Oh i definitely agree. But politics stay out of capitalism and it should. Greed of individuals creates this. As someone else said not all dealerships are doing this markup the greedy are. Sadly the majority that purchase from them won't notice or care and they the dealers will survive and thrive for now.
Which is why in the future if and or when I buy a new car or truck it will be through Granger.
I relate this to the great ammo shortage in 2013. I still remember which companies jacked up prices to take advantage of the situation and to this day I donāt buy from them. And I know many others that donāt as well. One of the great things that comes from the power of the internet is the ability to share info. We have dealers like granger that have moved an insane amount of Mach 1ās because of how they treat people and word of mouth on here. No reason we canāt have the same type of effect in reverse for dealers that inflate the prices due to lack of inventory.
I should have been more specific as this pertains to the manuals only.
Yeah, several members have pointed that out to me, I wasnāt aware of it until yesterday.
Except a cancelled car order is hardly considered an emergency. I feel for everyone that has been affected by this. Really, I get it. But at the end of the day itās just a car. No lives will be lost. We continue to lose our grip on reality.
For whatever itās worth I doubt there is a single Ford dealer that would go out of business if they stopped selling Mustangs. Same goes for Ford. If the Mustang ceased production tomorrow it would barely be a blip on the industries radar. Now if we were talking about F150ās that a whole different story.I relate this to the great ammo shortage in 2013. I still remember which companies jacked up prices to take advantage of the situation and to this day I donāt buy from them. And I know many others that donāt as well. One of the great things that comes from the power of the internet is the ability to share info. We have dealers like granger that have moved an insane amount of Mach 1ās because of how they treat people and word of mouth on here. No reason we canāt have the same type of effect in reverse for dealers that inflate the prices due to lack of inventory.
I donāt have a problem with dealers marking up cars generally speaking. They are free to do it but the flip side is we are free to not buy from them and encourage others to not buy as well. Obviously there will always be people that stroll in a buy a car there but if we can cost them a few bucks, I feel better
You really don't get it do you? It is not about the canceled orders my comment is directed at the inflated prices from some dealers.
Of course I get it. My comment referred to āprice gougingā which this is not. Itās just pure simple greed.
Iām only talking about dealers, not ford as a company. And I wasnāt suggesting to skip buying mustangs from certain dealers. Skip buying anything from those dealers! F150ās included.
as someone who lives in an area hit with many disasters the last yeah or two, screw those laws. They reduce the amount of emergency supplies that are available, by reducing the incentives for people to start hauling in massive amounts of supplies from out of state. As for people who need water the day after a hurricane, they're idiots, and I have no sympathy if they have to pay a lot more.
Zach, I have a question about the GT500s that got cancelled. Since you have very limited allocations, do the cancelled 21 GT500 orders take precedence for your 22 allocations? Or does Ford just roll the cancelled 21 allocations over to 22? What Iām wondering is say youāre getting 4 GT500 allocations for 22 and one existing 21 order got cancelledā¦. Does the cancelled 21 guy get one of those four 22 allocations leaving you with just 3 for your hand raisers? Or would you end up with five 22 allocations in this hypothetical case?
So we didn't get any 2021 GT500s cancelled. But in the note Ford sent us, if a 2021 got cancelled, then the dealer would receive an extra 2022. Especially because a lot of dealers only receive 1 GT500 a year, it would be a tough deal to get your only 1 cancelled. I believe they are going to try to prioritize those orders as well. But it's not an automated thing. The dealer will need to re-enter the order for 2022.