I feel like a faker
03-17-2007, 08:32 PM
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This just in...the guy with the fake SS goes to a car show and gets best in class, 93-02 camaro... so maybe being a faker is not so bad after all. I won all all kinds of free stuff a dyno run, 2 tickets to dirt track, to watch them crash into each other and some good wheel cleaner. plus the car looks so nice i don't even want to drive it now.
03-22-2007, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
This is EXACTLY why I can't stand people that put the fake SS/WS6 emblems and stuff on their cars. Sorry to hear you got screwed. 
Read these:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/439416-throwing-ss-badges-z28-wrong-right.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/619895-people-put-ws6-emblem-s.html
Read these:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/439416-throwing-ss-badges-z28-wrong-right.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/619895-people-put-ws6-emblem-s.html
03-29-2007, 08:07 AM
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Any updates?
I know how you might feel being that you say you are friends with the dealer but in this case,I think you are really owed some money here.And being that they are friends they should be even MORE willing to help you out by correcting this ASAP.
I looked at Kelly Blue Book and ran the value on my car first as a Z28 and then as an SS.There was about a $2000 difference!!!!Thats ALOT of fun stuff for your Z28!!
You seem like a guy who like myself doesn't like to stir up problems or make a fuss over little things BUT!This is NOT just a scratch or a incorrect tire man...They gotta do something for you in my opinion.
I know you sound very happy with your car (Z28s are awesome!) but thats is a HUGE difference in value.
In the end it is your choice but if it were me,I would get something out of them....Thats alot of GAS MONEY!!!!!
Good luck!
I know how you might feel being that you say you are friends with the dealer but in this case,I think you are really owed some money here.And being that they are friends they should be even MORE willing to help you out by correcting this ASAP.
I looked at Kelly Blue Book and ran the value on my car first as a Z28 and then as an SS.There was about a $2000 difference!!!!Thats ALOT of fun stuff for your Z28!!
You seem like a guy who like myself doesn't like to stir up problems or make a fuss over little things BUT!This is NOT just a scratch or a incorrect tire man...They gotta do something for you in my opinion.
I know you sound very happy with your car (Z28s are awesome!) but thats is a HUGE difference in value.
In the end it is your choice but if it were me,I would get something out of them....Thats alot of GAS MONEY!!!!!
Good luck!
03-29-2007, 09:39 AM
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Its called Fraud in the Inducement
and I believe is a violation of Vernon civil statutes,
If they are guilty of doing this as a business practice,
Under the the TEXAS DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT
They can be liable for up to 3 times the damages incurred.
but of course you would have to prove its a regular, conscious business practice, like someone knew it was not a real SS, and said we are going to sell it as one anyway!
One thing you can do that will put em on their toes, it threaten to, or actually,
file a complain with the State Attorney General's office, in their consumer division, while they are not there to litigate your specific case, only cases where businesses are out harming the public and citizens of the state as a whole, or group, They will launch an investigation and send a nice little letter to the dealership that in my past experience gets things moving in your favor extremely quickly. If an investigator from the state attorney general's office shows up at their business, you bet they will hop skip and run to make things right with you.
In court you could argue that your damages are the $2,000-$3,500
difference in price at the time of purchase plus the interest from that time till now, using something conservative like the Risk Free Interest Rate of a US Treasury Certificate.
I would go ape on them and pull out all the guns.
Start pushing the dealership owner around, then let em off easy and tell em you will settle it all for $1500-$2000. They should know what they are selling, its their obligation.
They will probably use some stupid argument, like what if it was reversed and we didn't know what we were selling and you got a better deal than you should have, would you be in here complaining? not a legitimate agrument.
Go Get Em!
This is independent of your relationship with your friend who works there,
you should still be able to go fishing, and just not talk about it.
and I believe is a violation of Vernon civil statutes,
If they are guilty of doing this as a business practice,
Under the the TEXAS DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT
They can be liable for up to 3 times the damages incurred.
but of course you would have to prove its a regular, conscious business practice, like someone knew it was not a real SS, and said we are going to sell it as one anyway!
One thing you can do that will put em on their toes, it threaten to, or actually,
file a complain with the State Attorney General's office, in their consumer division, while they are not there to litigate your specific case, only cases where businesses are out harming the public and citizens of the state as a whole, or group, They will launch an investigation and send a nice little letter to the dealership that in my past experience gets things moving in your favor extremely quickly. If an investigator from the state attorney general's office shows up at their business, you bet they will hop skip and run to make things right with you.
In court you could argue that your damages are the $2,000-$3,500
difference in price at the time of purchase plus the interest from that time till now, using something conservative like the Risk Free Interest Rate of a US Treasury Certificate.
I would go ape on them and pull out all the guns.
Start pushing the dealership owner around, then let em off easy and tell em you will settle it all for $1500-$2000. They should know what they are selling, its their obligation.
They will probably use some stupid argument, like what if it was reversed and we didn't know what we were selling and you got a better deal than you should have, would you be in here complaining? not a legitimate agrument.
Go Get Em!
This is independent of your relationship with your friend who works there,
you should still be able to go fishing, and just not talk about it.
Last edited by SERIALPIMP; 03-29-2007 at 09:48 AM.
03-30-2007, 07:57 AM
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wow that sux, i would have had to tell someone too man, i just couldnt live with a secret like that. I was happy as hell to hear SLP had the build number to my WS6...........i was all like "YES!!! ITS REAL" even though the RPO sheet said ws6 on it its jsut nice to hear it from the horses mouth ya know?
03-30-2007, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 1970judge
My gf told me once she felt like a faker...but she didnt have a camaro. 
Yeah she told me that as well.....
JK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I couldn't resist!!!,Besides the thread starter needed a little humor to ease the mood...
)Anyways...sorry for the bad joke man...
03-30-2007, 06:38 PM
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that sucks man i had a guy try to sell me a fake SS when i was looking for my car but i went a head and checked the door codes and saw no WU8 then about a month later i saw the guy and he asked why i didnt buy his car so i told him then he got all pissed 
... owell ..hope everything works out for ya man
... owell ..hope everything works out for ya man
03-31-2007, 11:40 PM
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well now my buddy doesn't work there anymore so i don't give a damn about the dealership. if you live anywhere around fort hood texas do not go to killeen auto sales. one of the salespeople there said that it has been too long for them (the dealer) to do anything. i told him i'll just go tell anyone i see there not to buy from them because they will rip you off. just as i said it a couple came up to look at a car and i told them that would get ripped off if they try to buy a car there. he told he could have me arrested and i said "f&&k you you stupid f$#king hick." then i left. so when i get back next weekend i will call and get the ball rollin a little better. more to come thanks for all your help everyone
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Originally Posted by ReFtheMC
Whats Wrong With A Z28?!?!
, ahha Na Man It Doesnt Really Matter....
, ahha Na Man It Doesnt Really Matter....
04-02-2007, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SERIALPIMP
Its called Fraud in the Inducement
