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[Dodgentwo]

Sorry to hear about ur truck.

I would not be surprised if you found out this truck came from the south..... like the flooded south if you know what i mean.

I remember reading an article, right after the floods down south, about vehicles being sold all throughout the United States, from the floods.

I really hope this is not what has happened to you but it might not be a bad idea to look at some history on ur truck.

 

[MMeier]

Sorry to hear about ur truck.

I would not be surprised if you found out this truck came from the south..... like the flooded south if you know what i mean.

I remember reading an article, right after the floods down south, about vehicles being sold all throughout the United States, from the floods.

I recently heard , through a very reliable source that a individual here has almost 100 Katrina vehicles he is selling!!! And more on the way !!!

 

[Nightram]

That is a major bummer I bought a car one time for a friend, and he said how great it was, I trusted him, and next thing you know, I am dumping money in it faster than I put miles on it. Live and learn my friend!

 

[fox]

Make some signs and go spend a weeks vacation in their parking lot or close to it.

I bet they will do a quick buy back to keep it off the local news.

Call all the TV stations, radio stations. Offer free donuts and soda's. make a show.

Find their insurance company and inform them of the planned law suit.

 

[DKarvwnaris]

Make some signs and go spend a weeks vacation in their parking lot or close to it.

I bet they will do a quick buy back to keep it off the local news.

Call all the TV stations, radio stations. Offer free donuts and soda's. make a show.

Find their insurance company and inform them of the planned law suit.

Good idea to park across from the dealer, but since it is in ANOTHER STATE, I doubt it is a viable option.

Calling their insurance company is the last thing you want to do. Insurance companies do not cover fraud or criminal charges. We just went through this last year when trying to hold a worthless maggot realtor in Montana accountable for his outright lies and fraudulent claims about the property he represented to us. His insurance for his business was off the hook the minute they were notified of the fraud charges pending in the case.

Approach the dealer one time, get the interaction in writing or documented in some way, wait for a reply. MAKE SURE YOU DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE with a local police department so there is a third party involved to refer back to when you are questioned about where the damage came from. If you can get Carfax to pony up their coverage guarantee for their useless vehicle reports they are selling, do it. I have little faith in Carfax's supposedly guarantee service, I am sure they have loopholes in it for this somehow/someway. As mentioned earlier in this thread, I highly doubt you are going to get the whole story from Carfax on a vehicle, it only shows what someone reports or their insurance company files on the title. It is very easy to fix a rig on the sly with the # of bodyshops who enjoy cash tickets, especially with junkyards who will band aid three cars together to make one again. Alot of the vehicles they buy from tow yards or auctions are not listed as salvage, its easier than you think to transfer VIN #'s and data plates etc. This does not take into account the # of vehicles from New Orleans whose owner's were "on vacation with the car in another state" and chose to sell the car to some unknowing dealer as trade in.

Since the dealers usually promote their "thourough" safety inspections, look to see if they did one on your truck. If they did, they were aware of the damage from the inspection, which constitutes failure to disclose. Holding dealers to their word is far too often let go, that's why things like this still happen. If you can file criminal fraud on them, do it, regardless of what they offer on a civil side of the issue.

 

[mopars1]

The starter of this thread joined last year and has only one post for his rant??? Could this be some BS or possibly he lost his internet access? Seems fishy to me. I hope if it is true he obtained some sort of satisfaction.

 

[wtfd6]

wow you are right David. He hasnt been online since november. lets hope he got it taken care of.

 

[GBrock]

I am sorry to hear about your frustrations. In general, dealers are inherently more unscrupulous than private owners. Their rational is that they have bigger legal guns that you and will bleed you to death if you try to pursue a legal claim against them. Hence their arrogance.



That said, and I know you don't need to hear this from a stranger yet again, what were you thinking? You bought a rather expensive depreciating asset sight unseen? Having been burned once this way myself, anytime I purchase anything over $500 on the internet, I always go see it first. Period!



Therein lies the problem with ebay and internet sales: the expanded marketplace for sellers allows them to command absolute top dollar for their item. While the benefit to you as a buyer may be that you find the exact product you are looking for, they're able to charge higher than FMV because of this "expanded marketplace". Because there are so many buyers out there, these sellers tend to be able to dictate price and terms of the sale. Your defense is to fly out to first see the vehicle BEFORE you pay.



I'm sure you learned your lesson already, please pardon the lecture. I am only stating the obvious for the next buyer so that he or she doesn't get taken for a ride.

 

[Grizzly]

Welcome to TDR woof. Don't let this go. Do whatever it take to get it corrected. Last resort, get a lawyer.

 

[MMeier]

wow you are right David. He hasnt been online since november. lets hope he got it taken care of.

Maybe he "took care" of the situation and got himself into trouble ... I know I've come close on several occasions !!!

 

[DKarvwnaris]

Maybe he "took care" of the situation and got himself into trouble ... I know I've come close on several occasions !!!

All I could think of when I first read this thread was the old commercial they had for "discount tire company" where this old lady walks up the front of a branch store and throws her problematic tire through the glass. The voice over was saying," if you ever have a problem with Discount Tire, please return tire to us". I always wanted to buy a known defective tire brand or model from them just so I could follow the instructions of their commercial. :-laf . I figure if someone stuck it to me on an entire vehicle, I'd be too tempted to bring the car into the showroom for other customers too see the quality of their used vehicles up close.



I have real doubts this was anything but a spoof thread, the poster never showed back up again that I remember, kind of weird, most likely some bored hermit who wanted to incite a rant thread here to read.

 

[Jefff929]

I have real doubts this was anything but a spoof thread, the poster never showed back up again that I remember, kind of weird, most likely some bored hermit who wanted to incite a rant thread here to read.

Could be, this dealership still stinks, I really do not see why they are still operating. Oh ya, they have a steady flow of people who know nothing about them who come to U of O every year!

$35 seems kinda steep just to rant and run.

My bet is he dumped the truck and still talks bad about Dodge

 

[DKarvwnaris]

Could be, this dealership still stinks, I really do not see why they are still operating. Oh ya, they have a steady flow of people who know nothing about them who come to U of O every year!

$35 seems kinda steep just to rant and run.

My bet is he dumped the truck and still talks bad about Dodge

When I first started reading TDR's site, I didn't have to pay anything to join the forum. I'm pretty sure you can post to the site without membership fees and a TDR member #.

No matter, If I was worked over by a dealer like that and Chrysler turned their back of the entire deal, I doubt I would have much good to say about Dodge either. Who am I kidding, my truck has been one of the best diesel pickups I have ever owned and I still don't have much good to day about Chrysler. Their service has always been crap, but then again, not much made in the domestic United States of Mexico is.

If Toyota ever brings a diesel 1 ton truck to the market, at least I will finally have the choice to own a made in the USA truck again.

If he walked away from Dodge from this, you can't blame him for it that's for sure.

 

[Grizzly]

Hi all, I just joined, first post ever . The reason I joined was because of the potential of this website tohelp me deal with my stupidity in buying sight unseen from a dealer via the internet and basically getting ... .



Well, did you get this problem resolved? I hope you didn't let it go. Get an attorney if you you have to.

 

[rbattelle]

$35 seems kinda steep just to rant and run.

My bet is he dumped the truck and still talks bad about Dodge

He made 2 posts today (2/21/06), so he's still a member.



I'm curious what happened in the dementia case...



-Ryan

 

[Grizzly]

He made 2 posts today (2/21/06), so he's still a member.



I'm curious what happened in the dementia case...



-Ryan

He's trying to figure out why his signature won't post.

 

[WyattEarp]

You gotta be kidding me, no way in hell, that thing would go back on the transport along with me inside with shotgun back to that pathetic dealer... You have grounds and i would sure as heck pursue... Man that thing looks like it was caught in a mud slide. .

 

[HNelson]

From the mud in the wheel wells I'd say the truck has seen some time in the mud rather than been in a flood. But you really have to look at everything to determine where it's been. Having a 4x4 in the mud isn't a problem... but it does show laziness on the dealers part to to wash it.



I'll jump on the Lithia bashing bandwagon while I'm here... at their Broken Arrow, OK location they took over 2 months to return my $2000 deposit to me when Chrysler cancelled my 6 speed PowerWagon order. And I even bought a Cummins from them 1 week after the order was cancelled! I finally filed with the BBB. I'll never deal with another Lithia dealer in my lifetime.

 

[JKinney]

the truck could have been owned by people similar to my neighbors. They have an 02 power stroke. they live in the woods 1 mile down a hole through the woods, Its nothin but mud. A couple years ago they came out with there tailgate dragging behind the truck retained by one gate cable only. they told me they went in for warranty work and they told the dealer it was an 02 and he said "it cant be" This truck is covered in mud. The back window is broke out, no tailgate the bed fender wells caved in dents in the body and it still runs, and im sure there still making there 6 to 700. 00 truck payment. the interior is great, you could get a 5 gallon pail of sand off the floor boards.

 

[WyattEarp]

LMAO... The sad thing is there are pple like that, we have them here also... the one i like best is the duct taped side glass lol... .