03/15 Build Week

[OCDoug]

Mine was 3/15 blend, 3/17 in production for another data point.

The regional Ford rep that I've been talking to said that they went and found my truck in particular to release it the other day. This came after I said that it was quite the coincidence that this happened within a week of placing my second order and verifying with my Driver's License. He's supposedly been "trying" to get my truck released for almost a month at this point, so I'm not sure if he's just taking credit or if that actually had an effect.

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[solarity]

Mine was 3/15 blend, 3/17 in production for another data point.

The regional Ford rep that I've been talking to said that they went and found my truck in particular to release it the other day. This came after I said that it was quite the coincidence that this happened within a week of placing my second order and verifying with my Driver's License. He's supposedly been "trying" to get my truck released for almost a month at this point, so I'm not sure if he's just taking credit or if that actually had an effect.

My wife asked me what I wanted for Father's day, I jokingly said my F-150 to be finished. When we saw it updated on Father's day she jokingly took credit. He deserves as much credit as my wife ;-)

 

[JoeBlowFord]

I had a 3/17 blend date so it looks like they skipped 3/18 trucks also.

3/18 blend. 3/20 in production.

Complete wild ass guess here, but if we assume that they might be working on vehicles based on their location in a lot, I could see these getting finished slightly out of the original build order.

One thing that could impact their location in a storage lot is whether or not they went offsite for a bed liner or anything else after coming off the line, but before going to storage. Those trucks could be sitting in a lot next to other trucks with production dates a week or more later.

 

[Sfortener]

Complete wild ass guess here, but if we assume that they might be working on vehicles based on their location in a lot, I could see these getting finished slightly out of the original build order.

One thing that could impact their location in a storage lot is whether or not they went offsite for a bed liner or anything else after coming off the line, but before going to storage. Those trucks could be sitting in a lot next to other trucks with production dates a week or more later.

Very good point. For those who opted to place a 2nd order, my dealer said that Ford is still working on processing the COVP orders from June 10th (this was the same update he was given last Wednesday also). Mine went through on the 11th, so I guess the waiting game continues on both fronts! Haha. I guess as long as my ‘99 F250 with almost 317,000 miles on it keeps going I’ll be alright.

 

[KiloWhiskey]

I really hope they focus hard on our weeks rigs. We have all been put on the back burner it seems. Glad things are moving though. Side note, a stealership here is marking up their rigs $5k+ over msrp. Bunch of scumbags ???

 

[xtraman122]

I really hope they focus hard on our weeks rigs. We have all been put on the back burner it seems. Glad things are moving though. Side note, a stealership here is marking up their rigs $5k+ over msrp. Bunch of scumbags ???

I still can't believe they get away with that crap. May father was at a Subaru dealer last night and they were marking every new car on their lot up by $4k. There's another dealer 20 miles away (Much bigger dealer as well) that isn't doing it though and said they think it's wrong to treat customers that way. They're not making any real deals off of MSRP, but at least sticking with the base MSRP and not doing any ridiculous markups.

 

[Foxtrot150]

Very good point. For those who opted to place a 2nd order, my dealer said that Ford is still working on processing the COVP orders from June 10th (this was the same update he was given last Wednesday also). Mine went through on the 11th, so I guess the waiting game continues on both fronts! Haha. I guess as long as my ‘99 F250 with almost 317,000 miles on it keeps going I’ll be alright.

May I ask what a COVP order is?

 

[Sfortener]

May I ask what a COVP order is?

Allegedly Ford was “encouraging” sales reps to have customer orders repeated for trucks that were in chip purgatory. My dealer had not heard of anything from ford corporate about this so I’m not sure of the validity. COVP, from what I can gather stands for Customer Order Verification Program. My dealer indicated this was a way for Ford to prioritize ACTUAL customer orders and ensure that dealers weren’t placing retail orders to increase their stock. It requires a signed order and a copy of ID.

 

[Foxtrot150]

Allegedly Ford was “encouraging” sales reps to have customer orders repeated for trucks that were in chip purgatory. My dealer had not heard of anything from ford corporate about this so I’m not sure of the validity. COVP, from what I can gather stands for Customer Order Verification Program. My dealer indicated this was a way for Ford to prioritize ACTUAL customer orders and ensure that dealers weren’t placing retail orders to increase their stock. It requires a signed order and a copy of ID.

Thanks for the clarification. Do you know if incentives were retained from original order?

 

[Sfortener]

Thanks for the clarification. Do you know if incentives were retained from original order?

I’m guessing that is going to be a dealer to dealer decision. I added a couple extra options onto my 2nd build, but was able to qualify for the 1,000 rebate and had a 2500 cash offer from ford that got applied so I think I ended up spending about $500 more for 4000 in additional options.

 

[Andy Met]

She's on her way now, finally

Ordered 2/15/21
Blend 3/14/21
In production 3/16/21
Shipped 6/21/21

 

[solarity]

My ETA got pushed back about 8 days:
","receiptDate":"2021-01-07","releaseDate":"2021-06-19","etaStartDate":"2021-07-13","etaEndDate":"2021-07-19","productionDate":"2021-03-19","shipmentDate":"2021-06-20",

 

[Sfortener]

Sounds like they are currently scheduling for the week of 8/16. My 2nd build is on the dealers “preview” today so they say it should get scheduled this week at some point. Sounds like it might end up being faster. Lol

 

[dgrizz]

I sure hope they're not screwing with me!
Still in production but ETA changed to 10 July, if this is a joke, I will need therapy!!

 

[JoeBlowFord]

I sure hope they're not screwing with me!
Still in production but ETA changed to 10 July, if this is a joke, I will need therapy!!

Fingers crossed, but you're right, that is weird. Most others have only had the ETA change when the status went to built. Yours doesn't show that.

Man, 9/18! Feel for you, buddy!

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