Read this to help make a difference!!

[Guest human4m]

No, it's not about my new 'backrest.' It's to help stop an annoyance, and a disgrace! There are several car stealerships that try to take advantage of our younger, less-informed US Marines stationed here at Camp Lejeune (which is 8 miles from my house) by offering them GUARANTEED financing, blah blah blah.

 

Well, they're now going WAY out of their way to try and bait these Marines in. Please take a moment to look at http://onslow.craigslist.org/cta/

 

This is the Car/Truck ads for Jacksonville, NC. There are a LOT of ads featuring "Brian The Car Guy" and others listed in Chesapeake, and VA Beach. I'm just asking all lthe VR Members (who read this, and can spare a few clicks to help out the Marines here) to find any ads for "Brian The Car Guy" "Chesapeake" or "VA Beach" and flag them as MISCATEGORIZED. These Marines already dodge enough bullets overseas, let's help them dodge these domestic ones!

 

I've contacted these dealerships personally, and asked them to please remove their postings in this areas, since they are all over 3 HOURS AWAY. They pretty much told me Marines are easy targets.

 

Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, and maybe I should just stay off Craigslist... but it pi$$es me off.

 

[Guest seuadr]

it's a pretty chitty way to get things done, but most used car dealerships are just as seedy. around here it's a chevy dealer that guarentees financing to anyone. car might even drive down the road.. if you are picky.

[Poledar]

I heard yesterday on the radio that many of these dealers are gouging our troops by charging 20-25-30% interest on their loans. I think we should take all of them trolling for alligators...and they can be the bait!!!

[GigaWhiskey]

He even uses the same chiq with the beer bottle.

[Guest human4m]

I told him I was going to start flagging his ads to get them removed, and he tried to give me some B.S. line about how every ad I get removed is taking food out of a child's mouth. What crap. I've been flagging like a madman.

[KiteSquid]

It is SAD what some people will charge in interest.

 

It is SADDER what some people will pay in interest.

 

An informed shopper is a used car salesman's worst nightmare.

[mini-muffin]

Most bases have lists of businesses not to do business with. Might want to get in touch with the local bases and let them know about this place. Since it's an advertisement from VA they may not have it listed.

 

Margaret

[Gray Ghost]

With the internet it is easier for folks farther away to try a fleece the troops, but this is nothing new. When Ft Polk was going strong with basic and advanced training, Leesville was filled with people skilled at trying to get the young soldiers to part with their cash. We even had people that would try to get on base to go to the barracks to try and drum up their business. The sad part is that some of the worst folks were former servicemembers.

 

I appreciate what you are doing to try and protect the troops, but there are also good NCOs out there on the bases schooling their troops on the "facts of life".