Drop ship is an agreement worked out between the selling dealer and the dealer agreing to receive the order and prep it for delivery. Dealers don't have to accept drop ships. I've sold several members here Raptors. I have dropped shipped 3 and the fee was $300 for each one's. I typically call a few dealers in the area to see who will and what their cost is.
I've had dealers in a few areas quote me as high as $1,500 because it was a Raptor.
We don't lose allocation when we do this. We sell the truck and do all of the paperwork and licensing. The dealer the vehicle gets drop shipped to just simply receives the unit, does a new car check over and service and then cleans it for delivery.
I get all of the paperwork and payment handled just before the truck arrives. That was as quickly as the dealer can get the unit prepped the customer can go in with their ID and pick it up.
