Ford Dealer.

It amazes me that car salesman actually make any money.

Don't they realize that most of the decision making, money budgeting,fashion statement as well as utilitarian use has to get through us woman first?
What idiots!
I recently purchased a different vehicle for my husband and had nothing but a hard time from a salesman who thought my bark was worse than my bite.

Poor him. He did not realize who he was dealing with.

I warned him that I was going to take the vehicle to my dealer to go over and all the work that I had requested be taken care of before the sale had better had been preformed.
You guessed it.........what a list came to me on that account from my Mechanic.
When I spoke to the Mechanic from the original purchase dealer he said that they had gone over the truck and it was in fine working condition. When I talked to the Sales manager he backed up the mechanic and the saleman. I then told him how could his Mechanic have even looked at the vehicle since the odometer read exactly the same mileage as when I first test drove it? What did he do? Lay his hands upon the hood and ask almighty to show him any sign of malfunction?

They were unwilling to fix the truck or buy it back. I don't trust these people nor do I want anything to do with them anymore. Since I paid cash the truck, it was now in my name and they didn't have to do anything. I mentioned the warrenty and I was laughed at.

Well I called Ford Motor Company Customer Assistance that is just what I got. Yup more fuel for the fire. Ford regretted that due to the age and mileage of the vehicle(NO I CAN NOT AFFORD A NEW ONE) they could not purchase back the vehicle. Customer assistance told me to work it out with the dealer, they were however forwarding the transaction to the executive branch of the company and the dealer was going to hear from them. I said "fine, you don't want to help, guess who has more control over this than you?"
I said, the Department of Motor Vehicle.

Who would have guessed that the dealer would have called me so quickly the next day. Offer to pick the truck up and make the repairs my mechanic had found. Who would have thought that the Sales Manager would have been shown the actual worn out parts. Who would have thought they would put new tires on the truck and fill it with gas like they should have done in the first place?

Why does it have to take getting me spark spitting mad before anyone will take me seriously. I'm a very big girl and they should just know not to tick me off. The Sales manager said I was being sarcastic.........I said better sarcastic because what happens instead will make the reciever melt in your hand, burn your head and cause brain damage.

So now they will deliver the truck back to my mechanic, who will go over it again to make sure things were repaired as they said they were. Maybe mentioning to the Ford Motor Company that this dealer was selling vehicles that were unroadworthy and untrustworthy. That they failed to represent Ford in a honest and trustworthy light. Perhaps mentioning that in this economy when things are hard enough for most of us and they should appreciate customer loyalty. Customer Service noted my long history of purchasing Fords and using Ford Dealers for repairs.

The damage has been done. I have a network of people that span long distances who have friends.....well you get the idea. I do my best to say nothing at all when I have nothing nice to say, this time however I will not hold my tongue.

New Horse

Well we went, saw and fell in love. What a beautiful animal. Very up right and had nice action (winged out a bit on the front left no biggie), handsome condition and well behaved ground manners. He put his very large (about half the size of my daughter) head down and let my daughter hug him. Loves people. What a guy. Load up we're going home baby!
Draw back, feet. He had shoes on and had lost a rear one. I noticed his right front looked odd and it turned out he had damaged it while running loose down the paved road. He is a big boy around 1800 lbs so his feet are very important. I need a horse who can go barefoot. Pony actually just had his feet trimmed for the first time in two years. I maintain them myself but there comes a time when a pro needs to do it.

His hock on the shoeless side was swollen also. He did have ice pads on but still he should be able to loose a shoe without having too much effect. I will call his farrier and ask what the story is. I know it will take at least a year for that front hoof to grow in properly (the front clip must have really tore up the outer wall). That makes it in the neighborhood of an extra 150.00 every six to eight weeks until then and what happens at that point is only speculation and I am not going there. Imagine a lifetime of shoes all around on a back yard trail horse? Especially size five (regular riding horses take a 00 or a 0)?

From there we went to the co op for grain for the Pigs. Over 300.00 a ton. People ask why the grocery store food is so expensive? Lets start there......Cost of raising livestock has gone way up. Can't wait to see the cost of hay this season. I shutter to think about it. With the new horse, I should easily add and additional 400 bales to the 1300 I use now. Just one more drawback on the horse.

We had to wait for our grain while a large Trailer truck unloaded "Wheat Middlins" a major ingredient in grains and we watched the trailer and augers at work. Off we went for a terrible but fun lunch of Boston Cream and manager special donuts with orange pineapple juice for the kids and Mom had a bagel and coffee. Lunches like that don't happen too often. I was concerned the children were going to start chewing on the truck door arm rests. They had gone through two apples a piece and several pounds of carrots. Yes we always pack food for the ride.

On the way home we discussed the horse and my son did very well with his interpretation of what my husband would say and it made me realize that we wont be purchasing the lad.

Found we had been visited (pile of empty egg crates by the porch) by a friend who is anticipating the birth of her kidd goats. She is trying to plan around it and I told her that very much like humans there is nothing to be done to hurry them up and for crying out loud be patient. The girls will kidd when the time is right.

Onward home to have a conniption fit over my husbands new truck. The %$*&#(*& dealer we bought it from did nothing to prepare the truck for road worthiness. Now I have taken the battle on for having the retreads repair the truck under warrenty. I have already reported the dealer to Ford and DMV form K-35 is next. More on this subject at a later day.

I'm on vacation this week with the kids and am very late getting out. Such wonderful weather we will be outside all day.