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Old 16-04-2011, 03:04 AM   #1
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Default Clearly not an FPV...

This is clearly not a FPV...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....m=250805390963

Dont know how these dealers expect to get away with advertising it as one...

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Old 16-04-2011, 03:08 AM   #2
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Wrong badges, wheels, interior seats, console lid, handbrake, shifter, cluster. No bulge bonnet and not colour coded side moulds just to name a few, lol
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FPV Falcon - when only the best glue-on badge will do.
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Old 16-04-2011, 03:50 AM   #4
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Default Re: Clearly not a FPV...

Meh, today's FPV's have become nothing more than sticker packs. FPV don't do enough to differentiate an FPV from a garden variety falcon, unlike today's HSVs. To a non-ford enthusiast, they probably wouldnt notice or care less that it's not a genuine FPV. Even in this state, it still looks a whole lot better than a commodore/camry of that era.
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Old 16-04-2011, 04:02 AM   #5
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just a tarted up fairmont.. or xt.. one or the other... too late at night posting this answer.. lol.. yes.. very poor advertising and is misleading.
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Old 16-04-2011, 04:19 AM   #6
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It's an XT. Rear window winders are a dead giveaway.
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It's also a 5.4 3V........



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Old 16-04-2011, 08:14 AM   #8
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Pfft, no dash gauges either
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Old 16-04-2011, 08:42 AM   #9
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Is not an offense for false advertising?
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Old 16-04-2011, 09:09 AM   #10
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Fully sic Futura 16's bro.
Really but this isn't on, can you report it somehow? Don't want some bloke buying a XT for $15k. If the dealer sold it as an XT 3V, he'd get a decent price anyway they're pretty rare. Just get rid of the bodykit and it'll be decent.
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bahahaha i just rang him his name is dennis and he swears its a genuine car bahahahaha sounded like a typical scaming foreigner !
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It would actually be very funny if the dealer actually thought it was an FPV and paid an FPV trade in price for it! lol
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that is ridiculous
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I think if anyone who was in the market for a BA GT and did NO research and even considered looking at this car, they deserve the tarted up XT V8 as their FPV!
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Guys use the report function on the site.

Someone should call them and play dumb just for a laugh.
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Default Re: Clearly not a FPV...

Still it's false advertising. I think he will sell it as someone will walk in and buy it thinking they were getting the real deal. Some people do no research when buying a car just what they like and is in their price range.

I wonder if after you bought it you could take it back when you found out it was a fake.
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I wonder if after you bought it you could take it back when you found out it was a fake.
I wonder if you bought it, and found it was fake, you could demand what was sold (a BA GT-P) was delivered to you for no extra cost. That would be good.
Say if I walk into Dick Smith, and they advertise 16Gb iPod for $100, I buy one, thinking it's 16Gb, but it's only 8Gb, they will give me the 16Gb for no extra cost. Same principle right? Is it not the law?
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I wonder if you bought it, and found it was fake, you could demand what was sold (a BA GT-P) was delivered to you for no extra cost. That would be good.
Say if I walk into Dick Smith, and they advertise 16Gb iPod for $100, I buy one, thinking it's 16Gb, but it's only 8Gb, they will give me the 16Gb for no extra cost. Same principle right? Is it not the law?
Isn't buyer protection laws just require a full refund? It's just good customer service if they replace the item with the advertised item?
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Guys use the report function on the site.

Someone should call them and play dumb just for a laugh.
yep this clown needs to be pulled up before someone gets seriously ripped off.....
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Old 16-04-2011, 10:30 AM   #20
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ive rang him , for a laugh, someone else call him and tell him they want to buy it lol post what happends
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my crap phones having a sooky about me looking at the add.. post the number up... passing things off for not what they are is right up there with the burning of puppys and kittens.. grrrr....
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One the plus side he is doing it with a B-series claiming to be an FPV cause they all just plastic junk.
The real crime would be if he was claiming a tarted up AU was a T-series.....
Sorry fellas couldn't resiste.
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What a muppet this guy must be.
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hit him up for the build number... lol...
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bahahaha i just rang him his name is dennis and he swears its a genuine car bahahahaha sounded like a typical scaming foreigner !
Ring and ask for pics of the compliance plate. That would surely tell.
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Tried to report it on ebay, their report form is a piece of junk and does not given option for a car that is being misrepresented in the ad.

I think we should all just ring him at various times until he gets sick of it and changes the add.
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Ddddoooooiiitttttttt, i want a laugh, what a tool seriously
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I just spoke with them. They are confident they checked with Ford and its genuine. I asked how many 80k cars come with wind down windows in the back.

lol I spoke with a fella who sounded interested in what I had to say and was beginning to wonder if something was up.
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Just sent him a message on eBay pointing out several of the 'flaws' in the ad (politely worded).
I suggest that others do the same - weight of numbers.....?
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Umm.... but i would've thought fleabay would've had an option for false advertisment..
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