I was not happy with my dealer so I removed their company logo's
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2011
- I am not happy with the dealer that installed my flat bed body so I removed his company logo's. I can't see giving free advertising to a company that I am not happy with.
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For as long as I can remember every time my dad would buy a new car he had it taken to the dealers body shop and have ALL the badges and decals removed from the car at the dealers expense. This was a deal breaker as far as he was concerned. He did offer to leave them on the car as long as they paid him $100.00 a month for advertising. In 50+ years no one took him up on it. I do the same now. Dad was my hero. .
TheDodgeboi Just take them off and dont bother them
USA we hate dealers. At the end of the day, they just want our hard earned money. And don't give a rats ass about you or your business
Everybody in this reply section is retarded. Your dad is the man, and his idea makes sense. "why don't you....." .......... Why don't you shut the fuck up and let people do what they wanna do as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. goddamn.
When I was a service manager, I offered a free wash every week to every service customer that would allow me to put a decal on their car. I took all other dealership decals and tags off of the car and replaced them with mine. The customer got a free wash every week and I got inexpensive advertising..........
Yes, that is the attitude of dealers....and on a minor issue.......Leave the decals off or pay me for your advertising....Good idea DAD
....you or your Dad "might would have" sent a NEW customer the dealer NOW MAKING A NEW SALE.......BUT..............?????
How many $100 per months payments would you receive on just 50% of the profit of the referral........
Making a "sale" without "building a business" A person will pay your price, even if it higher than JOEBLOW.....That reason is
THEY LIKE "you".....IT does not matter how good your price is if you as an individual are an asshole I would not buy from you!
I took the stickers and license plate frame off my truck and I'm happy with the place I bought my truck from but they aren't paying me to drive around with that crap on there so I threw it all away.
I think you handled yourself very professional for being screwed by the company. I know those aluminum beds are not cheap if it was me they did it to I'd be at their dealership everyday until it was fixed. My father in law got screwed over and the dealer wasn't fixing the truck so he went and had these huge pictures of a lemon and he put them on his truck and it said if you wanna buy a lemon go to (he had the name of the dealer on the magnet too) and he would park the truck right in front of the dealers showroom. You better believe they fixed his truck real fast... LOL
Todd Ehling I gave them many chances to do the right thing and they just didn't care. I like your fathers idea with the lemon picture. Thanks for the comment.
Hey farmall450diesel , how much $$ was the dump body option for your flatbed? I have a production built (from Ohio, I forget the brand name) aluminum flatbed on my 2002 Ram 2500 Cummins truck. I've considered adding a dump to it, but have a gut feeling that it's going to be cost prohibitive, and that I'd be better off buying a truck that already has a dump body on it. Let me know if you know or can find out. Any info you can share would be greatly appreciated.
Sharp truck!! I'm going to be putting a flatbed on my truck this spring.
This is a beautyful truck. You must be proud of it.
I salute you , you handled it a lot better than I would have, I would have gone berserk, that's a very expensive bed, that company sucks.
Thank you
thats an amazing truck.... im in CT too
glad to see you're happy with the cummins. logos are still on the truck!
I have a 3500 cab chassis with a Featherlight aluminum deck, it looks just like yours, and for mud flaps I found that tractor quarter fenders with a strip of mud flap bolted to the bottom of them work great. With long mud flaps like yours I had issues that they burned up on the exhausted or bend or broke off from vibration and flapping around after some time.
Let me check my records at work from when I bought the truck. On thing that I would do different is that I wish the deck of the body was wood, Just seems like the aluminum dents real easy. What town are you from? I am in Southbury. Eric
Based on experience. If you have a problem like this in the future, and they give you the runaround, and you're tired of dealing with scumbags taking advantage of you.... figure out a way to stop payment or get your cc company to dispute the charge. You'll see how quickly they start calling YOU every day. And if they sue you, better yet. Ride it out till you get to court, and let the judge decide. Of course, they'll probably bend over backwards for you to avoid that sure loss.
Do you remember the MSRP of just the flatbed alone? I forget what you told me when we met at Southford Store.
I'm considering doing the upgrade soon.
seems to me. that the truck bed came with the side rails... and they did not give them to you so they could boost the price.. call the manufacturer.. even if it is years later.. that is why they said they would have to dust them off..
and you are awarded a gold star!
Gold star? Ok, I'll take it.
have you checked the fuses under the hood?
Right on mate! A bad product with great support better than a good product with poor support. Surely they must know that the whole world will find out if you no good but also know if you are good.
I ordered a body from those guys a couple months ago. After waiting three weeks I pick it up to find out it's the wrong size. They seemed very aggravated when I told them there was no way I am taking this body, just won't work with my application. Another two weeks goes by waiting for my new body, go to pick it up and it was like talking to a wall. No apologizes, one of the workers seemed ticked off, just overall bad experience. Won't go there again.
Sorry to you had the same experience I had. Whe you get some time I would like to see a picture of your truck. Are you going to upload a video?
Just do not have any use for business people who have no consideration for your time......How slack........Just today.....a good thing happened....
Needed a trim panel for the power window switch on the BMW X3. Contacted the dealer and online within 24 hrs they sent me a link to make the purchase for that in stock part.....described as 7-holes in the panel.....How EFFICIENT some people are....
BTW, GOOD looking mud flaps!
The more you can do yourself the better off....most all the time.....you miss a few disappointments...
When companies , individuals, give you respect and good service.....It is like somehow you got an extra good day feeling..
Beautiful truck....Hope to soon see video of your truck......SUPPLIED and ready to WORK.
MARS
I agree about removing their logos if that don't stand behind their product. I don't know if you already fix the problem on the mud flaps with extra support. You might go down to a machine shop and they would have free scrap for you to used for the project. Also, you can go to a machine shop to help on making some side boards with latch pins. Great video
I e-mailed truck craft but waiting to hear back. I'm not sure if its even available in wood floor.
-Brendon
you need CAT mud flaps
Beautiful truck! Dealers can be such arrogant a-holes. I've spent so much time learning how to fix their mistakes, thanks to CZcams!! They always take advantage of nice people who want things done right. Just cuz we're willing to pay more, they think we're suckers.
Whoa.. Your truck looks a lot better! Haha, really.. nice truck!
Thanks for watching and for the positive comment.
These turkeys sounds unprofessional as hell. Beautiful rig by the way!
Nice truck!
I like your truck. We're going to turn our Dodge truck into a flatbed too, but made of redwood.
Terri Romero Kill rare trees...the idiocy!
Lady Cham Idiocy? Have you been to northern California lately? They grow everywhere. I forgot to tell you where going to do a 20 ft flatbed trailer to match the truck.
Terri Romero They don't grow everywhere...northern California is one of 3 last remaining spots.
Once found almost world-wide, their natural range is now restricted to the foggy coastal belt of Northern California (the sequoia sempervirens), a strip in the Sierra Nevada mountains of sequoiadendron gigantia and a small group of meta sequoia (Dawn Redwood) in a remote valley in China.
Get a clue...you could use a synthetic product that resembles wood and would be more weatherproof and last longer.
I want make flats bed recovery how much it cost thank u
Cant say I feel bad for you. You've had multiple issues with this dealer/company and you keep going back, you kept talking to the same guy there, and you let them walk all over you. Now you have made a video to say you wont give them advertising, yet the whole video shows the companies info. What you should have done is drove the truck down there, Told them what to fix, and when to have it done by or take the body off of the truck and you'd go elsewhere for one.
The only way some dealers respond is if you get hostile with them, or withhold the payment till they fix it 100% (that's the best way). Some people don't like that kind of confrontation. That's why they go to a dealer in the first place - trust them to get it done right, even though it costs more. This video is the opposite of advertising. It shows anyone in the area that the company is bullshit. Bad word of mouth will go a long way on these things.
This is why you always get them to put things in writing. never take there word for anything , over the phone.
Did you e-mail a link of this video to the company? Good looking truck btw.
I put this on so i wouldnt get suckered into helping my neighbors move anymore
You are correct. Thanks for the comment.
I live in southbury ct with a cummins flatbed. You did the right thing by removing that companies logo off
he wasnt advertising for them he was saying not to use this company its puting a bad name to the company
real nice truck
cool truck man.. i like it
the last truck i bought i removed all dealer logos tags etc,the severvice manager told me it had to have there logos on it ,i told gim that there would be a 500.00 dollar a month charge for mobile add space
Nice truck, but I would have personally got a dump box with fold down sides
If you have a problem with a company you turn the flaps upside down. Let people know
Was not expecting ct
Holy fuck that bracket should have never been welded on. What a Micky mouse operation! it should have had been bolted on. That's what we do when building fire trucks.
@wilson solt : 99% of them are welded on. Same shit happens with fuel tank filler neck brackets. That crack was clearly due to poor welding, combined with no gusset, as the OP pointed out in his video. It's actually a pretty common problem, I see it all the time on all kinds of trucks that I work on.
Unfortunately, most install shops are hacks with either inexperienced or just plain shitty mechanics. I'd never pay an installer install a truck body or snow plow on my truck. They do shit work. 1/2 assed welding, 1/2 assed wiring, pretty much 1/2 assed everything. No thanks, I'll do it myself and do it right.
Shop labor rates are so expensive nowadays, people go to the "cheapest" shops and get slip-shod work done just to save a few bucks. Problem is that almost noone is willing to pay for a job done right. They say they are, but when it comes down to it, they cheap out every damned time. Fact is, time = money, and the more time it takes to do it right, the more it costs the customer.
What's worse is that the average Joe doesn't even know when they are getting hack-job work done on their vehicles. It's sad, but true.
What happen to the service after the sale. I don't blame you at all.
This is exactly what people need to do when they get treated like this. It may seem small but on the whole if everyone who got a raw deal did this it would have a more profound affect on the business in question. I too would have done the very same thing.
Not being able to fix their wiring mistake because they were "too busy" is a sorry excuse. There's no way in hell they were too busy for 6 months straight. They just didn't want to fix it and by putting you off they were hoping you'd drop it.
plastic plug much better than metal in corrosive situations, any day-everyday! You shouldn't have waited so long to address the issues with the installer. Shoulda never left the dealership with those mudflap brackets either.
Odd, once they have your money on the bed you no longer matter. I had the same problem with my truck dealer
taking off the stickers... that'll teach 'em... eh, Hank Hill?
No I did not send them a link. You would think that after 17,000 views somebody from the factory would have seen the video. Thanks for the post.
They just did not seem to care. you are right, they did it to themselves.
Excellent!! I would've cooked the hell outta their nameplate with your torch on camera & sent them this video, lol. These companies need to learn customer service is important.
I have always removed dealer advertising on my cars & trucks and I am in AUSTRALIA.
Your trailer 7-way plug (blinkers and tail lights) are fused separate from your truck tail lights and blinkers look in you owners manual it will say trailer tow marker lights 20amp it will be located under your hood in the drivers side fuse box 90 out of 100 time that all it is.
Nice truck
don't let them call you back you call them back. or drive it down there after you call them. just a thought
Cuanto Cato cuestsa
Never trust the dump bed while it's up
Give them the mud flaps back and say" since your so cheap I thought you would like to save your self a buck and reuse them".
Oxford, near the airport. We met at Southford store. I have the blue F350 with mason dump and aluminum chip box. White Woodsman Chipper. Probably only 3-4 miles from you. My vids show my truck which might strike your memory!
that's why I build my own flatbeds
Really nice Dodge truck and Alluminum bed with dump,I would remove the company logo also.
Should have gotten you a cm flat bed you will pay more for them but there dealers are awesome the one I used in Shreveport Louisiana is dealers truck and equipment I don't never buy cheap
This suprises me. Universal usually does some pretty good work and don't forget things. I haven't been around town for a while, but is Glenn still there? I bet if ya talk to him, he'd straighten it out. YOu are right to be pissed. If they are taking your $$ you should get 100% satisfaction regardless.
i would have did the same thing nice truck and flatbed
nice truck
Damn. Some people do so shoddy work.
I cant blame you . They did it to themselves...
i always ask if they are going to pay me to advertise for them or give me a hell of a discount, if they tell me no, then i have them remove all there decals and badges. if they ask why ? i tell them i DO NOT advertise for anyone for free
i had one dealer tell me he was not going to remove them and i couldnt remove them on his lot, so i said you just lost you a cash deal bubba, see ya,then he was like ok ok ill take them off and i still left and bought another truck else where. just to rub salt in the wound i took the truck to his lot and showed him
I'm aware that I am comment three plus years after you posted this video. Granted the people driving around you will not see where you bought the bed, but 83,298 people have since seen where you purchased the bed. Am I wrong?
But they see the negative review along with it. If someone were to see the logos out on the road, they wouldn't assume anything negative about the company
JeepaholicNinja After watching this I would buy a bed from that dealer.
gees before I had read the comments , I was thinking of my Dad and when in 1980 he bought a new car and had them remove all their dealer name stickers. I agree testing ought to have been done first. Rat bastards.
Way to go ....no free advert for a company that appears to be like some others (get your money in a one shot deal and leave you hanging)...shame on them...
if i had a dodge id take all the emblems off too
Thanks phil903. After etting the run around I think I did the right thing.
I do the same thing as soon as I buy a car I’ll remove all the sticker from the dealer including the license plate frame there is no more customer service nobody cares anymore🥺
I agree with you 100%. Why should us consumers give them free advertising? Eric
lol i only put advertisments that i want people to see on my truck and stuff. i pull all dealers tags hahaha of my stuff
Instead of calling just show up there.... it's easy to dodge a phone call for any salesman that doesn't want to be reached..
That's what i always do. I just turn them around any way... i'm not going to pay for mud flaps and advertise for them too that's like paying them to advertise for them... If they would give them to me it would be a different story...
Great job. Shame it wasnt done right.
You could have save a lot of money just ordering it online and installing it yourself, its easy done it couple time at the garage at my school for a friend.
they make something named the smart eraser pad. it was like $15, its a rubber disk you put it in a drill and takes off stickers and glue without messing up the paint. it works great
+MrMrsregor Thanks for the tip. Eric
+farmall450diesel i hate stealerships (dealerships). i remove all of there adds on all of my trucks
I do the same thing. I am not getting paid to advertise for them (or any dealer) so in the trash it goes.
it would have been OK if they would have fixed there Shit. good job man I'm with you.
next time get LED tail lights instead of those light bulbs
To this Date 3/22/20 I have a customer that has a fleet of trucks i do maintenance on he bought a 2019 f350 with a new CM bed and he was telling me it was taking him a long time to add DEF so i took a look and the fill hose was kink i was telling him its not the first time i have seen alot of that and wiring they do Quantity not Quality nice turck and Bed im sure you still have it.
i agree i wouldnt advertise their company either. I hope their upper management sees your video. good job
if I had a dealer treat me like they did you , the first thing I would do is get a damn good lawyer and sue the living crapt out of them for a breach of contract and a faulty product . they not only gave you the wrong size I would have stop payment on the check till they fixed it right! dealers think they own you and they think you owe them for being there no more dealership games DONT TAKE THE LAW INTO YOUR OWN HANDS TAKE THE SOBS TO COURT!.....
I'd call the owner of the dealer and show him this video and mention thier name and ask him then what do you want to do now? bad publicity is a powerful tool.
Just put a red circle around the name with a red line throw it. It will tell everyone what you think of the dealer.
Waaa waa waaah!
@JJBproductions21 I honestly doubt that would hurt them that bad , if he really wante to hurt them he should put a big ass banner on his truck and drive around. Never get the dealer to do work like that, it cost 10 times more anyway.
want something done right, ya gotta do it yourself.
my dealer started toe different stickers on my truck[dealer ,team logo etc] i told him that will cost you $500 a moth for advertising space
Just learn how to check your fuses. Almost all 7 pin RV plugs are plastic - most need to be replaced every year - upgrade to OEM style plug with replaceable socket so even you that doesn't know anything about wiring can change plug as long as you can run a screwdriver. The seller of this bed has just done themselves a favor - getting you to go to their competition.
partsmen from any and all businesses never call back its like a thing with them i guess. ADHD style people. and we have 15 trucks and 6 trailers at our business, fixing trailer wiring is just a constant thing. even heatshrinked connections and putting loom on the wires doesnt help. sooner or later there going to have a fault. it seems to me like if you use your trailer like almost daily its better. they just dont seem to have wiring isues. but let it sit for a couple weeks and you have a problem
you really stuck it to them
I take the dealer logo off every vehicle i have owned. I dont feel ive ever gotten paid for advertising for a dealership of any kind.
btw black mud flaps look way better
that's a bad car dealer
another professional sniveler
there are three designs for truck/trailers electrical plugs
I cant believe I watched this
see you know companies these days are doing half ass work nor caring about customers when people will go as far as this guy did to remove the logo's with a torch. i would've have done the same thing
Good for u man get john deere mud flaps
Time to find a GOOD dealer, they should help you out. It is called CUSTOMER SERVICE....