Re: Bedliner "facts"

From: Chad Evans (hemidak@msn.com)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 10:28:06 EDT


if anything a spray in liner would increase the value of the truck!
that lease company was smoking something!

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From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Bedliner "facts"

>
> "Jason Bleazard" <jason.dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
>
> : ----- Original Message -----
> : From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> : Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:00 PM
>
> :> Scuffing the paint is causing "excess wear"?
>
> : Only one thing to add here (I think you covered the rest Jon :-).
>
> : We asked our dealer about getting a spray-in liner in our '98 when we
leased
> : it. They warned us not to, unless we wanted to get hit with a huge
"excess
> : wear" charge when we turned it back in. The only explanation they could
> : offer was some weak drivel about "but what if the next owner doesn't
*want*
> : a spray-in liner? It might hurt our ability to re-sell it, and since
it's a
> : permanent modification we can't remove it."
>
>
> Ok - THAT makes some sense - at least now I can see where it came
> from. I can certainly see how the "excess wear" claim can be made -
> when talking about a leased vehicle, and looking at it from the
> dealership's perspective. I was thinking strictly of owned trucks,
> and it just did not compute! :-)
>
>
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