$950 Below Invoice Continues!
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I would like to buy a 2004 or 2005 E-350 (when they become available) this year. What prices do you have on vans? 
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shipping to Alaska?
Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
I don't have prices on the '05s yet, but we'll be doing them the same as the '04s: Invoice less $200, less any rebates. Econolines take FOREVER to get, though. Be prepared for 10-12 week order time. If you need an exact price, just e-mail me your specs and I'll price it out for you.
$200 less then invoice sounds fantastic for an Econoline. I am in a similiar situation as Hawaiian style (I live in Alaska). So is it possible to ship one up here? Drop shipping goes through a local Alaskan Ford dealer? Or can you ship directly to me? How does shipping work?
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Jeff,
Any chance I can send you an email with my F250 build to compare the price I paid with the price I could get from your dealership. I'm stationed in Japan and bought an 04 F250 4wd XLT PSD CC, pretty much loaded from Military Car Sales, who guarantee the lowest costs. Walked out at 37K At this point I'm looking for the best deal, as I am also planning on pimping it out texas style with Ranch-hand accessories out of Austin Texas at $2500; Head ache rack, wheel to wheel nerf bars, Front and rear bumber replacements. I've already got the preapproved certifcates from 2 banks..thanks
Any chance I can send you an email with my F250 build to compare the price I paid with the price I could get from your dealership. I'm stationed in Japan and bought an 04 F250 4wd XLT PSD CC, pretty much loaded from Military Car Sales, who guarantee the lowest costs. Walked out at 37K At this point I'm looking for the best deal, as I am also planning on pimping it out texas style with Ranch-hand accessories out of Austin Texas at $2500; Head ache rack, wheel to wheel nerf bars, Front and rear bumber replacements. I've already got the preapproved certifcates from 2 banks..thanks
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Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
It USED to be. X-Plan is now A-Plan plus 4%, plus $150. You can use your X-Plan with the FTE discount, so it would be X-Plan less $950. If you take delivery by April 30th, there's an additional $250 cash rebate for X-Plan buyers. If you've read ANY of my posts for the past month about this, you'll realize that a lot of dealers will try to pocket this rebate; if you're X-Plan, if you take delivery by April 30th, you get an extra $250. Period. No conditions (like having to finance with Ford Credit, etc...).
The dealer cannot charge you a "paperwork" fee for processing the sale, nor can they charge you for dealer prep, wash and wax, filling the tank, etc... All they can charge is X-Plan, sales tax, and the ACTUAL DMV fees to plate it. Nothing more.
The dealer cannot charge you a "paperwork" fee for processing the sale, nor can they charge you for dealer prep, wash and wax, filling the tank, etc... All they can charge is X-Plan, sales tax, and the ACTUAL DMV fees to plate it. Nothing more.
I just now bought my F-150 and take delivery tomorrow. This incentive was NEVER mentioned! Is it a customer or dealer incentive? I'm assuming from reading your posts that this would be one of those non-negotiabe deals after papers are signed. FYI, I did buy mine at X-Plan price. Should I ask them about it before I take delivery tomorrow?
Edit:
They also charged a processing / paperwork fee... argh...
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Did they just sell it to you at X-Plan price, or do you actually qualify for X-Plan benefits? In other words, did you give them a pin number? If you did, then you get the $250, and there should be NO paperwork fee! Ford is very explicit about this. As to the actual SELLING price, it's up to the dealer what they sell a vehicle for. It can be X-PLan, or $100 below X, or $1000 below X- I think you get the idea. I'd get this all straightened out before you take delivery.
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Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
Did they just sell it to you at X-Plan price, or do you actually qualify for X-Plan benefits? In other words, did you give them a pin number? If you did, then you get the $250, and there should be NO paperwork fee! Ford is very explicit about this. As to the actual SELLING price, it's up to the dealer what they sell a vehicle for. It can be X-PLan, or $100 below X, or $1000 below X- I think you get the idea. I'd get this all straightened out before you take delivery.
As a matter of fact, they told me I couldn't get the recent college graduate ($400) discount because I was doing the x-plan price.
Is there any kind of incentive number or anything I can reference about that $250 rebate? And I looked, they charged me a $50 documentation fee.
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College Grad is not compatible with X-Plan. As for the $250 rebate, tell them you had "someone" (not me!) "look it up in SmartVINCENT, and it's program number 1428." Tell it to them worded EXACTLY like that. That should put the fear of God in 'em. Just don't tell them where you got it from!
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Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
College Grad is not compatible with X-Plan. As for the $250 rebate, tell them you had "someone" (not me!) "look it up in SmartVINCENT, and it's program number 1428." Tell it to them worded EXACTLY like that. That should put the fear of God in 'em. Just don't tell them where you got it from!
Just one more thought: Are you sure it's not regional?
Because the finance guy showed me the screen that pops up on their computer that shows eligible incentives and rebates, and that wasn't on there. I also can't find it on Ford websites anywhere.
Oh, and I did 1.9% for 60 months, so is it compatable with that?
Thanks again!
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It's not regional, it's a national program. When they go into the SmartVINCENT program, they have to specify that it's a X-Plan sale. If they do the "retail" screen, it won't show an X-Plan rebate at all. It won't show on any public Ford websites, because X-Plan is considered a "private" rebate. And it is compatible with the 1.9% for 60 months. Trust me on this one: they're just one more dealer trying to pocket YOUR rebate. Don't let them get away with it!
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I was so glad that I had the info from Jeff when I went to finalize things with my truck. I don't know if you got my many thanks Jeff when I posted it a couple weeks ago. My salesman was playing dumb with the rebates available. I think he was a little blown away when I questioned their availability. He never asked where I got the info and I would have never said!!!!!!!!
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Mark,
I just closed on my F150 Screw last night. I was not aware of the $700 dealer incentive. I did get the $1000 rebate, $1000 retiree bonus, and $250 dealer cash. Could I have also reveived the $700? I know it is too late to go back, but they are actually telling me today there is a problem on their end getting the $1000 retiree bonus locked in.
Thanks,
Greg
I just closed on my F150 Screw last night. I was not aware of the $700 dealer incentive. I did get the $1000 rebate, $1000 retiree bonus, and $250 dealer cash. Could I have also reveived the $700? I know it is too late to go back, but they are actually telling me today there is a problem on their end getting the $1000 retiree bonus locked in.
Thanks,
Greg
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Mark,
I just closed on my F150 Screw last night. I was not aware of the $700 dealer incentive. I did get the $1000 rebate, $1000 retiree bonus, and $250 dealer cash. Could I have also reveived the $700? I know it is too late to go back, but they are actually telling me today there is a problem on their end getting the $1000 retiree bonus locked in.
Thanks,
Greg
I just closed on my F150 Screw last night. I was not aware of the $700 dealer incentive. I did get the $1000 rebate, $1000 retiree bonus, and $250 dealer cash. Could I have also reveived the $700? I know it is too late to go back, but they are actually telling me today there is a problem on their end getting the $1000 retiree bonus locked in.
Thanks,
Greg
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I talked to the dealer today and they said I do get the $250 incentive. So, when I go to pick it up, we'll work out how we handle it.
I didn't get any other incentives really, so my deal might not be as good as I thought.
They did do me 2 favors though... free drop in bedliner and my trade-in broke down on the way to trade it in, so they traded it in with a previously quoted value, ignoring the repairs needed.
So, basically just the X-plan, a decent trade in return, a free bedliner, and $250 customer cash. Well, and the financing of course.
I didn't get any other incentives really, so my deal might not be as good as I thought.
They did do me 2 favors though... free drop in bedliner and my trade-in broke down on the way to trade it in, so they traded it in with a previously quoted value, ignoring the repairs needed.
So, basically just the X-plan, a decent trade in return, a free bedliner, and $250 customer cash. Well, and the financing of course.
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Originally Posted by DW2455
Jeff; would this be availible on a ford ranger king cab 4x4 ? roughly what would a xlt model like this run ball park idea? Thanks