Ok guys, my dealer is still telling me he can't order a 2017 yet. It is appears to me that many of you have ordered. Have you been able to order the 250 yet? I know the F-450 was scheduled to be ordered first for some odd reason.
Thanks for the help.
Dustin

 

You might need to find a new dealer. My salesman has told me - I'm ready when you are.

 

Roger that. Thanks

 

Talked to another dealer and got the exact same response as the first. Maybe it's our area?

 

Same thing. I was told No go yet for South Texas area. I'm going to put a tent outside the door of the dealer like Black Friday....LOL

 

Ordered a 350 today. Could have yesterday but waited to review.

 

Yea my dealership swears they can't order. On more than one occasion he's promised me that I'd get the first order they put in. But I am keeping him tightened up!

 

Ordered a 250 today.

 

I hear ya Daaaaan....but when you say "Ordered"...is it sitting in the computer like I mentioned above....or did they actually press the magic button and send the order through??? Just curious as I was told computer won't let orders go yet. Good luck to you if you did. Can't wait !!

 

The actual order was placed and received a confirm from Ford it was received. Are they ordering it priority 20?
The process as I understand it:

Dealer orders
Ford responds saying received
Time goes by as all these pending orders sit out there, then Ford pulls orders by some logic
Trucks start rolling down the line

Ford builds similar groups of trucks in batches, so just because you were the first to order, and your ordered something very unique, you may wait a while when somebody who just ordered a common build, gets built before you

 

Thanks. I'll check tomorrow on the priority 20. I'm taking my car in for oil change and try to order in the morning. Have a good one.

 

As Dan pointed out, it needs to be placed as a stock order as opposed to a sold/retail order. Ford isn't allowing retail orders until all the dealer stock orders are filled. So, basically, they dealer has to order it like it's being built to be put on their lot. They then just order it to your specs and sell it to you rather than putting it on the lot when it comes in. It's a well known work around for Ford's rules.

 

Hey guys, need some feedback.


I had gone to my local dealership this am and built out the truck I want to order, they say they aren't allowed to actually place the order until they get a stock allocation. That part makes sense I guess, but I have no idea.


I am on X-Plan. What didn't make sense is that they only want only wanted to talk Retail numbers and would not give me the total based on invoice. They went on to say that I would not know the actual invoice amount (or X-Plan amount) until they actually start physically building the truck.


For some reason that sounds fishy to me - how does someone commit to ordering a $70+k truck without knowing the price they'll pay. They said that working up the numbers based on the invoice pricing to give me a better ballpark was "frowned upon".


Am I crazy and this is just how it works? First time ordering and not buying off of the lot.

 

Sounds like your dealer just doesn't want to work with you. He is feeding you crap. Go somewhere else.

They can submit the order when the system is ready. It won't be built until they get allocation. They can tell you the invoice or x-plan price now as pricing is available.

You're not crazy, they are just being lazy.

 

Thanks for the feedback, I figured that was the case.