I always loved to hear we took the risk line. I went into a dealership for a car that wasn't in showroom. Go see your dealer. I did. 12-15k over sticker. I looked puzzled. Then I asked. What is that for? Yeah we take the risk to hold inventory. Sometimes we have to sell down and take losses at the end of the year. Oh. I should pay you to order the car that I plan on paying for in cash myself because you took the risk to order it from a cash buyer. They also wanted a non refundable deposit of what is called the ADM. More than anything I was considering buying a Crossfire. That was shameful enough to walk into the dealer looking back.
From that point on I found salespeople that would order the car I wanted. Never was it in stock. Deliver it to my home or work. Pretty much don't talk to me. The model is that bad. Again for me. I don't like the dealership experience.
Why one would want to get into a twitter spat is beyond me. Especially in a professional setting. For everyone at the company saying yeah you told them. There are many snickering calling you a moron. It's like a twitter stamp on your forehead. Everyone at the next company you work for know you as the Ford guy that got in a fight with Elon's army.
But... this is all true. Dealers do take risk, they sometimes take losses, which is why some try to make quick profits by marking up rare cars. You don't have to pay it. You can order the car and you won't have to pay ADM (see caveat below). And you'll wait six months. The ADM is the "buy it now" price at a particular dealership. If you don't want to pay it, look for another dealer that isn't tacking it on - they exist.
The one area where I think MME shoppers have a definite gripe is when they ordered the car and the dealer did not indicate an ADM at that time, and then the dealer tries to stick people at the point of purchase. Ford absolutely should be cracking down on this and allowing people to move their orders to a different dealership.