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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 07:06 PM
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Reading various boards I have seen alot of complaints about Ford dealers. Where I live, Ford stores are known as Ford "stealerships". I think that Ford should have more control over their dealerships. I think they should own all of their stores and set policies consistent with every dealership. I think this would insure better service for warranty repairs as well as lower the create the possibility that customers could get a better price on a car, truck, van, SUV, etc.

When someone has a bad experience with a dealer, they blame the company. I think that the salesman, service techs, parts people, and managers should be direct employees of Ford instead of the dealerships. If everyone at the store was employed by Ford, then I think customer service would go up and we could blame Ford for their poor dealer service and bad sales people.

What does everyone else think?
 
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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 07:20 PM
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Ford tried to do that a couple of years ago and they started buying dealerships, but somehow it ended up being against the law and they had to sell the ones they bought.
 
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