Maverick Resale Restriction by Dealer

[GPSMan]

It's a joke folks. But sure ruffled some feathers here.

No contract is going to have that much white out. I don't mean the redacted parts. I mean the honest to gawd physical white-out under the ink pen.

It's a mock-up.

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[TGTBTU]

Now, the dealers will need to hire and train a Gestapo-like team to enforce these contracts. What's going on in this world?

 

[Meverick]

This is similar to an agreement that some Lightning buyers were asked to sign. Key word, AGREEMENT. Don't sign it unless you can abide by it. Dealers have the final authority in pricing and sales agreements by virtue of their franchise selling agreements with Ford.

OTOH, the first page of the agreement as presented is hardly enough to make a judgement as to whether it is being required of current Maverick buyers.

 

[BDennis]

Not enforceable.

See the comment just before your reply. It appears Ford has won this type of restriction in court before. I like the idea, as too many of the Mavericks have been purchased with sole intent to flip. I would prefer those who ordered be people who actually want to own one.

 

[BDennis]

Great answer. You are my kind of lawyer - straight and to the point.

Doubt the court would invalidate on “duress” Saying the only way to purchase is to sign the agreement still allows you to walk away and purchase a different vehicle.

 

[BuddyS]

I'd sign it, buy it, and then out the name of this scumbag dealership. How they think they can dictate the will of the free market is insane. Sure, FORD might have had some enforceable policies on the GT and other vehicles, but that's FORD -- not some podunk dealership. Plus, I suspect any court would laugh at the idea of a vehicle made by the 10s of thousands being some sort of limited availably asset -- hell, by the time something like this went to court you'd probably be able to walk out into the jurors parking lot and point out 1 or 2 mavericks.

A dealer isn't going to pay their lawyer a couple hundred bucks an hour to try and recover what -- maybe $2K? -- from a customer, and risk all that bad PR and attention.

 

[Rockingchair]

Perhaps its a dealers way to have the buyer walk so they can sell it with a fat ADM

 

[Ross]

I picked up my MY22 rollover order on Friday last week. I didn't have to sign anything like that. Seems like dealer shenanigans.

 

[redskins5]

Not a lawyer, But bet this would not stand up in court. Its kind of like when you get the extra $1000.00 rebate when financing the vehicle thru ford credit the dealer says you cannot refinance until after the first payment. I have done that many times. They would have to take you to court and there in't any Jury in the nation that would side ith the dealership on this.

 

[New2AZ]

It's a friggin Maverick. It's not like you're John Cena trying to flip a limited edition GT too soon. Dealers are the worst.

 

[CTYankee]

This is not like the other no-flip agreements on low-volume vehicles. For the Ford GT and other similar models, people had to apply to be selected to purchase one and the no-flip clause was included in the deal. None of those included a cash grab by Ford.

If a judge would enforce this dealer-level agreement, then we have truly become an oligarchical society.

 

[FabMav]

It's a joke folks. But sure ruffled some feathers here.

No contract is going to have that much white out. I don't mean the redacted parts. I mean the honest to gawd physical white-out under the ink pen.

It's a mock-up.

@GPSMan
I assure you this was NOT a mockup. The dealership did not have a Restriction Form specifically for the Maverick (no surprise there) and took what looked like a Bronco form and used white out to change it to Maverick.

Had the dealership asked my friend to sign it when he ordered his Maverick in ‘22 that would be more like what we’ve seen with the Lightning and GT. But to produce this right when the vehicle is ready to be picked up doesn’t seem right (especially on top of his long wait).

 

[GPSMan]

Seems way sketchy.

But again, how are they going to know?

 

[Barksdale123]

My friend picked up his '23 rolled over '22 Maverick today and was told he must sign a Resale Restrictions Form to get the truck he ordered. I didn't when I picked up my '22. Has anyone else experienced the same this year?

The restriction is he can't sell for a year, and if he does and gets over MSRP he must give that extra $$ back to the dealer. And he must give 30 days notice to the dealer if he decides to sell before the year is up, and the dealer has first right of refusal to purchase it.

I've heard of a similar restriction on popular vehicles, but not on the Maverick until now. I've attached a redacted copy of the document he had to sign.

Once its yours its yours. Thats unreasonable, not even sure if enforceable. I know they put deed restrictions on property, but that?

 

[bighap]

I had to sign one when placing one of my 2023 orders. 1 year agreement not to sell unless it's back to the dealer.

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