Some time has passed since this experience, but not because I have done nothing. I have been writing letters to, and speaking to, those involved, and not getting any replies.
On Sept 30/2024, I took my 2017 F350 Super Duty King Ranch Ford pickup, in like-new condition, to Canby Ford, for regular service. (I had been dealing with their Service Dept for some time.) While I was waiting for my truck to be finished, their salesman, Neil Ochs, approached me and we began talking and looking at the trucks on the lot. To make a long story short, I ended up trading my F350 for a 2022 F150 Black Widow lifted Ford pickup. The price was $88,000.00 and the trade value I was given for my 2017 F350 was $70,000.00. I had just had a $400.00 detailing done on it, had just paid a $500.00 service bill to Canby Ford, and had had a $3500.00 heavy duty custom front bumper installed and a $1000.00 winch installed...and my pickup had 22,000 miles on it.
I really was not happy with the F150 and, on Jan 4, I called and talked with Neil Ochs about it. After 3 months, I was seriously considering going back to a diesel, and I asked Neil what trucks were on the lot to look at and we discussed ordering a new truck. He e-mailed an option order sheet to me so I could go over the options so that we could discuss an order.
On Jan 12, my wife and I went in to Dicks Canby Ford, so that I could look at what was available on the lot. Neil Ochs was there, but he never looked at me. He walked right be us and sent a young salesman, Diego Soto, to talk with me.
There was a 2023 3/4 ton diesel pickup, priced in the high $70's (I never did hear an actual price). My wife and I sat in the sales area for quite a long period of time (we were seated next to Neil Ochs and he never did acknowledge us or even nod his head in our direction) and the young salesman came and went several times between us and what we assume was the finance manager. Finally, another person came, sat down and introduced himself as Razi Gonzalez, and Diego sat over to one side.
Razi started mumbling about how things had changed so much since we bought the Black Widow F150 and how he would really like to help us out. After much mumbling, most of which I could not hear or understand, and stalling, I FINALLY got Razi to come out with some numbers; he told me he would take my pickup (the F150 Black Widow) in trade on the 2023 3/4 ton that was sitting on the lot plus another $35,000.00. When I heard this, I could not believe what I was hearing. I said that I would offer my truck (the F150) and $10,000.00 for the 2023 3/4 ton diesel that Diego and I looked at. Razi laughed at me!!!
My wife and I got up and left. And, as we were driving out of the driveway, the Deputy Sheriff drove in. I can only believe that they all knew that I was gonna get very angry when I heard the numbers they were planning on offering me and they were stalling me and had already called a Sheriff to come before they had even quoted me the prices.
I admit, I was angry, and I did raise my voice and I slid the chair I had been sitting in across the floor toward the desk where Razi was sitting, and he jumped up. And we left.
I am almost 80 years old, a U.S. Army veteran, with an 80% service connected disability rating.
Over the last 2 years, I have written more letters than I can count, and never received ANY reply from anyone at Dicks Canby Ford.....even though I wrote to their president Scott Inukai, their manager, and their salesman..and sent the letters by certified mail, so I know they were received.
I wrote to Ford's Customer Service Center in Dearborn Michigan and they did answer, only to say that each dealership is free to do business as they see fit and Ford does not have any control. I wrote to the Better Business Bureau and the only thing they did, was pass my letters to Dicks Canby Ford and, when Dicks Canby Ford did reply (but never directly to me) pass their letter on to me.
I did not think this was the way a reputable Ford dealer worked....I guess this one is not a reputable Ford dealer and is not to be trusted.
I eventually went to Thomason Ford in Aumsville and traded the F150 Black Widow lifted Ford pickup and $20,000.00 for a 2019 F350 pickup. I got a fair deal with them....although the 2019 is not the truck my 2017 was, and it had 40,000 more miles on it than my trade. But Thomason Ford were honest and fair.
I will never recommend Dicks Canby Ford to anyone. read more