Who still does NOT have a scheduled date?

[NDanecker]

I went through this when ordering DDHC. Some people who ordered before me had their order built and shipped before mine was scheduled. Learned from an inside salesman that its all about the allocation and how the order is processed/entered. The dealer can either tie an allocation to the order or not. If not it sits until it gets picked up. Lots of dealers take orders but then do not burn an allocation to it, or don't have one to burn thus it sits there. Same truck. Same options. Different dealer. Way different delivery times. It makes sense so I trust what he said. Good luck!

 

[Raddonkey]

I went through this when ordering DDHC. Some people who ordered before me had their order built and shipped before mine was scheduled. Learned from an inside salesman that its all about the allocation and how the order is processed/entered. The dealer can either tie an allocation to the order or not. If not it sits until it gets picked up. Lots of dealers take orders but then do not burn an allocation to it, or don't have one to burn thus it sits there. Same truck. Same options. Different dealer. Way different delivery times. It makes sense so I trust what he said. Good luck!

There are no allocation for the RHO as it is SOLD orders only. It does not affect the dealer allocation when these are sold only, but it might if there was an inventory allocation. Right now most dealers are not even taking the complete allocation due to the inventory levels and slow sales. The car business is Much different than it was a year ago.

 

[SATX]

I went through this when ordering DDHC. Some people who ordered before me had their order built and shipped before mine was scheduled. Learned from an inside salesman that its all about the allocation and how the order is processed/entered. The dealer can either tie an allocation to the order or not. If not it sits until it gets picked up. Lots of dealers take orders but then do not burn an allocation to it, or don't have one to burn thus it sits there. Same truck. Same options. Different dealer. Way different delivery times. It makes sense so I trust what he said. Good luck!

Exactly - been warning everyone about build allocation for months. Fell on a lot of deaf ears and even got a few "you don't know what your talking about" comments. Dealers can order as many as they want for now (no order allocation) but unless Ram decides to build them all at once (which they wont) there will ALWAYS be build allocation (Ram deciding how many RHO each dealership is going to get). Can't conflate order allocation with build allocation.

 

[NDanecker]

There are no allocation for the RHO as it is SOLD orders only. It does not affect the dealer allocation when these are sold only, but it might if there was an inventory allocation. Right now most dealers are not even taking the complete allocation due to the inventory levels and slow sales. The car business is Much different than it was a year ago.

So you agree allocation plays a part. LOL

 

[yoda33073]

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You have a VIN and order number though, correct?

 

[yoda33073]

So you agree allocation plays a part. LOL

Mark Dodge has 62 RHOs on Shop Online either being built or sent out of the total 133. I think it comes down to "whatever Ram wants to build." They sold 440 RHOs, and 62 are on the way, 14%. One dealer in the whole country having 14% of all the trucks built doesn't sound like an allocation issue.

 

[SATX]

Mark Dodge has 62 RHOs on Shop Online either being built or sent out of the total 133. I think it comes down to "whatever Ram wants to build." They sold 440 RHOs, and 62 are on the way, 14%. One dealer in the whole country having 14% of all the trucks built doesn't sound like an allocation issue.

Ram builds what they want, then they decide who gets what. Not controversial, just common sense. The trucks don't get assigned to Mark Dodge by magic. The number 1 truck dealer in the country is going to do better than Bergstrom in Kaukauna WI.

 

[NDanecker]

Mark Dodge has 62 RHOs on Shop Online either being built or sent out of the total 133. I think it comes down to "whatever Ram wants to build." They sold 440 RHOs, and 62 are on the way, 14%. One dealer in the whole country having 14% of all the trucks built doesn't sound like an allocation issue.

I hear you but what happened to the other 86% sold orders, and why aren't they built or on the way? What are the ratios for other dealers and their sold-to-shipped status? Are these truly being bult round-robin? Unless we have all these metrics we are just guessing (which is fun to discuss as it makes the long wait more bearable HAHA).

One thing I feel sure about Stellantis is not throwing a dart at the board to which units get built and which ones hang out in purgatory. There is a formula and they are following it. We just don't know what it is, and I feel allocation (if tied to order or not) plays a large role along with other factors like part availability, etc.

 

[ZGentry]

What does your tracker currently show? Were you in D or D1 when you requested the change to L1?

My deal was kinda weird. My first order made it all the way to paint but then my dealer reached out saying the had to cancel my order and put in a new one because it slipped through the cracks and made it to production and it wasn’t supposed to. The new order they put in for me was showing D when I requested the change.

 

[RHOfan]

My deal was kinda weird. My first order made it all the way to paint but then my dealer reached out saying the had to cancel my order and put in a new one because it slipped through the cracks and made it to production and it wasn’t supposed to. The new order they put in for me was showing D when I requested the change.

It made it to production, but wasn’t supposed to? I thought that was the purpose of ordering a new vehicle…get it built, right? Or, am I missing something?

So, you’ve now had two orders that have made it to production…1st to paint, 2nd got started last week? Did the one that made it to paint get thrown out, or did it convert to another buyer’s order?

 

[Raddonkey]

So you agree allocation plays a part. LOL

No Not on RHO .. Allocation is for inventory orders. Sold orders do not count against inventory allocations. There are no inventory allocation on the RHO. It has to have a customer name attached to the order. There are some dealers that attach a "name" just to get them for inventory but it is frowned upon by the manufacturers.

 

[ZGentry]

It made it to production, but wasn’t supposed to? I thought that was the purpose of ordering a new vehicle…get it built, right? Or, am I missing something?

So, you’ve now had two orders that have made it to production…1st to paint, 2nd got started last week? Did the one that made it to paint get thrown out, or did it convert to another buyer’s order?

Yes they both made it to Production. 2 different VON and VIN numbers. Ram made the changes and cloned my original order and put in the 2nd order. I can still enter my old VON and see the order but it hasn’t made it any further on the tracker. They only told me it slipped through the crack. Not sure what that meant. My 2nd VON started with a CN. I don’t know if I’ve seen any other like that. Weird deal

 

[ICEACE89]

I’m just sitting in D status

Same

 

[ICEACE89]

5/3 nothing

 

[Joe86]

Few members on FB group started taking delivery of their vehicles.

 

[RHOfan]

Few members on FB group started taking delivery of their vehicles.

“That’s just great…that’s just f#cking great…what do we do now?”

Quote from Bill Paxton in Aliens…right after their transport back to the mother ship crashes. Kinda feels appropriate.