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Fords latest purchasing plan
<TABLE class=famTop cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=480 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Is Ford talking about the "A" plan or is this the "X" plan they are pushing???
DEARBORN, Mich., June 17 — <!-- BEGIN: BODYTEXT -->In its latest gambit to boost slumping sales, Ford Motor Co. is offering employees and retirees up to $1,000 in cash to entice friends, relatives and neighbors to buy vehicles with employee discounts.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>******** language=JavaScript src="http://www.msnbc.com/m/midpage_ss.asp"></SCRIPT><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=120><SPACER type="block" height="1" width="120"></TD></TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>The No. 2 U.S. automaker is allowing each of its 300,000 employees and retirees to give the special discounts to up to eight people this year, The Detroit News reported Friday.
''If every employee and retiree helps sell just one more vehicle, it would account for over 300,000 sales and an additional two points of market share,'' Steve Lyons, vice president for Ford's North America marketing, sales and service, said in an e-mail sent Wednesday to employees.
A Ford spokesman did immediately return a message left by The Associated Press Friday.
Under the plan, which runs through Sept. 30, employees and retirees will get $50 in cash for the first sale they sponsor, $75 for the second, $100 for the third, $150 for the following four sales and $175 for the eighth sale.
Ford's move follows General Motors Corp.'s recent effort to boost sales by offering all customers the same discounts available to employees.
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DEARBORN, Mich., June 17 — <!-- BEGIN: BODYTEXT -->In its latest gambit to boost slumping sales, Ford Motor Co. is offering employees and retirees up to $1,000 in cash to entice friends, relatives and neighbors to buy vehicles with employee discounts.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>******** language=JavaScript src="http://www.msnbc.com/m/midpage_ss.asp"></SCRIPT><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=120><SPACER type="block" height="1" width="120"></TD></TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>The No. 2 U.S. automaker is allowing each of its 300,000 employees and retirees to give the special discounts to up to eight people this year, The Detroit News reported Friday.
''If every employee and retiree helps sell just one more vehicle, it would account for over 300,000 sales and an additional two points of market share,'' Steve Lyons, vice president for Ford's North America marketing, sales and service, said in an e-mail sent Wednesday to employees.
A Ford spokesman did immediately return a message left by The Associated Press Friday.
Under the plan, which runs through Sept. 30, employees and retirees will get $50 in cash for the first sale they sponsor, $75 for the second, $100 for the third, $150 for the following four sales and $175 for the eighth sale.
Ford's move follows General Motors Corp.'s recent effort to boost sales by offering all customers the same discounts available to employees.
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We received a notice about a "2005 Employee Summer Sales Event," but it really doesn't tell me anything. If this is the same program mentioned above, then it covers A/X/Z-plan purchases. But nowhere in our communique does it mention anything about extra rebates or commissions paid to Ford employees for referrals.
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Originally Posted by Retired CDF'er
<TABLE class=famTop cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=480 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Is Ford talking about the "A" plan or is this the "X" plan they are pushing???
DEARBORN, Mich., June 17 — <!-- BEGIN: BODYTEXT -->In its latest gambit to boost slumping sales, Ford Motor Co. is offering employees and retirees up to $1,000 in cash to entice friends, relatives and neighbors to buy vehicles with employee discounts.
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vAlign=top width=120><SPACER type="block" height="1" width="120"></TD></TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD> ...Under the plan, which runs through Sept. 30, employees and retirees will get $50 in cash for the first sale they sponsor, $75 for the second, $100 for the third, $150 for the following four sales and $175 for the eighth sale.
Ford's move follows General Motors Corp.'s recent effort to boost sales by offering all customers the same discounts available to employees.
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DEARBORN, Mich., June 17 — <!-- BEGIN: BODYTEXT -->In its latest gambit to boost slumping sales, Ford Motor Co. is offering employees and retirees up to $1,000 in cash to entice friends, relatives and neighbors to buy vehicles with employee discounts.
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vAlign=top width=120><SPACER type="block" height="1" width="120"></TD></TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD> ...Under the plan, which runs through Sept. 30, employees and retirees will get $50 in cash for the first sale they sponsor, $75 for the second, $100 for the third, $150 for the following four sales and $175 for the eighth sale.
Ford's move follows General Motors Corp.'s recent effort to boost sales by offering all customers the same discounts available to employees.
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No- a Ford employee can sponsor a friend for a X-Plan discount. I think someone posted on the F150 board this AM that he could supply a PIN if anyone needed one.
Last edited by polarbear; Jun 17, 2005 at 12:49 PM.
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that's not how i read it....
i read that ford employees get $$$ for referrals.... it didn't say anything about the referrees (purchasers) getting a plan price.......
i think ford is just trying to rally the troops to help them sell more vehicles, which is a good thing.........
i read that ford employees get $$$ for referrals.... it didn't say anything about the referrees (purchasers) getting a plan price.......
i think ford is just trying to rally the troops to help them sell more vehicles, which is a good thing.........
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Forrest- I cheated and read the Ford dealer memo. 
An employee sponsorship gets you X-Plan pricing.
An employee sponsorship gets you X-Plan pricing.
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Originally Posted by polarbear
Forrest- I cheated and read the Ford dealer memo. An employee sponsorship gets you X-Plan pricing.
An employee sponsorship gets you X-Plan pricing.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...061701213.html
I was thinking about buying an 03 or an 04 (first 3/4 truck) then trading it later for 07 but if I can get a loaded F250 for around $36k, I'm starting to work on my "pitch" to the wife.
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Incentives
Just INCREASE the incentives OR DROP the sticker prices and Ford won't have to worry about more LOST sales to foreign car makers. Today's new vehicles are OVERPRICED. It's as simple as that sports fans.
