Feel Good Story: Heart-of-Gold Automobile Dealer

officerripley

officerripley

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A 16-year-old kid who had paid $9,800 for a car had it re-possessed when it turned out that the guy he bought it from didn't actually own it and had stopped making the payments. A car dealership--NOT the one the car's seller worked for--stepped up and did a cool thing; to read the story: https://jalopnik.com/a-dealer-surpr...tter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2022-01-04
 

I remember when a car company, from the Far East, first came to the UK,
about a month before they were advertising for people to apply to get
a free car, I have no idea if there were any, I never saw any reports from
anybody who got one, there were plenty who complained that they didn't
and no reply from the company, that I ever saw.

Mike.
 

Mike said:
I remember when a car company, from the Far East, first came to the UK,
about a month before they were advertising for people to apply to get
a free car, I have no idea if there were any, I never saw any reports from
anybody who got one, there were plenty who complained that they didn't
and no reply from the company, that I ever saw.

Mike.
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Sounds like the old "bait and switch" tactic which I believe is illegal.
 
It's not out of the goodness of his heart. Jalopnik was running the story for a week about the repossession of that car from the kid and faced a huge amount of criticism from the car enthusiast community. The dealer did this to get the enthusiast community off his back.
 
Liza1948 said:
It's not out of the goodness of his heart. Jalopnik was running the story for a week about the repossession of that car from the kid and faced a huge amount of criticism from the car enthusiast community. The dealer did this to get the enthusiast community off his back.
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The dealer (Frank Kent Motor Co.) who gave the kid a car is different from the dealer (I-Drive-DFW) who re-possessed the car and for whom the sleazy salesman that defrauded the kid worked (and who knows, maybe even does still work there).
 
officerripley said:
The dealer (Frank Kent Motor Co.) who gave the kid a car is different from the dealer (I-Drive-DFW) who re-possessed the car and for whom the sleazy salesman that defrauded the kid worked (and who knows, maybe even does still work there).
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I think such business people should be held accountable. There is a connection between being ethical and our liberty and I have zero tolerance for businesses that are not ethical.
 
officerripley said:
The dealer (Frank Kent Motor Co.) who gave the kid a car is different from the dealer (I-Drive-DFW) who re-possessed the car and for whom the sleazy salesman that defrauded the kid worked (and who knows, maybe even does still work there).
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Well if that the case, it seems even more opportunist on the part of the third party. Sorry, I don't trust car dealers at all.
 

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