jim woods
10-01-2004, 05:53 PM
This is something I never heard of before but seams to be true and I was involved in it.
I have always wanted a Lighting for the past 5 years but could never afford it. After saving for a while for a good down payment I was ready to buy. I went to 3 DFW Ford Dealerships to see the Lightings. I saw all the colors but black. All stock Lightings. The price was all the same at all three dealerships. The price I got was the XPLAN price because of the company I work for. 30100.00 minus 1000.00 rebate. So the price was 29100.00 plus TTL. At all three dealerships.
The next morning at 9AM, I went to the 4 dealership to see the black. I test drove it/gawk etc. They gave me the same price for Xplan and rebate 29100.00 plus TTL. I still could not make my mine up on black or red. It was about even for me. I told the sales manager I was going to the other dealership to look at the red again. He did not want me to leave and keep telling me about how the BLACK is the best color.I told him I wasnt sure and was going to leave to the other dealership. He told me hold on a minute he had a Special for me. He offered me the the same price as the other dealers and a Free window tint,bugshield, and a rubber black bed mat/not a bed liner but just a bed ruber mat. Well that was all I needed and said I will take it.After we got all the paper work finish for Ford Motor Credit 0 percent for 6 years, they started putting on the stuff. I went to eat and did some other stuff. I came back in 3 hours they had the truck was ready and I was excited. I left for home in my new truck.
This is where the story gets Crazy. One of the dealerships I visted a couple days before call me after I got home. He asked me did I buy a truck yet. I said yes I just got it. He was very nice and said he wish he had the color I wanted and we talk about the truck. At the end he ask if I mind what kinda deal i got. I said sure. I told him the SAME as all the dealers offered me 29100.00 plus I got a free bed mat,window tint,bugshield. All of sudden he was all upset and ask me where did I buy the truck. I told him the dealer. So he says Ok and hope you enjoy the new ride and was nice at this point. So we said by.
About 2 hours later the dealer that sold me the truck call me and said they made a huge mistake and wanted the truck back and they would trash all the paper work before it was proccesed. I was shock and said NO!. The salesman beg me and I said NO. So we ended the conversation. 5 Min later the general manager call me . He said he was very sorry for all the trouble and needed to get the truck back. He offerd me free oil changes for life and all sorts of other Crap. I said no. A deal is a Deal. So we hung up. I put my phone on a answering machine. No joke they left 10 messages in 2 hour time period.
I pick up the phone when I heard the dealer talking; it was the dealer who I spoke to about what kinda deal I got. He told me what all the trouble was about. Under the rules of X PlAN sale from FORD that no dealer can sell it for less or offer any other incentives for the customer. X plan price ONLY.He said this WAS VERY STRICK and they dealer will probably loose there "SVT" tag and get fined from ford and also get their BLUE STAR status revoked. I told him I did not know about all this stuff. He said dont worry about it and it is not of Any fault of the buyer. He said that the said "dealership" is know by all the other Ford dealers as a "ROUGE Dealer" and is hated by all the other FORD franchises in DFW area.
I have always wanted a Lighting for the past 5 years but could never afford it. After saving for a while for a good down payment I was ready to buy. I went to 3 DFW Ford Dealerships to see the Lightings. I saw all the colors but black. All stock Lightings. The price was all the same at all three dealerships. The price I got was the XPLAN price because of the company I work for. 30100.00 minus 1000.00 rebate. So the price was 29100.00 plus TTL. At all three dealerships.
The next morning at 9AM, I went to the 4 dealership to see the black. I test drove it/gawk etc. They gave me the same price for Xplan and rebate 29100.00 plus TTL. I still could not make my mine up on black or red. It was about even for me. I told the sales manager I was going to the other dealership to look at the red again. He did not want me to leave and keep telling me about how the BLACK is the best color.I told him I wasnt sure and was going to leave to the other dealership. He told me hold on a minute he had a Special for me. He offered me the the same price as the other dealers and a Free window tint,bugshield, and a rubber black bed mat/not a bed liner but just a bed ruber mat. Well that was all I needed and said I will take it.After we got all the paper work finish for Ford Motor Credit 0 percent for 6 years, they started putting on the stuff. I went to eat and did some other stuff. I came back in 3 hours they had the truck was ready and I was excited. I left for home in my new truck.
This is where the story gets Crazy. One of the dealerships I visted a couple days before call me after I got home. He asked me did I buy a truck yet. I said yes I just got it. He was very nice and said he wish he had the color I wanted and we talk about the truck. At the end he ask if I mind what kinda deal i got. I said sure. I told him the SAME as all the dealers offered me 29100.00 plus I got a free bed mat,window tint,bugshield. All of sudden he was all upset and ask me where did I buy the truck. I told him the dealer. So he says Ok and hope you enjoy the new ride and was nice at this point. So we said by.
About 2 hours later the dealer that sold me the truck call me and said they made a huge mistake and wanted the truck back and they would trash all the paper work before it was proccesed. I was shock and said NO!. The salesman beg me and I said NO. So we ended the conversation. 5 Min later the general manager call me . He said he was very sorry for all the trouble and needed to get the truck back. He offerd me free oil changes for life and all sorts of other Crap. I said no. A deal is a Deal. So we hung up. I put my phone on a answering machine. No joke they left 10 messages in 2 hour time period.
I pick up the phone when I heard the dealer talking; it was the dealer who I spoke to about what kinda deal I got. He told me what all the trouble was about. Under the rules of X PlAN sale from FORD that no dealer can sell it for less or offer any other incentives for the customer. X plan price ONLY.He said this WAS VERY STRICK and they dealer will probably loose there "SVT" tag and get fined from ford and also get their BLUE STAR status revoked. I told him I did not know about all this stuff. He said dont worry about it and it is not of Any fault of the buyer. He said that the said "dealership" is know by all the other Ford dealers as a "ROUGE Dealer" and is hated by all the other FORD franchises in DFW area.