Asharus
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I would not worry about that date. It's my perception that date is simply when a DORA gets generated. It's only if the build date changes that it makes a difference in when you would see the car in the future. If your dealer has allocation, your order gets scheduled for a build week, and as the week approaches, the order gets submitted to the plant and you should have a specific build day. This is when the window sticker should be showing up.GAH! Son of a *)$!#... I just checked on cotus, and they updated my order alright... but now the order date went from the original date of 8/8/14 to 9/4/14. :(
Ah, that's good info, thanks... Now you have me wondering if my dealer has allocation and when the order is/was scheduled at all, heh.I would not worry about that date. It's my perception that date is simply when a DORA gets generated. It's only if the build date changes that it makes a difference in when you would see the car in the future. If your dealer has allocation, your order gets scheduled for a build week, and as the week approaches, the order gets submitted to the plant and you should have a specific build day. This is when the window sticker should be showing up.
Some of our Ford dealership people who post here can explain it more eloquently than I did.
The more I deal with this, the more I realize, you ARE lucky. :hail:I'm lucky, my contact at the dealer IS the inventory manager/internet sales manager. He's been great to work with.
Where on your print out did it say what type you are i cant find mines. but i see unit 001 could that be itMine is a priority 10 order type 1 . Isn't an order type 1 a retail order ? Either way it's all good . :ford:
Allocation doesn't really work that way. It's something they hand out as they go, not all up front. So, no they didn't have any allocation, and they still don't. When they get an allocation it's usually only 1-2 at a time, and then they take the highest priority order for the dealer that matches the parts that are available on hand. For instance, if they have a shortage of V6 motors and you're the highest priority order at the dealer but have a V6, they'll skip over your order and pick the next one in line that meets all criteria.Ah, that's good info, thanks... Now you have me wondering if my dealer has allocation and when the order is/was scheduled at all, heh.
The more I deal with this, the more I realize, you ARE lucky. :hail:
:bolt:With fold down seats that shouldnt be an issue anyway.
Not to my knowledge. I was hearing about allocation from my dealer even when my order was still a retail order. It just happened that one of the requirements of the early allocations that they were order type 2. That will be opened up to order type 1 next week I believe, or Job 2.This is only for dealer stock orders correct? A customer order is independent of allocation.
I think the allocation doesn't distinguish necessarily. Only if there's a certain criteria placed on the allocation.What I mean is if a dealer doesn't have allocation for a stock order, a retail order can still be allocated to them since its a sold order.

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