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[GTGallop]

Due to the COVID........

I can't tell you how many things I've tried to buy that are in short supply and COVID-19 or SarsCoV-II is to blame:
1. Ammo
2. Firearms
3. Ham Radio Gear
4. I've heard of people unable to find CB Radio's for their truck, or when they did get the radio, they couldn't get an antenna.
5. Apple iPad and Apple Watch
6. Crescini Mushrooms
7. Puff Pastry Dough
8. Eggs - F'ing EGGS! Did chickens really stop $#!++ing eggs because of COVID?

Sure some of this is actually tied to COVID. But all of it? Really? My favorite is when you call stores and they can't perform a basic customer service function "Due to Covid Restrictions." Sooo much BS is getting laid off on Covid as a carte-blanch scape-goat for all short-commings. Imagine if I told the government, "I'm sorry but due to covid restrictions, I'm not paying my taxes this year." That wouldn't fly nearly as far.

Pam - I wouldn't recommend stopping payments, but I would ask insurance and Ford Leasing if it was time to buy your way out of the lease. They should be providing you with a comparable rental and that cost will add up enough to make it financially smart to get out of the relationship. Cut your losses and move on.

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[Theslim_spaydee]

I am in a similar situation. Hit a deer on November 15th about 7,000 in damages and have had the expected completion pushed back several times it is now January 21st. They are missing four bumper mount pieces or something.

Try reaching out to ford on twitter I had some response from them there.

 

[Ronbo]

Um...No you don't! My credit score is 837....

I’m 834. Same situation.

 

[Pnytail1984]

I can't tell you how many things I've tried to buy that are in short supply and COVID-19 or SarsCoV-II is to blame:
1. Ammo
2. Firearms
3. Ham Radio Gear
4. I've heard of people unable to find CB Radio's for their truck, or when they did get the radio, they couldn't get an antenna.
5. Apple iPad and Apple Watch
6. Crescini Mushrooms
7. Puff Pastry Dough
8. Eggs - F'ing EGGS! Did chickens really stop $#!++ing eggs because of COVID?

Sure some of this is actually tied to COVID. But all of it? Really? My favorite is when you call stores and they can't perform a basic customer service function "Due to Covid Restrictions." Sooo much BS is getting laid off on Covid as a carte-blanch scape-goat for all short-commings. Imagine if I told the government, "I'm sorry but due to covid restrictions, I'm not paying my taxes this year." That wouldn't fly nearly as far.

Pam - I wouldn't recommend stopping payments, but I would ask insurance and Ford Leasing if it was time to buy your way out of the lease. They should be providing you with a comparable rental and that cost will add up enough to make it financially smart to get out of the relationship. Cut your losses and move on.

I'm only a year into a three year lease. Single and payment affordability is important to me

 

[Pnytail1984]

and I’m a dope! Sorry about that!

No worries. Not alot of us females that have sold for 13 years

 

[Pnytail1984]

Daaayyuumm...that's ridiculous. Glad to hear you are ok (besides the injuries, which I hope will get better). Wish you all the best in dealing with getting it fixed...and yeah... I definitely wouldn't purchase it off lease. With that being said...do you have to disclose that when you turn it back in when it goes off lease? Any penalties for something like that? I've never leased a vehicle before so kinda curious.

I'm trying to remember. I had a customer that totaled one back when i was selling. I think it just has to be fixed back to like new. But they know, i've been in contact with them trying to figure out what to do. And i used to work for them. It'll show up on the carfax obviously as severe damage. Thats why i don't want to keep it. If i were ever to trade it in, big no no. THis is why i used to sell so many leases. Something like this happens, get it fixed and turn it back at the end of the lease!

 

[Pnytail1984]

Actually it does. Zero credit score means you borrow nothing there for you are unable to be rated.

It doesn't say zero in a literal sense, you just cannot be rated. That is why people often say "It is better to have a bad credit score than no credit score" - they mean with a bad score you can get a loan, just at a really shitty rate even without a co-signer or downpayment. With no score you may not get the loan period without a co-signer or large down payment.

All my 770 score means is I am a good little slaver and I utilize less than 15% of my available credit and pay my stuff on time. One day I hope to freeze my score and destroy all forms of credit. Probably after my home is paid off.

Debt is nothing more than bondage to another. In some cases its more extreme than others. (think 850 score vs. poor scmuck with 400 score who has to go to pay day loan places, aka predatory lending)

Its a really bad game. To reach 850 you actually have to utilize greater sums of credit to reach it. So for example for the sake of being transparent, I have something like $20,000 in unsecured credit available to me right now. I never use greater than a few thousand at a time and usually pay the balance off a few times a year before something else comes along I want to buy. I always pay on time. This is over years. However I have yet to break 800.

I cannot reach 850 by taking out a $100 loan and never going past a $15 balance. It would be to easy to cheat the system. Its setup in a way so you need greater account amounts to "convince" them of a greater score. Really really dark crap if you look into it.

My excuse? I like 5% back on Amazon - generally my Amazon store card is the only thing I use. Every time I blow $1,000 on Amazon I get a free $50. Sometimes you can catch 10% back deals.

The rest of my cards are simply there as the "world is ending haha I'm maxing these bitches out and never paying" kind of thing. lmao

I was on here because of not being able to get parts.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

I was on here because of not being able to get parts.

Hi Pam,

I get that....parts issues stink. Open up a formal complaint with Ford Customer Care. It may help and certainly won't hurt.

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[HoosierT]

For anyone who gets in a wreck in a newer vehicle and it's not your fault, make sure you file a diminished value claim. They definitely won't offer it up. When I was hit in December of '19 in my truck, the damage was $5500. However, I filed a dimished value claim and they sent me a check for $6200 to cover the amount the vehicle had diminished in value due to having an accident on carfax.

 

[r1ch999999]

They don't make "parts". It's my understanding that all the "parts" are actually production line parts that are rejected for use on the assembly line.

When I was in an accident with my Fusion they had no parts available. They had to pull them off the assemble line to get it repaired.

I wish I had known about the diminished value claim, my solution was to trade it in at the dealership that owned the body shop. They gave me full value despite the $3k in damages (led headlights, fender, and windshield)

I was on here because of not being able to get parts.

When my Fusion was tied up for 3 weeks because of part availability I called the dealer that owned the shop. I offered to trade it in toward a new Ford if they took it off my hands now. They were able to get parts overnighted and I had it back in 3 days. That probably won't work for you, but you might be able to get out of this lease and into a new Ranger lease.

 

[Ds_2020Ranger]

For anyone who gets in a wreck in a newer vehicle and it's not your fault, make sure you file a diminished value claim. They definitely won't offer it up. When I was hit in December of '19 in my truck, the damage was $5500. However, I filed a dimished value claim and they sent me a check for $6200 to cover the amount the vehicle had diminished in value due to having an accident on carfax.

This is something I wish I had known a long time ago. I bought a brand new 2011 Mazdaspeed 3, I was rear ended a few months after purchase(fully repaired). When I went to get rid of it a few years later, my car bluebooked for 19k, but due to that rear ending I could only get 11K. I found out about this diminished value after.

 

[r1ch999999]

i always wonder how much this is true, or whether its just fluff talk to make you feel special and all warm and fuzzy inside that Ford would make such a sacrifice for you? you know, in the interest of customer satisfaction surveys.

It didn't make me feel better, their wording was long the lines of "It's going to be another two weeks, the only headlights available are on the assembly line and we have to wait for them to pull a set off it for you"

 

[Ronbo]

I was on here because of not being able to get parts.

There are parts, and then there are the right parts.
Hope you get the right parts.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

i always wonder how much this is true, or whether its just fluff talk to make you feel special and all warm and fuzzy inside that Ford would make such a sacrifice for you? you know, in the interest of customer satisfaction surveys.

Hi RP,

It can be done and is done to pull parts out of the plant. Not when they are on the line but in the stock racks etc. Plants do not warehouse parts like they used to do...more are Just In Time (JIT). It depends on who is pulling the parts. Engineering is always supported first for example. Parts and Service would be down the line and can be said no can do to Parts and Service. My Motorsports Coordinator went to the plant for many of our off road racing support... Rarely did we get turned down.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[Racket]

For anyone who gets in a wreck in a newer vehicle and it's not your fault, make sure you file a diminished value claim. They definitely won't offer it up. When I was hit in December of '19 in my truck, the damage was $5500. However, I filed a dimished value claim and they sent me a check for $6200 to cover the amount the vehicle had diminished in value due to having an accident on carfax.

I wonder how that impacts a lease.

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