F150 price increase

Groover wrote:

mich800 wrote:

broark01 wrote:
Always look for the truck with your options (plus any additional) on the lot at the closest dealer before ordering and you will avoid all of this nonsense.

If they could find the exact truck on the lot why order?

Many years ago I calculated that it would take over 27 years to build one of every possible combination of options on a particular car. While some cars have gotten more standardized it seems that trucks have become less so and the probability of finding exactly what I want is slim to none. Also, my experience has been that since every dealer can order exactly what I want and they are competing only on price I have more leverage.

Besides, this really isn't about me getting what I want. The difference is only $60 and an option that I really don't need or want. That was just the back story on why I looked at prices before and after 1/1/2016 and noticed the increase in price. I just thought that some others might find the price increase interesting. Apparently Ford feels good enough about their sales of the F150 to risk a small price (and profit) increase. Some potential buyers may want to look for trucks made and priced before the increase. At least it seems to be only $500 on most trucks. As I recall, Chevy raised the price several thousand dollars after bragging about how small their price increase on the all new (was it 2014 models?) was. Maybe some investigative reported will find out more details on the price increases and give us a full run down on the story. Is pickuptrucks.com reading this? Also, maybe someone at Ford will agree with me that there should be a simpler way of matching what I built online to what the dealer needs to order.