DITTO!!!!
Chris Hindy wrote:
> >If DC gets away with it once, they'll keep doing it until they are
> >forced to pay. If they get nailed to the wall the first time, then if it
> >happens again, maybe they'll think twice about doing the right thing.
>
> This is hardly the "first time" something like this has happened, either in
> Chrysler or in the industry at large.
>
> I've been refraining from comment on this issue, but I just HAVE to put in
> my two cents' worth. Consider this: you go to the store and buy a quart
> of milk. You pay the shop keeper the $3.00 and take the milk. You've just
> made a "transaction." You've exchanged something of value, money, for
> something of equal value or desireabillity, the milk. The transaction is
> founded on what you believe to be value of the product you're
> purchasing. In this case, the carton says "2% Milk" on the front. It may
> have further nutritional information and ingredients listings on the side,
> which are there by law to help you make an informed choice. But the key to
> the transaction is that you, in good faith and with reasonable
> expectations, think you've bought milk. You go home and put the milk in
> the fridge.
>
> The news comes on and there's a story that says "Joe's Dairy announced
> today that all quart cartons of 2% milk produced by their dairy actually
> have grape juice in them. To people who've bought the cartons: we've
> decided to revise the specs of our milk to include grape juice. you did
> see that "specifications subject to change without notice," didn't
> you? Tough beans if you didn't -- you've got grape juice now."
>
> I think you see where I'm going here, right? Chrysler, by advertising a
> truck that can tow a boat, and by publishing specs through their dealers
> say that the R/T can do something. They can put as many asterisks in their
> copy as they like, but the bottom line is at least ONE customer who bought
> an R/T bought it with the idea of towing something somewhere at some
> time. They parted with an amount of money for something of equal value or
> desireabillity and did so in the good faith expectation that the truck
> could tow whatever they intended to tow.
>
> When Chrysler arbitrarily changes a paper value and says "Oh, by the way
> you can't tow anymore." they're reneging on the good faith part of the
> deal. Simply: there should be compensation and an admission of fault from DC.
>
> my .02c worth
> -ch
>
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> Mail from Chris Hindy, a proud DML member from Toronto, Ontario
> 1998 Dakota Sport, PB3 Intense Blue. 3.9L V6, 3.91 LSD
> Mods: extang Soft Tonneau, K&N Air Filter, Bosch Plats, CD Changer,
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