To all who think they have an order

[brands5.0]

Well you guys were right The dealer i had the deal with decied it was two much trouble to go thru to move just 2 cars so he gave me and the other guy his money back and told us to call some other guy in the area in the bigger cities... Really suck i guess ill just waite and see what happens when they come out 10k over is a bit much

 

[MarSaleenMustan]

So in the last 16 months I have purchased 2 Mustang GTs. from a dealer here in Vegas. They were very good sales paid a bit less than sticker for both, we seem to have a glut of GTs here in town. I have called that dealer Friendly Ford, also Team Ford, Ford Country and Gaudin Ford. I just called all of them again today and yesterday once pretending to be a new customer and then the other times giving my real name and talking to sales people that I have in the past. All three of them said the same thing, there is no order placement for the GT500 yet, they have no pricing and will not even try to force an order through. I informed them of this site and the order guide the response again to a dealer was the same. Thats great it is just that a guide we can not order something from a guide that has no prices to us yet. They did all say they have no idea what the allotment would be or if it would go for over MSRP or for how much.

To add to this some cali dealers
Raceway Ford in Riverside--- no idea either or order taking

Fairview Ford San Bernadino No idea or info or order taking


NOW HERE IS THE KICKER from what many of you say is the largest Ford dealer GALPIN, Debra Marin 818-756-5980, She said they are only taking names and numbers and will contact people when they have more info. They have ZERO price info or allotment, she refused an offer for a deposit to make a better place in line for me.

So who is full of crap?? It seems there are a ton of dishonorable dealers out there, if so many of you have ordered from them. Several of the dealers I called said they would not consider taking someones deposit because it is unfair to hold someones money when they have no clue as to what when or how to order something.

Do I want one? heck yes but it seems to me many of you have been fed a line of bull and fell for it.

Even more of an update from Danny Brown at Dale Jarrett Ford in Charlotte 704-261-1069.
They have no idea how many they are getting. They have a list of over 400 people. When they get them they are planning on doing a silent auction for them. He said Ford in the last 2 weeks have changed numbers and may be producing over 10 thousand of the cars and that if the case is such then a silent auction may not be needed.

the only thing i can think of is the owner is ordering the car(s) him self and then auctioning them off or selling them at ridiculous prices, hence why they're saying YOU "cant" order, they've used up their orders if you will

 

[35thSC]

FWIW,
I got a call from my dealer in So. Cal. (good friends of mine) yesterday and was told they are getting 3. I am fotunate enough to be #2 on the list but was also told there is no firm MSRP yet so therefore they will not take my order. I was also told to plan on coming into the dealer in the beginning of May to place a down and pick the options (color, stripes and stereo basically) and expect delivery in mid August. So I'm still in until I getted priced out of the market, which won't take too long. We'll see.

 

[Silver Talon]

You can place orders now, but its just that, an order. No garentee or any price or even if it will be built. Not only does the dealership have to be able to get the car itself, but then you have what is called allocation. IE the availibility of being able to order a convertable with the interior upgrade package. They might not at that time(in ford) have the interiors in for the uprgraded vert interior, but can do the upgrade coupe interior. Same thing with wheels, stripes, stereos, and anything else that you can option. This fall when we found out we could order 06 F-150's supercrews with the 6.5 bed instead of the previous standard and only bed you could get which was a 5.5 foot bed. We ordered 3 when the orders system updated so we could order them, but we didnt have allocation for them so we finnaly got the first one last week, and we ordered it back in december i belive. But the other supercrews we ordered in december without the long bed, we had in 6 weeks. THAT is ALOT of the reason why 99% of the dealerships out there are saying they cannot order one yet, because what they put in the system could be something they will never see. When they 05 mustang gt's hit, that spring they ran out of 5-speed manual trannys. We could order all the stick gt's we wanted, but we were never going to see them, because there was no allocation for them. Pricing is also another issue why no one wants to order one yet, because they dont want the person they are ordering for, order it they way they want it and then not be able to afford it after they order a yellow with blue stripe targa top gt 500 auto. Nothing that anyone else would ever want.
At the delership I work at, we have a list, and when we get pricing and allocation tables, we will work out an agreed number and take deposits. If someone is willing to pay more for the 1 we will get, then we will take a deposit now and they can order what they want, keeping in mind it has to be something that ford is willing to build their way.
other dealerships are doing it different ways, and have every right to do so.