Jim Norton Ford
Deceptive Advertising
- 04-24-2008
- 7
Jim Norton Ford mailed out a postcard with a scratch and win offer. It said I won one of five prizes and to visit their dealership to redeem it.
The advertisement mentioned a $150 gas card, and that is what Jim Norton Ford told me I won. However, what they gave me was a card/voucher for FreeBeeGas.com. The voucher instructed me to go online to redeem my gift card.
But once you visit FreeBeeGas.com, you discover that you must:
(1) pay a $5 registration fee which is supposedly redeemed if you buy enough gas and mail them the receipts,
(2) buy your gas from the same gas station brand
(3) mail all original receipts to them at the end of each month,
(4) and buy $100 worth of gas to get a $25 gift card.
I would have to buy $600 worth of gas and mail in all my receipts to get my promised "free" $150 worth of gas and to get my $5 registration payment back.
That is not "free" gas. It is a ripoff. It is simply deceptive advertising from Jim Norton Ford to get prospects in the door. They do not realize they are only annoying and angering prospects and turning them into anti-Jim Norton Ford spokespersons.
Company: Jim Norton Ford
Country: USA
State: Oklahoma
City: Broken Arrow
Address: 1101 SW Expressway