of two of my favorite things, Fords and technology. 

 

Back to the Question: 

In the public API for inventory searches, there are two metadata points that exist on every dealer record that I can't seem to decipher, so looking for some folks who can point me in the right direction. 

 

For each dealer's detailed information there are two fields that stump me: 

 

dredealer

 

lpoedealer

 

Each is either marked TRUE or FALSE, and given I know my local dealers pretty well, I can't seem to figure out what would make one of them one option or the other, they don't appear to signify "Roush" or "Shelby" dealers, or anything easy I can think of, they're also probably not EV related since there are other fields clear as day that mark dealers as "EV Ready" etc. 

 

So if you happen to know or care to speculate, happy to learn. 

 

Disclaimer:

The information I'm looking at is public, and it's used to generate the pages you see when you load (https://shop.ford.com/inventory/) but if anything about this post breaks any rules please feel free to delete or I'm happy to remove at request. 

 

Cheers,  

 

[Stock vs Retail Order Question]

13 hours ago, ice-capades said:

 

Shelby Dealers receive allocation for only 1 Shelby GT500 per year, regardless of the order type. In your case, it won't matter that it's a stock order at priority code 01. Shelby GT500 orders are not part of the COVP (Customer Order Verification Program) and do not earn incremental allocation. Shelby GT500 allocation is separate from Mustang allocation and the timing of when the allocation is granted for scheduling is determined by Ford. The Ford regional office usually notifies dealerships in advance that the Shelby GT500 order will be scheduled in an upcoming week. 

 

Dealers in the largest markets, with a high "Share of Nation" sales history (California, Nevada, Texas, Florida, etc.) do qualify for additional Shelby allocation. Dealers are notified of their annual Shelby allocation at the beginning of the Model Year.  

Thank You! 

 

I'll leave my dealer alone and cross my fingers that Flat Rock starts scheduling again soon. 

 

Cheers, 

[Stock vs Retail Order Question]

Hello All, 

 

I've seen conflicting information across a number of forums and hope that the knowledge here can give me some clarity. 

 

I currently have an "order" for a MY22 GT500 which currently sits as a "stock" order with a Priority Code of 01.

 

But as I understand it, this means that it's a "dealer order" for their own "stock" even though it's "for me" as the dealer would say, they knew they would order this car, but since I gave them a deposit when it gets in it's mine. 

 

Trouble is, I am seeing/hearing/being told that Ford is currently prioritizing orders that are "Retail" since they are customer orders and not just dealer inventory, various folks have asked me to get my dealer to change the order from stock to retail. The dealer is in a small town, and when I ask they tell me it's "impossible" to change the order from Stock to Retail.  

 

Given that I have a priority code of 01, and the dealer either doesn't know how, or doesn't want to, should I even worry about this?  Anyone know if Ford is glossing over my order since they think it's for dealer stock or should I be happy and patient with my 01 priority?

 

Cheers,