as for the ADM, I think any dealer can certainly conclude that with the large interest in this truck, that they have no problem leveraging that into more profits, I can't blame them. Yet, I also don't like it, but, it's their right. We don't have to buy anything, although someone right behind us may be willing to see that ADM as nothing more than the cost of doing business to get what they want. They may not have 'waited' in line for SO long, like us, to have the same aggravation.
My local dealer had it's only Mach-E back in January. The day I got my invitation to ORDER my Lightning, I walked into the dealership to have a quick chat with them. I noticed that the Mach-E had been moved from the front road-side grass area, to the side of the building, where it was plugged into their new Level 2 charger. I commented on the Mach-E and was happily told that they had just SOLD it, ONLINE, to an out-of-state buyer, who paid 10% ABOVE the MSRP, AND would also be paying a hefty price to have it SHIPPED to them, over 250 miles.
This may have been a previous customer order who decided not to complete the purchase, maybe because of the dealer's ADM, but, regardless, someone else was certainly willing.
I also had another dealer tell me, after I complained about my local dealer's ADM addition, that HE would purchase my Lightning, even with the additional ADM, so that he could then RESELL it on HIS dealer lot, since he has few, or maybe NO, allocations. That's crazy, but that's the reality.
People will spend what people are willing to spend. That is the pure definition of the 'value' of something. We don't like it, regardless.
It makes sense that some dealers are going to stick to their guns, at least for now.