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 Ford's Misleading Ads and Sales
Posted Sun December 7, 2008 12:00 pm, by Patricia W. written to Ford Motor Company
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I have been car shopping. I know what I can afford, and since my credit is not the best due to a bad relationship that I finally managed to get out of, watching ads in the paper for several weeks. If Ford says this is the price than why do so may dealers have different prices & they all tell you, "This is the lowest we can do. It is employee pricing."
Well thats just wonderful. Lets see, Covert Ford has a truck on sale for 15k and change. Why is the same truck at Johnson Ford in Marble Falls 17k & change. To top it off I called covert and asked about one of the sale ads. The reply I recieved was that it was Sundays ad. I told them no its todays and he tried to tell me that the manager must have told the paper to run the ad again. Why? If the sale truck you had is gone.
Ok so On Saturday I checked the ads. Covert in Hutto advertised a sale for the F-150 4 door for 16,888. This is it. Closed Saturday. So on Sunday we drive over some 80 miles 1 way. Only to find it is already gone. Yes it, as in 1. As we are looking around I overhear a salesrep tell this older gentleman. "Let me check with the manager to see if we still have it. When he walked off, I asked the man if he was looking for the 16,888 truck. He said yes and I explained it was already gone. And you cannot tell me that the salesrep didnt already know that. I dont think they had any. The sales guy I talked to said they would try to locate some and go get them in a few days. Locate from where. From the one across town telling me they cant lower the price? I think it is all a ploy. No wonder carsalesman seems to be a bad word.
Why would 1 dealer give me 8500 for a trade in and the next tell me rudely that it only 4500 to 5500. Is Ford not in the business to sell vehicles?
I would like Ford to sell me the truck I want at an affordable price and finance it at a good interest rate. So I can keep payments with in my price range. Make sure that sales are sales and if you dont have plenty in stock when you run these adds that you substitute with a similar one or upgrade.
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by Wolf Posted Tue December 9, 2008 @ 4:01 PM
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Be thankfull you didn't go to this place here in Oregon:
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_120808_news_auto_dealership_
investigation.446b799f.html
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you've never bought a car before, eh?
Ford has NO CONTROL over what Independent Dealerships buy and sell
their vehicles for. Some dealerships may have more inventory and
therefore, need to sacrifice more profit to keep excess cars off the
lot. They also aren't going to pay top dollar for used cars. If you
get 35% - 40% of the Blue Book SELLING value, you're doing well.
& why in bloody Hades are you looking at a full size truck? As the
owner (unfortunately) of an F150 myself, if I had my way, I've have
stuck with the Ranger! The gas (when it goes back up) will kill you!
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Um, Patricia, you do realize that when it comes to used vehicles,
there are many more variables, thus the discrepancies in price from
one vehicle to another. "Employee pricing" is a deal for NEW
vehicles, not used.
Do you think they should sell you a vehicle at a loss?
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Rule number one tells you that you mention that you have a trade until
you have the price of the vehicle that you want already on paper. If
you do tell them, they can play with the numbers more.
I am going advise you to pay for a truck, that you can afford to pay
cash for. Wont it be great not to have to fork out so much money
every month for a vehicle. If you cannot afford the whole amount, you
cannot afford it.
Just remember the good says, the borrower is slave to the lender.
Good Day
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employee pricing
by What's all this receipt nonsense? Mon December 8, 2008 @ 12:50 AM
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by Retail Veteran Posted Mon December 8, 2008 @ 11:28 PM
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Good luck getting a loan if your credit is not near perfect. Even if
you get a loan, the interest rate is likely to be quite high. Many
people who could get loans before are now being turned down. I would
check before you even look at a vehicle to see if you can get a loan
and for how much.
When you are shopping for leftover 2008 models, you will not find much
available. The 2009 models came out months ago. You may just have to
take whatever the dealership has. At this point, you can't be picky
since the vehicles aren't readily available.
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