Alabama Ford Dealership's 'God and Country' Promo

[Jerome]

Ford Corporate Intervenes After Alabama Dealership Gives Away 'Bible, Shotgun, U.S. Flag' With Every Purchase

"The original promotion that Chatom Ford in Chatom, Ala., offered customers was a free King James Bible, an American flag and a 12-gauge shotgun with the purchase of a vehicle....The video promoting the giveaway, which was posted June 19 and had been expected to run through July 31, has been deleted. It showed [sales manager Koby] Palmer explaining the deal, then pumping a shotgun."

"But on Wednesday afternoon, the dealership, which is about an hour’s drive from Mobile, posted the following statement on its Facebook page, saying Ford Motor Company had asked them to stop advertising it. 'We were running a promotion celebrating this country’s independence,' the post reads. '[Ford Motor Company] manufacture(s) the products we are franchised to sell, so we are complying with their request. We appreciate everyone’s support. All the phone calls and messages were so greatly appreciated. We will fulfill all commitments we made to our customers.'"

"'Ford Motor Company wasn’t aware or involved in this promotion,' said Ford Motor Company spokesman Mark Truby, who said the dealership had promised to 'stop talking about it as God, guns and glory'....the deal now offers a $200 certificate to spend on whatever, wherever."

 

[Benjamin]

Hmm, last Ford dealership I went to about 10 years was presenting themselves as pretty patriotic. Now, I wonder what Ford would say if the franchise had offered free drinks at a gay bar, a donation to the GoFundMe abortion fundraiser and a Rainbow flag promo?

 

[just-want-peace]

Hmm, last Ford dealership I went to about 10 years was presenting themselves as pretty patriotic. Now, I wonder what Ford would say if the franchise had offered free drinks at a gay bar, a donation to the GoFundMe abortion fundraiser and a Rainbow flag promo?

Pears to me that all could be solved by the dealer simply stating that this is A DEALER, not FOMOCO, promotion!!
If FOMOCO had a problem with that, then --??!!??

 

[Jerome]

Carolina Ford triples sales offering American Flag, King James Bible, and 'Smith & Wesson AR' with every purchase

"Carolina Ford’s promotion comes several months after Ford’s corporate office reportedly put an end to a very similar 'God, Guns and Freedom' July Fourth promotion at a dealership in rural Alabama....a Ford spokesman told the Detroit Free Press the automaker won’t interfere with the South Carolina promotion."

"people are calling from as far away as Alaska to say they want to buy a vehicle from the rural South Carolina dealership to show their support. The promotion was designed to help Carolina Ford, located 35 miles south of Greenville, 'stand out' in the conservative Upstate during its slowest months of the year"

"A week after Carolina Ford in Honea Path began offering a free Bible, American flag and a 'Smith & Wesson AR' rifle for every vehicle sold, its promotion posts on Facebook disappeared....General Manager Derrick Hughes suspects gun opponents are clicking to 'report' posts on the dealership’s page so posts about the promotion vanish. But the sales offer will continue through November, he said."

"no one’s declined the voucher or the King James Bible, Hughes said....the voucher is actually for a lighter weight rifle that shoots .22-caliber bullets....Hughes said he sees nothing misleading about advertising a 'Smith & Wesson AR', as 'AR' stands for the ArmaLite rifle body type."