JustinB
Well-Known Member
A couple of thoughts about some of your questions...
(This is kinda long by the way, so I apologize up front!)
First off: I'm new to the Jeep ordering world too, and there is a post here on the forum that spells out the whole process of ordering a new Wrangler, and all of the different terms and stages your order will go through, (and how long they may, or may not take), that I found incredibly helpful, and I highly recommend looking at it!
Here's the link to that post: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...er-build-tracking-and-delivery-process.54344/
Second: The comment about your dealer adding your name to the order could absolutely help, at least based on my experience.
I talk about my situation/experience a bit in post # 86 and post # 90 in this thread if you're interested in more of the back story. But basically, when my first dealer was told there was no way to add an important (to me) option that I had somehow missed on my first order, because the VIN had already been issued, he agreed to let me out of the order if I wanted. While trying to decide what to do, I went looking for a local dealer with an open allocation to see if there were any left available. I called several dealerships, and none had an "available" open allocation, but I did find a local dealer who had received, I think it was 3 total allocations, and if I recall correctly, only one was a customers order. The other two he had ordered as inventory to sell when they arrived. His non-customer ordered cars had not yet been issued Vins despite ordering them very early on. (11-20-20)
He thought that we could possibly reconfigure one of his unsold allocations that had already been submitted, but he suggested I decide whether or not try, really, really fast, because like my first dealer had experienced, once the vins are issued they will not accept any changes.
To your point.. He also told me that customer orders are typically prioritized over dealer orders, and that was likely why the other two had not yet been issued Vins. But he was hopeful that once we changed the order to my name, it might get bumped up and be accepted quickly, and still be issued a VIN relatively quickly too. Which is exactly what happened.
Your experience may vary of course, and I am by no means an authority on any of this, but I at least wanted to share my experience up to this point, and maybe give you some hope that yours might progress faster now too.
Good luck, and feel free to ask if you have any other questions about my order!
-Rob
A couple of thoughts about some of your questions...
(This is kinda long by the way, so I apologize up front!)
First off: I'm new to the Jeep ordering world too, and there is a post here on the forum that spells out the whole process of ordering a new Wrangler, and all of the different terms and stages your order will go through, (and how long they may, or may not take), that I found incredibly helpful, and I highly recommend looking at it!
Here's the link to that post: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...er-build-tracking-and-delivery-process.54344/
Second: The comment about your dealer adding your name to the order could absolutely help, at least based on my experience.
I talk about my situation/experience a bit in post # 86 and post # 90 in this thread if you're interested in more of the back story. But basically, when my first dealer was told there was no way to add an important (to me) option that I had somehow missed on my first order, because the VIN had already been issued, he agreed to let me out of the order if I wanted. While trying to decide what to do, I went looking for a local dealer with an open allocation to see if there were any left available. I called several dealerships, and none had an "available" open allocation, but I did find a local dealer who had received, I think it was 3 total allocations, and if I recall correctly, only one was a customers order. The other two he had ordered as inventory to sell when they arrived. His non-customer ordered cars had not yet been issued Vins despite ordering them very early on. (11-20-20)
He thought that we could possibly reconfigure one of his unsold allocations that had already been submitted, but he suggested I decide whether or not try, really, really fast, because like my first dealer had experienced, once the vins are issued they will not accept any changes.
To your point.. He also told me that customer orders are typically prioritized over dealer orders, and that was likely why the other two had not yet been issued Vins. But he was hopeful that once we changed the order to my name, it might get bumped up and be accepted quickly, and still be issued a VIN relatively quickly too. Which is exactly what happened.
Your experience may vary of course, and I am by no means an authority on any of this, but I at least wanted to share my experience up to this point, and maybe give you some hope that yours might progress faster now too.
Good luck, and feel free to ask if you have any other questions about my order!
-Rob
Thank You Very Much, Rob for your very insightful response!!!
Reading thru the link you shared it reads:
"The dealer may show/give you a Configuration Preview sheet as you work through options and pricing. This is not the POC. You will see a Build Priority of 99 on it. On the POC you will see a Build Priority of 01 which means the order was submitted, the computer accepted it, there were no errors on the order and it is now in D status."
This is ~kinda~ where I'm at. My POC Build Priority went from 99 to 01; however, my Status did not go from BX to D. Per the article, once the Status becomes D the dealership (thus me) have little control over the schedule, but at least it has the next step 'Green Light' with Jeep. Referencing my initial comment/question this here is an example, this is where I wonder if there's another step my dealership should be acting on to get me to D?
Also, the dealership and I went thru all the options I'd like; however, they are not discussing price until more is known on pricing and they are not accepting a deposit from me until a price is known, which is understandable in my mind, UNLESS this is a contributing factor preventing me from getting to D status. I've asked several times if they'd like a deposit, but they do not.
The article also mentions to ask for a VIN within 5 working days of receiving the VON. I have not done that, but I'd think the dealership should just know to do that if it helps in getting Jeep's eyes on my order. Or again, maybe Jeep's eyes are elsewhere until my dealership performs some action to get my POC Status to D?
Do you (or anyone) know which entity (Dealership or Jeep) is responsible for the BX to D transition?
I want to email my dealership today inquiring on some of this, but I also want to caution myself as I don't want to be a pest or have them think "Who Is This Guy?" getting into the weeds of their business practices.
(Now with that said, my dealership has truly been AWESOME!!! I'm very very grateful they are even offering me their only 392 allocation. And once this is all done & said w/keys in hand I'm going to do something really nice for the 2 sales people who have helped me thru all this. I suspect I'll have a little time to figure that out though.)
Thank you again, Rob.
Have a Great Day!
~justin
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