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Very well said.

I couldn’t agree more that I’m in the minority when in comes to enjoying the work I do, the product I sell and the customers I meet and help. Most glass half emptyers could never enjoy such things.

Other than Apple and Tesla, there are few things on earth that you can’t shop around for and pay different prices for at different retailers for the exact same item. You can also be treated quite differently from one retailer to the next. I realize that you’ve resigned yourself to hate the car...

Those days are gone for those who are interested in learning everything for themselves. As I’ve said in the past. The vast majority of people I sell to year in and year out want to be helped by a knowledgeable salesperson, of which I happen to be. Certainly if forced to order from home, they...

Some items in a grocery store are sold at below cost and others are marked up 50% or more. You just don’t know the difference. There are discount grocery stores with the lowest margins and high end stores with very large margins. Typical is in the eye of the beholder.

Well said. As I’ve stated, some people will definitely prefer home delivery and that’s great for them. From my personal experience from 7 years selling Fords, only a tiny fraction of my customers would be interested or even willing for that matter to order from home. I’m sorry you’ve had such...

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said. Only shop where you are treated with respect.

Ours and every shop in the area is booked out weeks or even months right now. Good luck with service after the sale if you have your vehicle dropped in your driveway by a drone. Not to mention, Ford pays less to the dealer for warranty work than the industry standard calls for. We do it because...

Cad, I agree that many dealers and salesmen are jerks. As you’ve probably noticed, the world is densely populated with jerks these days. Every industry has good and bad players in it. I happen to be in one where complete strangers come in and tell me in the first five seconds how they “hate” car...

I understand quite well that for over a hundred years dealerships were equally as important as Ford motor company itself in selling and building the Ford brand. What you and nearly everything other person almost definitely don’t know is that Ford has been and continually cuts the holdback that...

Then maybe. We can cut out those “greedy” grocery stores marking up milk. Those “greedy” department stores marking up clothes and shoes. And those “greedy gas stations marking up fuel. We’ll show all those greedy jerks that were on to their scams.

As a matter of fact, for all intents and purpose, Ford did a bait and switch. They told people for a year that they could soon buy a 40k Lightning. The problem is that on day one they were already sold out and unavailable! The very next step up is an XLT for a starting price of 55k. Now if you...

If you listed your house for sale. Would you ask what seemed fair? Or as much as you could get?

I’m a Ford salesman and that’s what happened to the Maverick I have ordered for myself. It’s been there well over a month.

If it’s in Portland Oregon, The catalytic converter was cut off a bunch of trucks in Portland while in transit or in the trucking company yard. Is your truck there?

No one is going to court over a “you didn’t sell me a Maverick at the right price” argument. They can’t force you to buy, so then what are the damages going to be? What would you be suing for? A million dollars? Yes I’m a dreaded dealer that everyone hates to deal with. In seven years I’ve never...

Very long post. Sadly, long and incorrect don’t always pair well. The dealership I work at is small and honest. I guess grouping all dealers together helps make your post appear witty…fail. We tell every customer exactly what we know at all times. We tell them that large dealer will receive many...

Well here’s my perspective. That’s not a “B.S. answer. It may not be the one you wanted, but that’s not how questions and answers work. I am a Ford sales manager and what they said is spot on. Some people wait 8 months or more for their vehicles and some get them in 7 weeks. There is little to...

I work at a small dealership and have not heard any of this? Hybrid orders we’re closed in November and the EcoBoost we’re closed on Thursday. We have around 15 hybrid orders and 15 EcoBoost orders in place. The point of closing the order banks was in hopes of filling the orders that are in...

Man did you hit the nail on the head. I’m a Ford salesman and not a day goes by that someone doesn’t come in wanting to sell or trade their vehicle for as much or more than they paid for it two or three years ago. 90% are personally offended when I explain that it’s not realistic. “but Kelly...