It was cold, the winter of 2011. We needed a new car. My wife was pregnant with our first child. We were early in the pregnancy and at very high risk, after years of trying. I am writing this now, because here it is...7 years later...and this experience still has not left my mind. It was so horrific, that I don't know that I could ever buy/lease another Ford, which is a shame, because the car itself was wonderful.
It wasn't the car. It was the staff that was a nightmare. The memory just popped into my head, and I checked to see that the same GM is still in charge. He, specifically, can rot in hell for the experience he put us through.
Why, you ask?
We leased a new Ford Fiesta.
Jerk #1: THE SEXIST SALESMAN
During the process, my father in law, who had leased cars from Best Ford for years (not since), was excited and trying to be helpful by getting all the info on the car and all the options. The salesman tried to upsell us on something...we said no...and he said, 'What, why don't you get your daddy to buy it for you?'
Literally, he said that. We are paying cash up front for a 3 year lease. Our 'daddy' isn't paying for any of it. It's 2018. What the hell planet are you on, man? Imagine if he'd have realized he was leasing to a gay couple. I'm sure he'd have worked in a fun phrase or two.
So it gets worse. We left the dealership, cash paid up front for the 3 year lease...paperwork in hand. We had 10 days to register. So we travelled back to NY where we live and registered the car on the 10th day. At the DMV, we paid the sales tax (approx $1,000) and left with our plates. All good.
THE JERKY SALES MANAGER
It took them almost 2 weeks to realize their error. A few days after we registered it, we start getting calls from the dealership. They messed up. They were supposed to charge the sales tax there and remit the tax to the state of NY. It was a $1,000 error, but the tax had been paid, so we had paid our due.
We did not want to pay it again because of their error, and then have to hope and pray that the DMV was quick or accurate with the full refund. We had a baby on the way, and we couldn't afford to pay twice for their mistake.
THE KINGPIN DICK, THE GM
The GM Michael Frassica called my wife...my high risk, 4 years of pregnancy attempts & finally pregnant wife who had been told to avoid stress by our doctor for her safety and the baby. She told him at the start of ten conversation to calm down. That she couldn't get stressed out, that an increase in flood pressure could be dangerous because she was pregnant and at risk.
He did not care. He screamed at the top of his lungs obsenities no one should say in a business exchange or personal, lest they like being filmed and made into YouTube stars.
The GM Mike Frassica, from Best Ford, screamed ''Why do I have to take it up the a#%??! '' to my pregnant wife. He screamed at her because he was on vacation and having to deal with this. Because we wouldn't just front him the $1,000 to cover his staff's error. She asked him to calm down multiple times. He did not.
He screamed multiple F Bombs and a good ol bitch for good measure. A few threats to come and take OUR car, rightfully ours and paid for upfront for 3 years, for which we'd already registered and paid the taxes.
He threatened my pregnant wife that he was going to send a tow truck in the middle of the night...and that we'd better hope for 'good luck' getting a refund of our $11,000 cash that we'd already outlaid.
Because he and his staff screwed up.
EGREGIOUS ERROR UPON ERROR
They made other mistakes too, such as filing the title only in our name and not the leading company. We could have walked away with the car because the title said it was ours. We didn't, because that's not the right thing to do...but it's another example of their ridiculous and gigantic errors.
That guy...Mike Frassica...Can rot in hell.
PREEMIE BABY, HEALTHY BOY
My wife was hospitalized for the last months of pregnancy, and our son was born 6 1/2 weeks early. It's years later, and he is a healthy little kid now. So I can breathe and know they're safe.
But back then, when all this transpired...he's lucky we lived 2 states away.
Mike does not deserve to have that job. The way he behaved was appalling, and bordering on verbal assault. Had we been in person and had he been videotaped, his monstrous nature would be known. And he would undoubtedly lose his job.
It's #MeToo time, jerk-offs.
Time for the public to know who you really are. At least some people may realize that buying a car at your 'establishment' is not the right choice for them. read more