BMW loses a boat load of new M3's

[Oz10]

http://blog.streetfire.net/2008/01/bmw-looses-boat-load-of-new-m3s-at-port.aspx

Damn this sucks

[aaronfelipe]

Repost.

[Oz10]

aww.. i see it now sorry about that

[aaronfelipe]

It would suck to buy one that was repaired from that batch.

[1000cckiller]

It would suck to buy one that was repaired from that batch.they cant repair them, they have to make them a total loss.

[aaronfelipe]

they cant repair them, they have to make them a total loss.

This was in the article....



Those cars with light damage will be repaired at the Elizabeth Receiving facility and sold through BMW's dealer network as new cars.

[2.0 under pressure]

they cant repair them, they have to make them a total loss.
I would hope so, a damaged car sold as new, can you say law suite

[1000cckiller]

This was in the article....



Those cars with light damage will be repaired at the Elizabeth Receiving facility and sold through BMW's dealer network as new cars. I dont know which article you read, but the one I read said they will have to make them a total loss. I am a car dealer, and they would not let us fix or sale them.

[aaronfelipe]

I thought they were all going to be totaled too. I mentioned it because I read it in the link he posted.

[Thighs]

repost you stupid ***** lolol

wuz good oz

[1SICKLEX]

THe sad thing is they WILL be resold to unsuspecting customers....by someone...

[aaronfelipe]

sucks

[atlxpat]

repost! why? cause i made the first one! mwahahah

[Reaper]

this isn't the first time this has happened either. A few years back they lost a whole ship to the Atlantic..300+ cars are sitting at the bottom somewhere

[1000cckiller]

suckstroof

[DieselNuts]

wow, that does suck. i would be pissed if i was first in line to get one.

[speedminded]

I dont know which article you read, but the one I read said they will have to make them a total loss. I am a car dealer, and they would not let us fix or sale them.BMW will repair them fool, not the dealer.

[1000cckiller]

BMW will repair them fool, not the dealer.I didnt say the dealer would repair them dumbass, I said they wouldnt let us fix or sale them. Reading is your friend bish.

[speedminded]

they cant repair them, they have to make them a total loss.

I dont know which article you read, but the one I read said they will have to make them a total loss. I am a car dealer, and they would not let us fix or sale them.

I didnt say the dealer would repair them dumbass, I said they wouldnt let us fix or sale them. Reading is your friend bish.You originally said they can't repair them then you said as a dealer you can't repair them either...then who is?!

Some will be a total lost but those with cosmetic damage only will be repaired. If the manufacturer doesn't make a total loss claim on a specific car who says they can't take it back to the plant and put it back to new condition then ship it to a dealer to sell as new? It's no different than if a machine malfunctioned on an assembly line and they had to run it back through.

[1000cckiller]

You originally said they can't repair them then you said as a dealer you can't repair them either...then who is?!

Some will be a total lost but those with cosmetic damage only will be repaired. If the manufacturer doesn't make a total loss claim on a specific car who says they can't take it back to the plant and put it back to new condition then ship it to a dealer to sell as new? It's no different than if a machine malfunctioned on an assembly line and they had to run it back through.if the dealer sales a car that was previously wrecked, they will be out of business. Go look up the laws, about it you will see. Bmw can be sued also, which I dont think they will like very much. Insurance is paying the claim so I expect tose cars to end up, sold with a salvage title.

[speedminded]

if the dealer sales a car that was previously wrecked, they will be out of business. Go look up the laws, about it you will see. Bmw can be sued also, which I dont think they will like very much. Insurance is paying the claim so I expect tose cars to end up, sold with a salvage title.That wasn't too difficult to find, as i said before...

43-47-2
(14) "Salvage vehicle" means any vehicle which:

(C) Is an imported vehicle which has been damaged in shipment and disclaimed by the manufacturer as a result of the damage, has never been the subject of a retail sale to a consumer, and has never been issued a certificate of title.

If it's not a total loss and they don't claim it as a total loss then it can be repaired and sold as new. As a dealership have you not repaired hail damage on vehicles and sold them as new?

[1000cckiller]

That wasn't too difficult to find, as i said before...

43-47-2
(14) "Salvage vehicle" means any vehicle which:

(C) Is an imported vehicle which has been damaged in shipment and disclaimed by the manufacturer as a result of the damage, has never been the subject of a retail sale to a consumer, and has never been issued a certificate of title.

If it's not a total loss and they don't claim it as a total loss then it can be repaired and sold as new. As a dealership have you not repaired hail damage on vehicles and sold them as new?you are talking about completely different damage. When a car is wrecked is different from hail damage. We can not sell the car as new. We cant sell it as salvaged either, because we dont have a liscense to sale salvaged cars. The insurace company will be able to sell those cars. Bmw will be payed for the damaged cars and will build new ones. The customers who loss their cars will be, compensated in some form.

Some customers will receive really good discounts, or maybe some of their money back. Bmw will have to make good in some form to it's customers cars it lost. Think about why would BMW risk a law suit.

[speedminded]

you are talking about completely different damage. When a car is wrecked is different from hail damage. We can not sale the car as new. We cant sale it as salvaged either, because we dont have a liscense to sale salvaged cars. The insurace company will be able to sale those cars. Bmw will be payed for the damaged cars and will build new ones. The customers who loss their cars will be, compensated in some form.

Some customers will receive really good discounts, or maybe some of their money back. Bmw will have to make good in some form to it's customers cars it lost. Think about why would BMW risk a law suit.How on earth is a car damaged in a shipping container or during transport any different than hail damage or vandalism on a car lot? Any car that has not been sold to a consumer or been issued a title is a new car and will remain a new car until so, even if it requires minor repairs as long as it can't be considered a totaled vehicle...frame/chassis damage, etc.

P.S. It's sell ;)

[1000cckiller]

How on earth is a car damaged in a shipping container or during transport any different than hail damage or vandalism on a car lot? Any car that has not been sold to a consumer or been issued a title is a new car and will remain a new car until so, even if it requires minor repairs as long as it can't be considered a totaled vehicle...frame/chassis damage, etc.ok since you know everything, and you are a new/ used dealer. I will leave it at that :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:. This **** is so funny. Call a dealer right now and ask him, if he will be able to sale you those BMWs. Oh........ I forgot you are talking to one right now. We can't sell them to a consumer. As I said the insurance company can sale them, we cant.

[1000cckiller]

How on earth is a car damaged in a shipping container or during transport any different than hail damage or vandalism on a car lot? Any car that has not been sold to a consumer or been issued a title is a new car and will remain a new car until so, even if it requires minor repairs as long as it can't be considered a totaled vehicle...frame/chassis damage, etc.

P.S. It's sell ;)oh wow you are correcting my spelling, how ironic. When you go become a dealer holla at me, until then keep quit.

[1000cckiller]

That wasn't too difficult to find, as i said before...

43-47-2
(14) "Salvage vehicle" means any vehicle which:

(C) Is an imported vehicle which has been damaged in shipment and disclaimed by the manufacturer as a result of the damage, has never been the subject of a retail sale to a consumer, and has never been issued a certificate of title.

If it's not a total loss and they don't claim it as a total loss then it can be repaired and sold as new. As a dealership have you not repaired hail damage on vehicles and sold them as new?The only way the car can be sold as new, which all of you have failed to mention. Is if a customer is willing to sign a statement, say they will buy a car that has been wrecked. If not the car will be salvaged as I have stated. Bmw will come out better, by just build new cars and having the insurance pay for the others. I am out later.

[Doppelgänger]

I dont know which article you read, but the one I read said they will have to make them a total loss. I am a car dealer, and they would not let us fix or sale them.



if the dealer sales a car that was previously wrecked, they will be out of business. Go look up the laws, about it you will see. Bmw can be sued also, which I dont think they will like very much. Insurance is paying the claim so I expect tose cars to end up, sold with a salvage title.


SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL.... repeat that a few times please. My God how hard can it be to comprehend???


Yes, BMW already got sued back in 95 for $2million for repairing damaged vegicles and selling them as new without disclosing they they had been damaged in shipping and fixed.

http://www.maryalice.com/cases/bmw_paint.asp

Why Did BMW Deliberately Rip-Off Its Own Customers?
Dr. Ira Gore, who treats cancer patients in Birmingham, Alabama, bought a new BMW 535i automobile in January 1990. He paid $40,750 for the car, which BMW markets as the "ultimate driving machine," with "flawless body panels" that retain "their original luster" after many miles of wear.

Dr. Gore wrongly assumed that since the car was new, it had never been damaged. In fact, when Dr. Gore took his car to an auto detailing expert nine months after the purchase, he learned that virtually the entire car -- the top, hood, trunk and quarter panels -- had been repainted due to acid rain damage sustained in transit from BMW's factory in Germany. BMW kept computer records of repairs to all of its cars, but no one from the auto maker ever told Dr. Gore that the car he bought had been repainted at a company facility in Georgia. BMW even failed to disclose to its own dealers that cars had been repainted.

Feeling cheated, Dr. Gore filed a fraud suit in Alabama state court against BMW and the dealer. During the trial, Dr. Gore showed that:

* the repainted car -- although it looked "new" -- would always be unavoidably inferior. This is because the super-heated painting process at the factory could not be duplicated once non-metal parts were installed in the assembled car.
* even if the repaint job was done as well as possible, the car still would be worth 10 percent less, a former BMW dealer testified. This is because the paint on the repainted car would begin to fade, reducing the value of the car. (In Dr. Gore's case, he was defrauded out of approximately $4,000, i.e., the $40,750 purchase price minus 10 percent.)
* BMW's Executive Board had adopted a policy in 1983 to deliberately and fraudulently conceal from customers -- and even its own dealers -- that vehicles had been repainted, regardless of the extent of the damage or cost of repairs. Notably, a BMW expert testified that he would want to know whether a car had been repainted if he was going to purchase it.
* a minimum of 983 other cars, each with at least $300 in damage, had been sold to unsuspecting American customers. BMW also sold more than 5,850 other repaired vehicles as "new" without disclosing repairs. These figures, though, vastly underestimate BMW's program of nationwide fraud. At a post-trial hearing, BMW filed a document indicating that repainting is required on 2 to 3 percent of all new BMW vehicles sold in the United States.

By selling damaged cars for more than they were worth, BMW reaped millions of dollars through this nationwide consumer fraud. The Alabama jury did not let BMW get away with it: The jury awarded Dr. Gore $4,000 for the diminished value of the car and $4 million in punitive damages to punish and deter BMW from engaging in fraud. Five days after the verdict, BMW dropped the policy and quit fleecing Americans. The manufacturer now discloses all damage to its cars.

In upholding the award, the trial court found that BMW had "deliberately engag[ed] in a scheme of fraud from which [it] derived monetary benefits," that the scheme "had gone on for several years," and that in light of the "monetary benefits accumulated by [BMW's] wrongful acts . . . the jury was justified in awarding sufficient damages to prevent similar wrongs in the future."

The Alabama Supreme Court agreed with the trial court that BMW's misconduct had been reprehensible and merited punishment. However, the state supreme court found that the jury -- which apparently arrived at the $4 million punitive award by multiplying the approximately 1,000 documented cases of fraud by the $4,000 diminution in value per car -- should not have considered the fraudulent acts occurring outside Alabama. The Alabama court then considered the fraudulent cases in that state and reduced the punitive award to $2 million.

This case is about what it will take to punish and deter a multinational company that deliberately and intentionally defrauds its customers and reaps an unjustified windfall. Punitive damages are particularly appropriate where a defendant, such as BMW in this case, has fleeced unsuspecting consumers.

Article Reprinted with Permission from
American Association for Justice

[1000cckiller]

SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL.... repeat that a few times please. My God how hard can it be to comprehend???


Yes, BMW already got sued back in 95 for $2million for repairing damaged vegicles and selling them as new without disclosing they they had been damaged in shipping and fixed.

http://www.maryalice.com/cases/bmw_paint.aspwow dumbass speedminded already pointed that out. STFU and GTFO bish

[Doppelgänger]

oh wow you are correcting my spelling, how ironic. When you go become a dealer holla at me, until then keep quit.

You own a dealership, yet have a hard time understanding the difference between "sell" and "sale"? I'd love to be a fly on the wall when a customer comes in and you tell them "Hello, is there anything i can sale you today?". That is, unless your customers have a hard time understanding the English language too, then you'd be OK.
I'm sorry, but if i went to a dealership and a sales person talked to me like that, I'd walk right out...laughing.

[Doppelgänger]

wow dumbass speedminded already pointed that out. STFU and GTFO bish

Yeah, but you'll still fail at learning the difference between "sale" and "sell", figured you need more reminders. It's quite amusing someone corrects you and you discredit them and tell them to stfu..... lol

[1000cckiller]

You own a dealership, yet have a hard time understanding the difference between "sell" and "sale"? I'd love to be a fly on the wall when a customer comes in and you tell them "Hello, is there anything i can sale you today?". That is, unless your customers have a hard time understanding the English language too, then you'd be OK.
I'm sorry, but if i went to a dealership and a sales person talked to me like that, I'd walk right out...laughing.you are a dumbass for real. One I am closing deals and typing at the same time. You probably can't afford to buy a car anyway, so you wouldn't be coming in. Its so funny how many of you try to correct someone. What job do you have?

[1000cckiller]

Yeah, but you'll still fail at learning the difference between "sale" and "sell", figured you need more reminders. It's quite amusing someone corrects you and you discredit them and tell them to stfu..... lolNo I told you to STFU because someone else already corrected me. So therefore, if you read and saw where he correct me common sense would tell you. Damn someone already corrected him.

[Doppelgänger]

you are a dumbass for real. One I am closing deals and typing at the same time. You probably can't afford to buy a car anyway, so you wouldn't be coming in. Its so funny how many of you try to correct someone. What job do you have?

Bragging about your job on the internet is well...... do i really need to say anything? I'm living comfortably enough to not need to brag about it all over IA lol

[1000cckiller]

Bragging about your job on the internet is well...... do i really need to say anything? I'm living comfortably enough to not need to brag about it all over IA lolNo one bragged about their job, cryaby. I stated why I know about the situation, by use of my job. You are looking like a hater to me. Also I dont consider it as a job, as I do other things besides having a dealership to make money. So instead of trying to get the last word, try another thread. Later.

[Doppelgänger]

Hating? Yes, I'm "hating" the fact that i know the difference between "sale" and "sell". I mean, if it was a mistake here and there, that would be one thing. But in all your posts, you use "sale" where "sell" should go lol.

last word.

[1000cckiller]

Hating? Yes, I'm "hating" the fact that i know the difference between "sale" and "sell". I mean, if it was a mistake here and there, that would be one thing. But in all your posts, you use "sale" where "sell" should go lol.

last word.No you fail at being a douche and you keep talking about, the same ****. Obviously that's all you can do with your spare time, seeing that you are crying like a little ***** about a spelling error. See I have better things to do than talk about the same ****. So as you continue to repeat the same ****, I will continue to collect money.

[1000cckiller]

Bragging about your job on the internet is well...... do i really need to say anything? I'm living comfortably enough to not need to brag about it all over IA lolWhich means you are probably, living with another family member or friend. Possibly not doing **** with your life, but sitting on IA all crying like a *****.

[speedminded]

ok since you know everything, and you are a new/ used dealer. I will leave it at that :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:. This **** is so funny. Call a dealer right now and ask him, if he will be able to sale you those BMWs. Oh........ I forgot you are talking to one right now. We can't sale them to a consumer. As I said the insurance company can sale them, we cant.I'm sorry, I would never admit to being a dealer even if I was. Aside from the ethical issues I've dealt with who do you suppose I would call up? With the exception of most technicians, a couple others in service, one salesman, and maybe one person in finance I have yet to meet anyone else with redeeming qualities, common sense, or morals at ANY dealership....but that's not the subject here.

The point is, if the vehicle has not been sold to a consumer and has not been issued a title and is damaged but is not a total loss and is not claimed as such then repairs can be made and it still be considered new.

[1000cckiller]

Dude you dont get the point. The cars can only be sold with a customer signing a disclousre, saying he will accept a damaged or wreck car. If is not sold that way, it will be deemed a total loss. How many people do you know, that are going to sign that disclosure? We have already had a case like that before and almost got sued.

[Nismo]

light damage is minor scratches or a new bumper cover, no body panel damage. They will probably mark them down anyhow.

[Doppelgänger]

No you fail at being a douche ..and you keep talking about, the same ****. Obviously that's all you can do with your spare time, seeing that you are crying like a little ***** about a spelling error. See I have better things to do than talk about the same ****. So as you continue to repeat the same ****, I will continue to collect money.


LoL... unlike you. I'm so impressed with you right now, im actually going to sig quote that. Saying i fail at being a duche... that **** is priceless!!!! aaaaaahahahahah

[1000cckiller]

LoL... unlike you. I'm so impressed with you right now, im actually going to sig quote that. Saying i fail at being a duche... that **** is priceless!!!! aaaaaahahahahahI see you have no humor in your life what so ever. You cant even figure out when someone is joking. Anyway you are boring me right now. Later

[1000cckiller]

LoL... unlike you. I'm so impressed with you right now, im actually going to sig quote that. Saying i fail at being a duche... that **** is priceless!!!! aaaaaahahahahahDouche
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So I wonder..........

[Doppelgänger]

Douche
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

A vaginal bulb syringe. Note the lateral holes near the tip of the nozzle (about 1cm, or 1/2 inch thick).

This "fountain syringe" should only be used for douching, by replacing the attached enema nozzle with the vaginal nozzle (shown bottom left). The vaginal nozzle is longer, thicker, and has lateral holes.
A douche is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself. The word comes from the French language, in which its principal meaning is a shower (it is thus a notorious false friend encountered by non-native speakers of English; the phrase for vaginal douching is douche vaginale, meaning vaginal shower).

The word can refer to the rinsing of any body cavity but usually applies to vaginal irrigation, rinsing of the vagina. A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douching: a bag for holding the water or fluid used in douching (the term douche bag can also be used as an insult; see below for slang uses). To avoid transferring intestinal bacteria into the vagina, the same bag must not be used for a vaginal douche and an enema.

So I wonder..........


Words fail at describing your self ownage.... i had to quote this for everyone to laugh at later.

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I used to work at Nissan back when the Maxima/Altima plant had a big hailstorm and we got a bunch of dinged up cars. All were sold AS NEW and marked down and documented as hail damaged. This is what will happen to the BMWS that were not TOTALLED. All that that were only scratched or dented will be repaired and sold AS NEW and documented as damaged in transport and probably marked down considerably

[1000cckiller]

I used to work at Nissan back when the Maxima/Altima plant had a big hailstorm and we got a bunch of dinged up cars. All were sold AS NEW and marked down and documented as hail damaged. This is what will happen to the BMWS that were not TOTALLED. All that that were only scratched or dented will be repaired and sold AS NEW and documented as damaged in transport and probably marked down considerablyA customer would have to sign a document saying he/she would buy, a damanged or wrecked car. That is the only way.

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A customer would have to sign a document saying he/she would buy, a damanged or wrecked car. That is the only way.They dont always have to sign that document. I dont even think we had a document like that. cause all the customers knew up front what they were getting. Some of the vehicles werent repaired and still had damage on them.

[Leadfoot_mf]

you are talking about completely different damage. When a car is wrecked is different from hail damage. We can not sell the car as new. We cant sell it as salvaged either, because we dont have a liscense to sale salvaged cars. The insurace company will be able to sell those cars. Bmw will be payed for the damaged cars and will build new ones. The customers who loss their cars will be, compensated in some form.

Some customers will receive really good discounts, or maybe some of their money back. Bmw will have to make good in some form to it's customers cars it lost. Think about why would BMW risk a law suit.
do you mean lose?

[Schugg]

No(1) I told you to STFU(2)because someone else already corrected me. So therefore, if you read and saw(3) where he correct my(4) common sense would tell you. Damn someone already corrected him. (5)

1. No,
2. STFU,
3. seen
4. corrected me,
5. tell you, "Damn, someone already corrected him."

[MR2DR]

do you mean lose?

LMAO!!! :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:

first Badger, now you hehehe have some +rep

[silvers2k]

dude, that's messed up. id hate to have bought one, and not receive it.

[OnURleft]

The only way the car can be sold as new, which all of you have failed to mention. Is if a customer is willing to sign a statement, say they will buy a car that has been wrecked. If not the car will be salvaged as I have stated. Bmw will come out better, by just build new cars and having the insurance pay for the others. I am out later.

I know 9th grade homeless kids from volunteer work that could type better English with their feet. Do you know how to properly place a comma? Is you capable of typing a sentence or are you all selled out on that's much thinking?

[speedminded]

**update**




Now, About Your BMW

SOME customers waiting patiently for a new BMW have received unhappy news: 122 were totaled during a rough North Atlantic crossing that damaged 430 of the vehicles.

The Courage, a car carrier headed to New Jersey from a North Sea port in Germany, rolled in heavy winter seas on Jan. 2, breaking BMWs from their lashings and sending them pinballing around a cargo hold. The ship docked in Newark on Jan. 11.

“Once one car broke loose, it all started going downhill,” said Tom Plucinsky, a BMW spokesman. “They just beat each other to death.”

The smashed cars included 30 examples of one of the year’s most anticipated models: the high-performance M3 coupe and sedan. Mr. Plucinsky said the M3s were not customer models, but were designated for dealer introduction events.

The 732 BMWs aboard also included 3-, 5-, and 7-Series models, X3 sport utilities and the first 1 Series coupes for the United States. The 1 Series, a new model, goes on sale in March.

Mr. Plucinsky said BMW had contacted the customers affected. For models whose damage is less than 3 percent of its value, buyers can choose to accept a repaired car or a similar model, or have a new car built to order.

Repairable cars with more than 3 percent damage will be driven by company employees. They will eventually be resold as certified used cars, with full disclosure of their history.

BMW estimated that the retail value of the totaled cars was more than $6 million.