Read the original post, he did not have an agreed upon price. Claim he was all worried about ADM and asked about it many times, the dealer told him they would discuss pricing when it came in. While a dick move on the dealer's part, the OP claims to have been very concerned and aware of the possibility of ADM, but there is no mention of trying to move the order or pushing to get a price in advance. Even with the warning signs, he decided to roll the dice. Again, dealer is a shitbird, but they never actually lied to him.
Yes, I handpicked Fremont Ford after a few excellent service department experiences there. my order was placed on 3/19/2021 with Michael pollum (prev GM?) after never receiving an update about turning reservation into a order I took matters into my own hand and contacted them. Once He received it, never heard back from Fremont Ford again only updates I received were from FordMoCo themselves. I would regularly call to ask about pricing once I heard about rumored ADM, would constantly receive ānothing to worry about, youāre vehicle needs to arrive firstā. I even called in to update my order and add tow package, was not notified about ADM then either. Bronco arrived 12/24 the day I left town for a couple days for holiday, FINALLY they initiated contact with Robert the salesguy, he even sent me some pictures. NOTE. He excluded the aftermarket price in the pictures, have pics with proof. When I arrived 12/28 to purchase we went on a quick test drive for about 3 mins then they said they werenāt going to let it go for anything under 66k (15K ADM, MSRP IS 51K), they also noted that I was lucky they didnāt sell it while I was gone, we allegedly have 24 hours to purchase. Got them to lower it to 8K over MSRP but still way too much. Sat outside while I contacted Mike Levine, and ABBAS āsales managerā came outside came to offer water and then told me at this time the GM wouldnāt ever sell it to me anymore because I wonāt agree to the price. Still currently sitting at the dealer. Nuke Fremont Ford (Fremont CA)
Update: while I sat outside the sales manager came up and said they would never do business with me again (because I contacted this forum and Mike Levine) and handed me my refund for my deposit.
Attn. ROBERT āSALESā, ABBAS āSALES MANAGERā & TOO BUSY FOR YOU āGMā
FREMONT FORD
39700 Balentine Dr
Newark, CA 94560
United States
They couldnāt handle the truth anymore, so they started removing the bad google reviews
Like you my reservation was pretty early and the site wasn't even completed, we just hung in there with ford till they could deliver and had we had know we would need a "vehicle prenuptial agreement" we would have done.
Yes, it is possible that he set himself up to fail, however, there can be no excuse for this business practice on ordered vehicles....."dick move" describes it pretty well. I'm just not buying it that Ford in any way, shape or form really condones this. It's time for big blue to throw their weight at this....it ultimately blows back on the manufacturer......
I disagree with youā¦.I say they DID lie to himā¦ assuming a reasonable definition of ālieā includes willfully hiding intent. The ONLY WAY they have that unit to sell is because HE reserved it and for a price assumed to be MSRPā¦.that is a completely reasonable assumption on his part. Had the dealer been up front and said āhey by the way, your price will NOT be MSRP but instead whatever we think the market will pay when YOUR order is deliveredā, THAT would be a different story. No way they would have done that because he would have simply moved his reservation to a professional dealer. The fact that they didnāt disclose their intent up front is just the sleaze bag pushing the limits until caught.
Right? Where is Saul Goodman when you need him? Anyways hope a competent trial lawyer/s takes these cases of ADM surprises on reservation holders. These dealerships should disclose the m at ordering, not at delivery.
Did Ford ever publish such a list, or is it possible that you're really thinking of this list, created and maintained by this Bronco6G site?
āIām not blaming the OPāā¦ then proceeds to blame the OP for not reading reviews on the dealer and for not switching dealers. Smh
I'm not blaming him for doing this to an asshole dealer. Nobody deserves what Fremont is doing, even if it was you...āIām not blaming the OPāā¦ then proceeds to blame the OP for not reading reviews on the dealer and for not switching dealers. Smh
Donāt kick the OP while heās down. He mentioned having good experiences with the service dept which led him to place an order with this dealer. Iām sure weād all do things differently in hindsight, but itās too late to go back now. Being told what shouldāve been done isnāt helping, sometimes ppl just need a shoulder, an ear or some help from the B6G crew to let these shady dealers know we see their BS.I'm not blaming him for doing this to an asshole dealer. Nobody deserves what Fremont is doing, even if it was you...
But the lack of research? Maybe he should have done a quick 20 second Google search... Evidence is all over the place.
