What do you make of this? Removed a constraint item and the price for other options went up

[Maverick2023]

I removed a constraint item and the price for other options went up due to the price increase. Ordered mine on 10/21. I thought my order was price protected. Contacted my dealer and asked why and was shown this statement. What do you interpret it as?

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[Spook]

In Poland that is called a Ripoffski. Please let everyone know the name of the dealer.

 

[bombast]

You changed the order receipt date, thus price protection go bye-bye. Or at least that's how I'm reading it.

 

[LookingForAMav]

I removed a constraint item and the price for other options went up due to the price increase. Ordered mine on 10/21. I thought my order was price protected. Contacted my dealer and asked why and was shown this statement. What do you interpret it as?

It looks like they are saying that the receipt date changed. Did they explain why that date changed? What constraint item did you have removed?

Update: If I understand your signature correctly, you changed from a hybrid to an EB which as spexmaverick says in the next post would reset the date.

 

[spexmaverick]

The fordvideoguy talked about this. I think that by changing from the Hybrid to the EB, its like resetting the clock.

I guess it may help by bumping up the build date to an EB and getting a truck earlier than by waiting for the Hybrid, but from what I understand the prices in effect at the time of the change apply.

 

[Maverick2023]

I ordered EB and hybrid from different dealers. Only remove spray in bed liner

 

[LookingForAMav]

I ordered EB and hybrid from different dealers. Only remove spray in bed liner

Nothing I have heard has said that just removing the SIBL would change the order date.
You can chose which way the dealer is doing this wrong.(ignorance, just messed up, being dishonest or ....)

 

[Edogg1]

What do you make of this?

 

[Yellow Rhino]

If I ordered a 12 ounce hamburger, but then decide to change the order to remove the bun, condiments, and lettuce, and change the meat to 12 ounce waygu beef, is that the same order?
I read it as, you changed the order because it's a constraint that you didn't want to wait for, and to me therefore, is a new order. Does it go under the same date? Probably not. I would assume it's a new date and therefore falls under new pricing. Just my opinion.

 

[atomguy245]

Another reason to ignore Ford and keep your order as is.

 

[pa-outdoorsman]

According to @fordvideoguy, the only things that will reset your order date are changing the engine type or changing trim level (moving from XLT to Lariat or XL). Otherwise you are free to make option changes, color changes, etc., without changing your original order date.

If I were you I would follow up with the dealer and if you aren't satisfied with the outcome call the Ford complaint line.

 

[Maverick2023]

If I were you I would follow up with the dealer and if you aren't satisfied with the outcome call the Ford complaint line.

Per Ford's customer hotline, all Ford dealerships are independently owned, therefore, Ford can't do nothing about it.

 

[pa-outdoorsman]

Per Ford's customer hotline, all Ford dealerships are independently owned, therefore, Ford can't do nothing about it.

That's not true. There was another case on this forum where a customer had agreed on a price and then the dealer tried to change it when the truck arrived. Ford intervened and the truck was sold to the customer at original MSRP.

If your order date was in fact changed, you may be out of luck. However, if all you changed was a bed liner, turn I don't believe it was changed. You are price protected and you ought to demand it. If your dealer is ignorant of the order process and how to be reimbursed by Ford for the price protected difference that's bad on them.

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