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Old 24-10-2006, 07:24 PM   #1
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its a guy i work withs car, poor *****. ended up with a pos.

http://lemonbyford.com/

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Old 24-10-2006, 07:38 PM   #2
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its a guy i work withs car, poor *****. ended up with a pos.
http://lemonbyford.com/
I am not sure i agree with other's pushing his barrow, if he has a fight to fight he needs to do it.

He writes "he would never recommend a ford even to his worst enemies", all i can say is there are thousands of people who are happy with thier fords and do not agree with what he says.

As above if he has a fight let him fight it, and i am not sure i would agree with his tactics.

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Old 24-10-2006, 08:20 PM   #3
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Lol, funny. On one hand he said he would never recommend a ford vehicle to anybody, on the other he said he would have happily kept his old ford ute? Please explain?

I agree with DOC. I dont see how this is going to further his cause with Ford at all.

Just go buy a Holden and hope he dosnt get a lemon from them.
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Old 24-10-2006, 08:25 PM   #4
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Old 24-10-2006, 08:28 PM   #5
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so if Fords are that bad, how did they get Car of The Year 2 years in a row?
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Old 24-10-2006, 08:34 PM   #6
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Nah I agree with him
If he can't get Ford to listen then take it to the public
I certainly wouldn't want to buy a new car and get all the hassles he has listed, Ford should put it down to a car built on a Friday arvo and (if it is as bad as it sounds) offer a replacement at no cost.
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Old 24-10-2006, 08:37 PM   #7
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Was that the one outside Bathurst that got trashed?
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Old 24-10-2006, 08:37 PM   #8
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oh come on boyz hes tryin to get his back. He got a **** heap could happen to any make of car. If I got shafted I would also try to get some back,but maybe not in that way.
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Old 24-10-2006, 08:41 PM   #9
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As far as I'm concerned, I expect a new car to be near perfect(perfect would be almost impossible) and if it's not that it is rectified the first time and that's it. I'd be fed up too if it was me.
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Old 24-10-2006, 08:47 PM   #10
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Yer i definatly wouldnt be happy buying a new car and having those sort of hassels with it. That goes for any new product i buy, I expect it to be working out of the box and if not i expect either a new one or at least good service to fix the problem.
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i dont think that sort of way is the best way to go about it, he should write a formal complaint to ford about this 'dud' of a ute. and Ford should have been happy to FIX or replace, if it were me id be threatening with law suits and bad publicity and to drive the car through the shop window (its what i said to my dealer and he threw in some extras and warranty)

this guy spent prob alot of his money prob even off his own back and if ford want nothing with him id drive it through the dealership window and other cars and buy a holden or from someone else

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Old 24-10-2006, 08:50 PM   #12
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Was that the one outside Bathurst that got trashed?
That was the one I saw at Bathurst earlier this month. Don't know anything about it getting trashed.

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Old 24-10-2006, 09:25 PM   #13
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i dont think that sort of way is the best way to go about it, he should write a formal complaint to ford about this 'dud' of a ute. and Ford should have been happy to FIX or replace, if it were me id be threatening with law suits and bad publicity and to drive the car through the shop window (its what i said to my dealer and he threw in some extras and warranty)

this guy spent prob alot of his money prob even off his own back and if ford want nothing with him id drive it through the dealership window and other cars and buy a holden or from someone else

he has my support
You see the average joe can't afford a law suit against such a large organization and this is what they count on. So the only other resort is bad publicity which would be much more affordable even if it doesn't accomplish anything but getting their message across.

Personally I would orange cannon the dealership so it costs them money! Money is the only thing most consider a loss. If I had a business I'd prefer clients rather than one-off customers.

A happy customer may only tell one person how good their service was but an unhappy customer will tell tell 10 people about their bad service.

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