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I have an x plan pin and went to a dealer to order the truck and the printout price came out higher then showing on invoice with edmunds. is this right???

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It depends on what you mean by "edmunds".

Edmunds (and any of the other on-line car-price sites) does not give you the total invoice cost. They omit two important lines - fuel and FDAF. So if you use the Edmunds site to determine invoice amount, you must add about $50 for fuel and $150 to $500 for FDAF to the Edmunds total to get close to the real dealer's invoice amount.

FDAF is Ford District Advertising Fund. It varies by Ford district. It was $165 here in the sticks but $500 in the Chicago 'burbs a few years ago . (Sorry, but I don't keep up with this stuff lately.) And yes, it's part of the dealer's invoice cost, so you have to include it if you want actual invoice amount.

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That's exactly right. We were able to reconcile the numbers from KBB.com right down to the penny once we took into account fuel and FDAF amounts.

BTW: KBB.com does mention the advertising charge in their fine print to say that they don't include it. Now we know why: it's different in different parts of the country.

Al