I'm looking for a couple of the largest dealers in Oregon if anyone knows them. I figured I would have a better chance of ordering and allocation at a bigger dealer.
This is pretty much the route I went and it seems to have worked so far. Damerow Ford in Beaverton is who I worked with and have been happy so far. Their whole sales pitch when I ordered on February 4th was they are one of the largest dealers in Oregon and move the most trucks. With that they get a larger allocation of trucks that get built. They started at MSRP but I got them to $2,500 below MSRP which a lot of other dealers in the Portland area refused to do.
Since then it seems to have paid off.
2/4 - Order
2/4 - Email from ford confirming order
3/4 - VIN and build date assigned
3/29 - Built
4/1 - Shipped
4/29 - ETA at dealer
From what I understand that’s an extremely quick turnaround these days for a new order. I don’t know how often their “high volume/allocation” sales pitch actually turns out to work for the average buyer but it did for me.
This is pretty much the route I went and it seems to have worked so far. Damerow Ford in Beaverton is who I worked with and have been happy so far. Their whole sales pitch when I ordered on February 4th was they are one of the largest dealers in Oregon and move the most trucks. With that they get a larger allocation of trucks that get built. They started at MSRP but I got them to $2,500 below MSRP which a lot of other dealers in the Portland area refused to do.
Since then it seems to have paid off.
2/4 - Order
2/4 - Email from ford confirming order
3/4 - VIN and build date assigned
3/29 - Built
4/1 - Shipped
4/29 - ETA at dealer
From what I understand that’s an extremely quick turnaround these days for a new order. I don’t know how often their “high volume/allocation” sales pitch actually turns out to work for the average buyer but it did for me.
I’m guessing that some of the bigger dealers in the area would be Landmark or maybe Courtesy Ford but didn’t actually physically visit to get an idea of each operation.
I ordered a XLT 301a Powerboost 6.5’ bed with the CoPilot 2.0 Assist and Tow Tech Package, both of which I was told would delay my order because of the chip shortage. Maybe not opting to the 302a package helped me squeak by.
