[StBernard] Don't be scammed

[Westley Annis]

It's criminal that some businesses resort to these practices.  Why not 
mention the name of the Ford dealership, and others like them, so we can all

begin to boycott these people.  Let's not let any of them take advantage of 
anyone else!

Willie


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>It's incredible how some businesses are trying to take advantage of

>hurricane victims. Don't fall for the $2,000 surcharge one FORD dealership

>on Veterans Hwy thought they could scam us with. After negotiating an order

>for a car and printing out the purchase order, the salesman announced that

>our price would be more than MSRP. He said all Ford dealerships were 

>setting

>the sale price $2,000 more than MSRP because these cars are in demand and

>because of the flood. The dealership had no such surcharge printed on any 

>of

>their cars in inventory and to suddenly say they could add whatever they

>wanted to the price, right before the purchase order was signed, was

>insulting. We had been to the dealership several times so they had ample

>opportunity to tell us about any surcharge. We angrily left and reported

>them to the Attorney General via Foti's complaint form on-line. We went to

>another Ford dealership, this one in Kenner, and ordered the same car below

>MSRP. If we share our stories, we can outsmart those who want to take

>advantage of us and support the local businesses who are fair and deserve

>our patronage. -ddk

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