Using two different $500 discount offers on one purchase.

[DecidedlySo]

Ford lists on their website a few different discounts available. For instance $500 off families of first responders and $500 off for members of the farmers bureau. Both of those I actually qualify for. I spoke to customer service first and they seemed to indicate there was no issue using both but that I speak to my dealer. When I inquired with my dealer about it they indicated they could only utilize one. I want to press a little bit to get them to look deeper but need more information to point to. Has anyone had any experience with this. I’m a little lost where I can go from here.

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[Gullzway]

It states on the terms of those offers:

"May not be used with other Ford/Lincoln private offers."

So I'm guessing probably not.

 

[JBryant]

Did the Farm Bureau offer end a few days ago, or is it still valid? My delivery date is around 3/21-3/26 and wondered if it was still valid or not.

 

[paneubert]

Did the Farm Bureau offer end a few days ago, or is it still valid? My delivery date is around 3/21-3/26 and wondered if it was still valid or not.

Each Farm Bureau certificate is good for the current year, usually expiring on January 2nd or 3rd or 4th or whatever is somewhere in the first week of January of the following year. For example the current one expires January 02, 2024.

 

[DecidedlySo]

Isn’t a discount offer difference than a private offer? I don’t currently have a private offer as I’m not a MY22 rollover.

 

[paneubert]

Isn’t a discount offer difference than a private offer? I don’t currently have a private offer as I’m not a MY22 rollover.

Yes, the private offer is separate and on top of any other discount/reduction via something like Farm Bureau or Student Program. Essentially you can only benefit from ONE of the $500 options, PLUS your private offer (if you had one, which you do not). The entire existance of the private offer is to compensate for not getting the 2022 model year, and the price of the 2023 model going up. This is why you (not you, but someone with a 22 to 23 Maverick private offer) can stack the 22 to 23 private offer with something more "generically available"/"easy to qualify for" like Farm Bureau or Student Program.

 

[KevCuRaoi]

Ford lists on their website a few different discounts available. For instance $500 off families of first responders and $500 off for members of the farmers bureau. Both of those I actually qualify for. I spoke to customer service first and they seemed to indicate there was no issue using both but that I speak to my dealer. When I inquired with my dealer about it they indicated they could only utilize one. I want to press a little bit to get them to look deeper but need more information to point to. Has anyone had any experience with this. I’m a little lost where I can go from here.

The dealer is correct. Farm Bureau and First Responder $500 are not "compatible" with each other / "stackable". You can't use both.

It is pretty simple on the dealer's end. They can select rebates/offers in smart vincent, and Ford tells which can be "bundled" together. These two cannot.

 

[commadorebob]

I think my dealership has a "none of the above" rebate as well because I got a $750 on mine and didn't qualify for any of them at the time.

 

[KevCuRaoi]

I think my dealership has a "none of the above" rebate as well because I got a $750 on mine and didn't qualify for any of them at the time.

The $750 one was probably some "direct offer".... basically Ford marketing throws private offers are different groups of people to encourage them to buy a Ford. Some may be for current Ford customers who haven't purchased a vehicle in a few years. Some are sent to non-Ford owners to try and get them to switch. Or what every reason someone decides, and then a computer algorithm figures out which people to send offers to!

 

[commadorebob]

The $750 one was probably some "direct offer".... basically Ford marketing throws private offers are different groups of people to encourage them to buy a Ford. Some may be for current Ford customers who haven't purchased a vehicle in a few years. Some are sent to non-Ford owners to try and get them to switch. Or what every reason someone decides, and then a computer algorithm figures out which people to send offers to!

Makes sense. I was two years out from buying the Escape. Maybe Ford figured I was a flight risk.

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