LOTTERY TICKET EVENT IS A SCAM.
Like many car dealerships, Brattleboro Ford is scummy with lots of fake Google reviews (seriously, the most recent review thanks salesman Derek Daigle and a few days ago an account named Derek Daigle wrote a review about his great experience here - read through recent reviews closely and you will see most are fake). Their ongoing "lottery" sales stunt takes dealership scumminess to a particularly malicious level. I received a Brattleboro Ford "lottery ticket" in the mail and scratched it off to find that I had won a prize of $10,000 or an ATV. I was pretty sure this was a scam of some sort, so I called the prize hotline they have listed on the "lottery ticket" and asked them if I had in fact won the $10,000 prize. The woman on the line said that yes, I had in fact won the cash prize, and I only needed to come to the dealership to claim it. I was still doubtful, but it wasn't a long drive to the dealership and the woman had clearly confirmed that I had won the prize, so I (foolishly) figured there was a chance I might have legitimately won and I went there this morning to find out.
A salesman named Jerry welcomed me immediately and walked me and my girlfriend inside. He asked for our vehicle information and mileage and we told him, but we said that we weren't interested in trading in our cars and were just here to claim the prize. Jerry then said that we could win the $10,000 prize if our "invitation #" on the lottery ticket matched one of the four #s on their "prize board." I told him that this was disingenuous, as the woman I had spoken to over the phone told me that I had indeed won the prize. He said it wasn't disingenuous, because I would still win a prize if my prize # didn't match up, but instead of $10,000, I would win a $2 lottery ticket. Of course, my number did not match up (I bet that none do).
I told Jerry that this was a scam and the dealership shouldn't deceive people so blatantly. He laughed and said "well we're selling lots of cars from it, sir." Erik Kirste, dealer principal, and all employees who are complicit in this scheme should be ashamed of themselves. I'm sure that many people drove a long way to claim their prize, only to be handed a cheap lottery ticket. read more