[AvgJoe]

. . . is it when I convert my reservation into an order? Or when I show up to sign the paperwork and pickup the truck?

 

[GDN]

You need to ask your dealer before you place your order. If they tell you they are adding ADM then move to another dealer BEFORE you place your order. The fine folks at the Ford 800 number can move you to another dealership.

Get the No ADM in writing.

 

[jodgey]

Isn’t there a purchase agreement that you can sign with your dealer when you place your order?

 

[Voltz]

Isn’t there a purchase agreement that you can sign with your dealer when you place your order?

I placed the order at a dealer who has a policy not to offer purchase agreements on any special orders. They did print the online order summary when they accepted the order. They assured me verbally more than once that they will not charge ADM on ordered vehicles. I'm not going to worry about it. I won't pay it. I realize that abandoned orders are the dealer's dream with almost any vehicle these days, especially Lightnings. If it comes down to it, I will have done them a favor, and myself one by learning their business ethics.

 

[AB852]

Isn’t there a purchase agreement that you can sign with your dealer when you place your order?

You, the buyer, signs it. Usually the dealers won’t sign these, therefore it’s not a mutual agreement.

 

[bmcons]

I have a sales / purchase order signed by me and the dealer. I assume that makes it mutual, so hoping they will keep to that.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Isn’t there a purchase agreement that you can sign with your dealer when you place your order?

Yes, it's called a buyer's order. It is a normal instrument for dealers to provide to customers. I have a signed buyer's order from my dealer. Many reputable dealers will tell you that if your dealer won't provide this, it's time to find another dealer. You will hear that repeatedly in videos from Long MacArthur Ford and Town and Country Ford on YouTube, too.

 

[Busted]

You, the buyer, signs it. Usually the dealers won’t sign these, therefore it’s not a mutual agreement.

That is just wrong, though the words in it matter to how binding it is on the parties.

A contract is a agreement between consenting parties which requires offer, acceptance, and consideration.*

A purchase agreement is a contract (of adhesion) in that the dealer made the offer (that written document that probably says "agreement" at the top), the purchaser's signature below the line that says "I agree..." is acceptance. So long as there is consideration, like money in exchange for a vehicle, that makes it a contract.*

BEWARE! It probably says the dealer has the right to change the terms of the contract, but that doesn't mean it is not a contract.

It would be very hard to argue in court that the document the dealer printed as a "contract of adhesion" and handed to the buyer after a negotiation and verbal agreement was not an offer, with an intent to enter into a binding contract.*

Granted, there are eight defenses to contract,* but that agreement is a contract on the part of dealer.*

*this is not intended as legal advice, but only an opinion, though absolutely correct, by some yahoo on a truck forum.

 

[ChasingCoral]

You, the buyer, signs it. Usually the dealers won’t sign these, therefore it’s not a mutual agreement.

Buyer's orders are signed by the dealer. If your dealer won't sign one, find another dealer.