states with sales tax will still get you as you have to license the vehicle in the state your are a resident.
I drove 3 hours to Oklahoma City to get one in shelter green at MSRP. Dealers in my area either didn’t have the color, told me “I can sell this for 15k over MSRP all day long” - bratty “sales manager” son of the dealership owner of Grapevine Ford.
I smile when sales managers and salesmen who are trying to control the sales transaction tell you they can gouge you for more than MSRP and sell it all day long, yet there it is. Ask to see their paperwork when it was delivered and find out how long it has been sitting there. Usually it didn't arrive yesterday. Now you can tell them, "You know, I've been wondering why there has been a total eclipse of the sun over your dealership for weeks." I had one sales manager tell me just two years ago that worn out 1980s cliche " I'm gonna earn your business." So I told him to start earning it because he wasn't there yet, after trying to lowball my wife's trade by $2500.
You know that old song, you got to know when to walk, when to run?
Do the best you can on the deal, but don’t hesitate… best truck I’ve ever owned. ALL THE FUN…
There is a 24 listed near me with 19k and Shelter Green with tonneau cover. Looks brand new. Garner NC on FB Marketplace
This is the exact issue I run into with every local dealer. start at 58k. end at 66k or so not including all the closing costs.
Depends how desperate you are, especially when you can cut a deal out of State, have it shipped to your door, or go get it and drive it back, and still come out ahead financially. State sales tax is unavoidable, except if you live in Montana or other no tax States. I paid zero South Dakota sales tax and the Kansas personal property tax was the out the door price, less my trade, plus tags. Still came out ahead. Why did I not buy it here? Couldn't get the color and package. After two dealers and five months of trying unsuccessfully to get another dealer to trade with them while watching my 2021 F150 depreciate, and discovering the 2026 RR was not available in Red, and with the rebates, and help from cc1999 to find an acceptable Lariat, I bought it, cash. If I were you, I would walk and cut a deal out of State, making sure you tell the dealer there that you would buy right now at MSRP. But since they won't do that, the next time they see you will be when you drive up in your new RR to show them what you negotiated elsewhere. My guess is their RR will still be there.
When did you guys buy yours? When I got mine A year ago I was pitting Galpin against Price, where I got it, and Galpin wanted an ADM but I got them to agree to MSRP. I took that to my dealer and they went MSRP (after supposedly calling Galpin to verify). Mine was the color I wanted which is why I didn’t go for the Galpin deal. But the one at Galpin was velocity blue which was my 2nd choice and an awesome color.
I bought mine in July 2025. I got mine for MSRP which was $57.5 K. (exactly how I wanted it) I also got them to add Ford rewards and a rubber bed mat with no add ons. Due to my trade in, I paid no sales tax. My total out the door was $58K and I had $45K in trade in value which amounted to a loan of $13K. Yes, it's about paid off.
