Sherry
Altoona,#2Consumer Comment
Sat, July 16, 2005
Be very careful when buying a car from Quality Ford or anyone else for that matter who advertises on the internet and in the local paper. Although we have had excellent luck with the used car my husband and I bought from Quality Ford 4 years ago, we almost got ripped off and my husband actually spoke to Franklin Greene about the incident. We found a used Malibu on Quality Ford's internet website. When we went to the lot to look at and test drive it, the sales manager told the salesman right in front of us that "they have the internet price". I thought that was odd, but couldn't put my finger on it why it seemed strange for him to say that. When we decided to buy the car we applied for a loan. While waiting for loan approval (same day), we were looking in the local paper and there was our Malibu in the paper for several hundred dollars less then the price on the internet! I got really upset and told my husband that that explained why the sales manager said what he did about us having the internet price. After my husband raised hell with them, we got it for the lower price. We have since found out while looking to purchase another vehicle recently that many car dealerships in the Des Moines area use this practice of advertising one price in the newspaper and one price on the internet. This just is not right! And it is a practice that needs to be stopped. Why should you pay more because you saw it on the internet instead of the newspaper first? And if they dropped the price when they ran the ad in the newspaper, why on earth would they charge you the higher internet price just because you saw it there? Be careful out there folks, I am beginning to wonder if there are any honest businesses left in the world anymore...