bossman44

Story ends with a good ending..... Thanks to the Blue Oval Forum, a forum member that was willing to share and X-plan pin, and a different dealer, things went smoothly. Made a call to Ted Britt Ford (Northern Virginia), identified the the Escape hybrid I wanted over an email, got the X plan, the available $1000 rebate, the 1.9% financing and the $1000 rebate card that I got in the mail form Ford. I am now able to get my tax credit for buying the hybrid. The dealer does make the difference.......

I was trying to pick up an Escape Hybrid by the end of the year and I had received a special offer ($1000) in the mail several days ago from Ford that was slanted to an F150, but it said it could be used on everything except a Shelby, an Edge, or the Harley Davidson specials. There was no exclusion for financing. So I thought I would apply it to an Escape hybrid. Good timing from marketing. They even had a deal on financing. I went in for one vehicle (on the internet list and verified by the internet salesman) and when I arrived the dealer said he made mistake when I had called for an appointment and it had been sold the night before. He found another one in the back lot (which turned out to be at another dealer quite few miles away), but could not guarantee it to be there Tuesday (tomorrow) and then he said he would not honor the special offer I received in the mail from Ford. He said most of the special offers did not apply to Mustangs or Escape Hybrids (did not say that on the form). That took the wind out of my sails for that purchase. I was hoping to get a tax credit by the end of the year, but I guess the Ford infrastructure just could not get it together. I was trying to be Blue, but maybe there are other reasons why ford is not doing well.