Bad news Part2 (Farewell)

[Blk2015GT]

I get your point about hearing the other side but I disagree with your assessment of slander.First, this site is anonymous. Some people may use their real names but who is going to be able to action this? Do you think they will really try and sue us for commenting on what the OP said occurred?

Second, If the dealer agreed to sell the car to the OP at he price quoted, the dealer is a slime and I highly doubt this would be considered slander and even if it was, The dealer is really powerless to take any action. I have trashed shady dealers on Facebook and their own site. Not once was I ever accused of slander.

People need to know about tactics like this. I have already emailed this dealer. I don't expect a response but at least I'm trying to give them the opportunity to address here. I also pointed them to this link and asked that they provide their side of the story as they were getting a bad repuation. If they chose not to respond then I don't see how they could ever clain slander without providing their version of what occured.

I'm no lawyer but a slander charge would be difficult to prove and would get very costly from a legal perspective.
For the OP, I'd continue to make their lives miserable until they tell you the real reason but I'd also move on as life is too short.

Email someone high up in Ford. Senior execs have high level CSR's that can do way more than "customer service" Be upset but polite. I'd bet you will get a call back. They will tell you the dealers are independent but they may help you in getting an R.

Good luck bro. I hate reading storied like this.

Hearing one side of the story is not the full story obviously. We still have no facts if there was even anything in writing. A deposit is NOT a binding contract in any state I know of- refer back 2 pages or so to my explanation of the statute of frauds issue with that; most states the promise to sell something, generally over some set amount (in my state being $500) must be in writing to be enforceable legally. So there is no legal leg to stand on here that a car is owed without something in writing, and either party can back out with the deposit returned as its refundable.

And as I said before, I am a lawyer not just stayed at a Holiday Inn, although in the southeast so not anywhere near CA.

BUT you may want to google some recent cases in state (certainly here in FL its happening right now) and federal courts where businesses are successfully suing online reviewers for damage to their reputation. And these were cases against actual customers, not some nobody involved in the issue. They may be on this side of the country the ones Im readily aware of, but dont expect a completely different outcome on that side after doing research.

I would HIGHLY suggest no one writes fake bad reviews online anywhere for someone else and only write about your own experiences. It is incredibly easy to hire an expert to hunt down an IP address.

If you dont think a dealership or any big business will spend $20k on a lawyer to sue to remove the review and tons of damages (money) since their reputation is everything, then you are quite mistaken. It depends the level of what is posted and the language used if they spend time and money to address it legally. And this isnt an oil change issue like one of the bad reviews one of those guys have, this could cost them a lot of money and is a serious allegation.

I also highly doubt someone like in here would spend 1/4 that defending it when you can just go buy an available car elsewhere with that extra $. Im still unsure why all this time isn't being used to find another allocation rather than complaining on the internet.

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