The official boycott ADM thread

[Purvis]

“Fair market value”

It has (or at least should have) no relevencey to new cars. For new cars, the manufacturer sets the price. If dealers decide to ignore the pricing, for Ford at least, dealers can do what ever they want. At the end of the day, only FORD loses. Most Customers walk and go elsewhere. Eventually the dealer finds a sucker to pay their ridiculous number. In the end, alot less FORD units are sold.. and the stock price continues to plumit.

And EVERONE gets pissed off in the process (except maybe the dealer who makes out with selling less cars, but at a higher markup).

 

[Purvis]

this thread makes me laugh.

KBB calculates their pricing based on analyzing transactions, not MSRP.
It does not change the transaction price and anyone buying at fair market value can also sell at fair market value thereby nobody is throwing money away

Your logic is questionable. This holds true For lame ducks trying to simply flip the cars in a very short period. But for enthusiasts interested in keeping their cars, its doesnt hold true at all. The artificially inflated prices are a flash in the pan and
Last for just a matter of months. A year at best. Meanwhile, for an owner that paid ADM and keeps the car for 3-5 years, that owner will NEVER get that adm back. Its simply gone. And if you are making paymnets on a car with ADM,
You will be deeply underwater after just a matter of months.

 

[LostM]

Thats possible. I may not be the first to get one. Yes, it could easily stretch into the second year. But who cares? Better to wait a bit and not pay the adm!

I put money down on one tonight actually. For MSRP. Have my sales slip for the “dealers list” and i know my place in line. It was the second dealer i went to that was promising me MSRP tonight.


I was patient when i tried to buy an 07. Refused to pay over sticker and got an 08 half way through the year at msrp. It will happen if you are patient.

and then everyone in the dealership stood up and clapped

“Fair market value”

It has (or at least should have) no relevencey to new cars. For new cars, the manufacturer sets the price. If dealers decide to ignore the pricing, for Ford at least, dealers can do what ever they want. At the end of the day, only FORD loses. Most Customers walk and go elsewhere. Eventually the dealer finds a sucker to pay their ridiculous number. In the end, alot less FORD units are sold.. and the stock price continues to plumit.

And EVERONE gets pissed off in the process (except maybe the dealer who makes out with selling less cars, but at a higher markup).

if the demands outnumbers supply, price goes up, at least in America.. for a while longer anyways. elementary school economics people

 

[Purvis]

and then everyone in the dealership stood up and clapped




if the demands outnumbers supply, price goes up, at least in America.. for a while longer anyways. elementary school economics people

We have been through this a few times now, and there is no question that Ford always builds the GT500 to meet demand. Some dealers try to artificially create their own scarcity, which is unfortunate, and not the way the system was intended to work.

But like others have said, the dealers can do whatever they want..

Right up until the point where you walk into a ford dealership, and ford has no cars left to sell and just has SUVs..