DishonestDealer.com - A lesson in accountability.

Honesty is a virtue I take seriously. I have been lied to blatently by the management staff of a local car dealership a number of times now. This website and my efforts to come are an attempt to document the multiple times I've been deceived by a dealership that markets itself as [redacted].

They've got 365 trucks, but mine ain't one.

Post by Admin, Aug 14, 2016.

Resolution has been reached.

I launched this website on Friday September 9th, 2016 to bring attention to a horrible experience at a local car dealership. In less than 3 days, this website exceeded 30,000+ unique hits.

Turns out a voice 30,000 strong speaks an entirely different language.



I received a call, Tuesday (9/14), from the management of the dealership this website was directed at seeking resolution of the issue. They offered the truck in exchange for the website going away. I countered demanding both the truck AND an appology.



Eventually I received both, the truck and an appology (of sorts).

All dealerships involved stood by their offers and are good by me at this point. As I offered, I am making good on my word and taking the content down effectively September 14th, 2016.

THANK YOU!

Post by Admin, Aug 14, 2016.

I had lost hope with the situation.

There is no way for me to appropriately acknowledge the support I have seen from the general public.

I set out to cause an annoyance at a local dealership and never immagined I would see the ammount of support I did.

I was born in Hawaii, raised in California, I not even 100% sure where "downriver" starts... I'm still learning. But...

Tonight I'm proud to be a Michigander.

You rock Detroit.

An open letter to ALL dealership management

Post by Admin, Sept 14, 2016.

The dealer that was targeted by this site is not alone in the way their business was handled. This is abundantly clear in the feedback and support the site received. Several emails came in about similar nightmares at other Michigan dealerships. In my two month journey I’ve visited at least twenty dealerships in the area seeking a variety of resolutions. One thing that stands out among them: the sales staff. I found most of them to be personable and honest. Several of them specifically spoke out about the behaviour of management.

Your sales staff rely on their reputation. Honesty is a corner-stone of that reputation. When you as a manager lie your ass off you circumvent the only advantage your sales staff have.

A 70$ bottle of scotch and my best attitude was NOT enough to win over the manager of a dealership and get them to treat me as a HUMAN. I’m willing to bet the same would happen at a majority of the dealers I visited. The management is ALL the same.



That 70$ bottle of scotch was sold to my roommate for 62$ after you rejected it (I emptied his wallet).



That 62$ was re-used:

25$ - sheet of plywood.

15$ - Kilz latex paint

7.99$ - domain name

By my math I saved 14$ when that manager refused to treat me as a human instead of a number.

I hope this ‘lesson in accountability’ resonates with the dealerships in the area. It’s easy to point the finger at the dealership that was holding the truck “hostage” but the majority of your dealerships would act the same. You never know when you are being recorded or what the guy or gal on the other end of that lie you're telling might be capable of.



An idiot with a piece of plywood and a basic understanding of the internet was able to garner the support of 30,000+ visitors in 3 days ALL due to the horrible experiences WE as a community have had with dealerships.

This was just the tip of the iceberg. I was only getting started. I did NOT contact the BBB, news, Facebook, twitter or any other outlet. With 30,000 views it wouldn’t have been terribly difficult to crowd/ad fund a billboard or two in the area with the domain name on it.

You need to recognize the game has changed with social media. When you screw a customer over these days occasionally they’re going to bite back. Social media will not allow you to lie to customers. The manager in this case knew this risk but didn’t believe it.

Tonight we cracked open his bottle of scotch, by his truck, with an extra 14$ in my pocket. Not something I ever thought would happen. I had lost hope, but social media hadn’t: it picked up the fight and now I've got money for munchies.

Please think twice before you lie next time, you might just get caught. We’re all adults here, lets just tell the truth. Business has no place for bullshit.

Respectfully - Admin

And I don't event drink scotch.