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Bill Heard Enterprises closes its doors (America's Number 1 Chevy Dealer Group)
autochannel.com ^
| 9/24/2008
| Chrissie Thompson
Posted on 09/24/2008 2:28:16 PM PDT by johncocktoasten
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Obama says, call me if you need me.
To: johncocktoasten
The one in Huntsville, AL was a sleazy dealership, IIRC - always in trouble over unethical practices.
To: johncocktoasten
Well there goes the lifetime warranty on the bodywork on my truck!!!!!!!!!!I bought two trucks from them, the first guy a few years back was a straight a shooter as you could get, the other was smarmy but could deal if pressed..
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
I’ve seen comments on other forums that these guys were as sharky as car salesmen get.
Sounds like it came back to bite them.
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.; johncocktoasten
I call BS on the articles story for closing, if you google articles, they had some serious legal issues, the Columbus Ga store so harassed a lady buyer in the sales office she had a heart attack and died, talk about a hard sell. They twice issued forged recall notices in two different areas in the country and billed GM for the fake recalls, and the owner faces jail time and is trying to sell his house for 15 million in middle GA, to get out of debt for legal problems.
To: redstateconfidential
Well, it says GMAC pulled their floorplanning....so that is the end.
To: johncocktoasten
Sad, but Darwinian. Modern America can be adequately served efficiently by a far fewer number of new-car dealers.
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posted on
09/24/2008 2:56:08 PM PDT
by
aberfoyle
To: johncocktoasten
Wow, we have a couple in Central Florida. We already had one Chevy dealership (Palm Bay) forced to close because of bad business practices. The ones who will get hurt in all this are the MSM!!! No more TV ads, no more print ads from Bill Heard.
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posted on
09/24/2008 2:57:53 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(don't worry, they only want to take water out of the other guy's side of the bucket.)
To: NonValueAdded
Maybe we should ask the feds to bail them out...
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:01:11 PM PDT
by
dware
(3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
To: dware
Shhhhhhhhhh, someone just might.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:05:24 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(don't worry, they only want to take water out of the other guy's side of the bucket.)
To: BurbankKarl
The article had the spokeswoman decrying gas costs, suvs, and lower sales,etc.. Bill Heard has been staggering mostly due to legal problems and fines imposed in practically all the states they were business in. GMAC(GM currently owns all GMAC equity) pulling them had to do with getting all those fake recall bills.GM wasn’t their only brand.
To: johncocktoasten
Yeah, they were crappy, but they were big.
I’m sure Autonation is rejoicing.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:14:06 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Amazing how Obama, Rangel, Biden and Dodd all got killer mortgage rates and below cost property.)
To: BurbankKarl
self ping for after the Mark Levin thread....I know the real story here
To: johncocktoasten
Oh no...it is a recession... Ok, Dems, it is the worst times EVER, we should vote the MESSIAH!! Please, Dems, give out a loan to these people to keep them open...
Do I need to put a '/s' after that?
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:17:34 PM PDT
by
MaineConservative
(Obama, we aren't electing McCain for president of GEEKS-On-Call, but for President of the USA)
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
The one in Huntsville, AL was a sleazy dealership, IIRC - always in trouble over unethical practices.
Same thing in the Atlanta area.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:19:20 PM PDT
by
John D
To: johncocktoasten
Don’t feel sorry for this man. He’s got a bad rep here in Florida. He had a 50 Million Dollar Deceptive Advertising Lawsuit filed against him. Florida fined him $400,000 .
People used to call 911 from the dealership feeling they were being cheated.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:24:34 PM PDT
by
feyler
To: johncocktoasten
THIS THREAD NEEDS MORE BAILOUTS!
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:30:08 PM PDT
by
McGruff
To: johncocktoasten
Karma (or in this case ‘Carma)
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posted on
09/24/2008 4:36:21 PM PDT
by
tbpiper
(Obama/Biden: Instead of Ebony and Ivory, we have Arrogance and Insolence.)
To: johncocktoasten
The comments section of the Plant City paper notes that any “migrant worker” could get auto loans without proper documentation.
Bad business practices = no more business.
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posted on
09/24/2008 4:43:45 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: redstateconfidential
GMAC is actually majority-owned by Cerberus. Cerberus also majority owns Chrysler (and Chrysler Finance). Bad timing on those deals...
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