Jan 18 2011
Ford Hits back with a “deceptive” offer!
Well the fine print on the latest Ford ad, which begins with ” WISE BUYERS READ THE SMALL PRINT”. is pretty deceptive and we are told these ads “stink so much, they are there just to get you into the showroom, and then squeeze you for an extra 5 or 10K.”
After reading and examing the Ford ad today, we thought we would check out the Internet. In their rush to combat CWB’s entry yesterday pointing out that “Even Ford is Screwing Canadians!” , the build and price feature doesn’t appear to work.
So we phoned up a Canadian dealer and learned that the current deal for a 2011 Manual Escape Xlt I4, is for cash only!, If you want to finance it the rate is 6.99% apr!
But he told us that if you purchase one of the more upscale models, ie… the price will be 4-5 k higher but you can get 0% financing for up to 72 months. The same model with Automatic transmission is $6,000 more, but you can get 0 % financing! You can check the specs and options and pricing out here.
Now how many of us think this is a good deal? How many Canadians think that if they overpay for a vehicle, but obtain 0% financing they are getting a good deal!
These car companies really think you Canadians are stupid!
We have included a PDF version of the Ford ad in order to help you read the small print! We couldn’t make it out ourselves until we loaded it into a PDF file, rotated it and then blew it up to 400%. Don’t you just luv the Canadian Consumer laws that allow Multi-national companies to get away with this deceptive marketing. The 2011 Ford explorer ad.
Now, to top this all off, Page B16 of the Gazette featured an article by Zack Spencer titled ”Ford’s Faded Explorer gets a new life with redesign”… he could have titled it: Ford’s Faded Explorer Gets a new Life, unfortunately Ford still screwing Canadians on Price!
So the battle for your hard earned taxed dollars goes on! Please shop smartly!













