$69k ADM markup on Lightning at Gary Smith Ford in Ft. Walton Beach,. FL 😱

[williams]

The Bronco and Lightning are very different vehicles. I wouldn’t assume the resale market will be the same.

Ive been in car sales/wholesale 15 years, ill take that bet. Anything rare or slow production people lose their minds trying to be the owner of it. Even the Fiesta had its day in the sun when they came to market it took 5 months from order to door because of where they were built and when the first ones were landing they were hot as fire. Raptors are nothing special, still pulling 20-30k over used. The new expeditions, you name it, you tell someone its going to take 1-2 years for an order an they will sell vital organs.

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[F150ROD]

Well it looks like they will end up getting the attention they wanted…… I wonder if Farley will give them a call

https://www.teslarati.com/ford-deal...-on-f-150-lightning-despite-corporate-orders/

 

[Paulightning]

Well it looks like they will end up getting the attention they wanted…… I wonder if Farley will give them a call

https://www.teslarati.com/ford-deal...-on-f-150-lightning-despite-corporate-orders/

They call it a Pro trim in the article, but it's a standard range Lariat with partitioned storage and floor liners.

 

[Regular150]

This website has literally driven people to Gary Smith Ford. Google analytics show "abnormally busy".

 

[ShirBlackspots]

I wonder if this is the dealer's way of preventing their mannequin from being sold?

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

This was just sent to me from a friend vacationing in Ft Walton Beach and saw it at Gary Smith Ford.

This is exactly why they're being phased out. Step by step, they dug their own graves.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40175990/ford-online-sales-no-negotiation/

 

[F150ROD]

Looks like someone received a phone call lmao

 

[PV2EV]

Looks like someone received a phone call lmao

So the dealer accidentally doubled the price and tripped and fell, slapping the sticker on it on the way down...

No doubt, the talking to did not go well for them.

 

[RDeFran]

Sure Mike, stay pumped! Going on two years on one of my Broncos since ordered, six months on a now two month old Lightning.

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

Blue window sticker. They can sell it for what they want after 6 months. I have no problem with ADM for abandoned orders (like possibly but not likely, Deleted member 9811 ) and mannequins on the dealer lot. I only have a problem with dealers adding ADM to custom orders where they had to do nothing to make the sale.

BTW, I'm sure Deleted member 9811, aka RugbySecondrow is lurking on these boards to see the reactions to his previous post...I'm just waiting for the 'new' member coming in to defend his previous posts

That little loophole is why dealers make fake orders and claim the customer's cancelled.

Although it doesn't hurt the person who ordered it expecting the original price, all those fake orders are why a lot of people weren't able to order in the first place.

 

[MickeyAO]

That little loophole is why dealers make fake orders and claim the customer's cancelled.

Although it doesn't hurt the person who ordered it expecting the original price, all those fake orders are why a lot of people weren't able to order in the first place.

You do know Deleted member 9811 never really had an order nor canceled it, right? Otherwise, he would have told us the dealership where he canceled (instead of 'none of your business)

Will there be cancelations? Of course, but I wouldn't claim they were from fake orders from dealerships. My understanding is Ford was checking for it.

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

You do know Deleted member 9811 never really had an order nor canceled it, right? Otherwise, he would have told us the dealership where he canceled (instead of 'none of your business)

Will there be cancelations? Of course, but I wouldn't claim they were from fake orders from dealerships. My understanding is Ford was checking for it.

One thing I know for sure that last year people said that until customer reservations were filled, dealers weren't really getting extras for inventory, yet my dealer had 50 just sitting on their lot.

The same thing happened this year with Broncos. They tweeted a video of their inventory of about a dozen Broncos, meanwhile there are customers in other cities who are waiting for a reservation to be filled.

Why would Ford give a dealer 50 cars for inventory while other customers were waiting months for their orders? My only guess is they created orders for fake customers so they would have inventory.

I was the 2nd person at that dealer to convert my reservation to an order. While I already know I won't be getting mine for months, I'll know if they created fake orders if I see any trucks on their lot for inventory.

I do know from their website that one of the 6 that are in transit is configured exactly like mine, an XLT 312A, so if nothing else they gave somebody who ordered later than me a better priority. If it ends up on the lot... it was a fake customer.

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