Ford closing dealerships

[FlaBird1]

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In S.Fl. you can't keep up with the closings of business.Our usual sat.dance place closed 3wks. ago for renovations ,driving last sat. night in Boca we found 3 other stops that were also closed.Restaurants Roadhouse ,Shells ,Steakhouse closed.They don't even inform employees of the closing before hand.They call in the morning and tell personal they are out of business.One couple in my condo complex was informed with 273 others the chain was closed at 9:00a.m.

Same thing is happening here on the West Coast Ed. They put up closed for re-modeling signs and a few weeks later we see signs in the window posted by the tax collectors office or the I.R.S.. Things are getting tough all over.

[Tony007]

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SOUNDS LIKE FLORIDA IS TAKING A BEATING....SEEN A LOT OF STORES OUT OF BUSINESS IN STRIP MALLS....SO FAR, SOME OF MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS IN LAUDERDALE ARE STILL OPEN...BUT ONE THING I LEARNT OVER THE YEARS....NO MATTER HOW BUSY THEY ARE THEN CAN GO UNDE....TWO OF MY FAVORITE OVER THE YEARS....YESTERDAYS AND DOWN UNDER....BOTH WENT UNDER AND THAT WAS A SURPRISE...BUT THEY WENT DOWN YRS AGO I SUSPECT BAD MANAGEMENT AND/OR EVERYBODY POCKETING WHATEVER THEY COULD...STILL, I LOVE IT DOWN THERE AND THEY REALLY BUILT UP LAS OLAS BLVD. AND THE RESTS THERE SEEM TO BE PROSPERING....SO FAR !!!

[Ediron]

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Tony I don't know if you heard but Mark's on Las Olas has closed along with the one in Boca.No reason, Yesterday's is still empty prime spot on the intercoastal?????????? Hope Houston's stay open.The rest of the Las Olas strip is great on the weekends, I like going to Mango's good eats and reasonable.Looks like they may be fixing up the old Polo Lounge But I don't know what it will be.

[Tony007]

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Tony I don't know if you heard but Mark's on Las Olas has closed along with the one in Boca.No reason, Yesterday's is still empty prime spot on the intercoastal?????????? Hope Houston's stay open.The rest of the Las Olas strip is great on the weekends, I like going to Mango's good eats and reasonable.Looks like they may be fixing up the old Polo Lounge But I don't know what it will be.

HI ED....YEA, ITS HARD FOR ME TO BELEIVE YESTERDAY'S HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR 3-4 YRS NOW...WAS MY FAVORITE SPOT...AND ITS STILL EMPTY!! ... SUCH CHOICE REAL ESTATE ! .... I DANCED IN MANGO'S BUT HAVE NOT EATEN THERE YET.....PASS HOUSTON ALL THE TIME BUT NEVER TRIED IT....ED, I THINK WE CAN FORGET ABOUT THE POLO LOUNGE....ITS BEEN UNDER "RENEVATION" FOR 2 YRS NOW...AFTER THE RAMADA SOLD THEIR HOTEL THE LOUNGE WAS CLOSED AND IT LOOKS AS IF THERE IS NO PLANS TO REOPEN IT....I USE TO LIKE IT THERE, IT WAS LIKE HANGING IN NEW YORK !

HEY ED, WE'RE COMING DOWN SEPTEMBER 3RD FOR ABOUT 12 DAYS...IF YOUR UP TO IT LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GET TOGETHER FOR DINNER....LAUDERDALE OR COCONUT, ALL I NEED IS DIRECTIONS...DON'T HAVE THE BIRD DOWN THERE YET...BUT I DO HAVE A MERC SABLE THAT I USE....IF YOU WANT SEND ME A PM AND WE CAN ARRANGE SOMETHING OR EXCHANGE CELL NUMBERS....

[Bradford]

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Mullinax Ford in South Florida, Trying to desperately clear their 2008 inventory, stating their 4 locations in Florida One of their dealerships is about 20 minutes from me, has been having extended length advertising, taunting their large size, all sorts of "ratings" from J.D.Powers, on and on, customer comments witrh their letters posted on air, extended coverage of the current models, including each and every model, segment on all the financing and rebates, their certified program, listing on all their autos with gas milage, the Hybrid, segment on buying American, safety features on each model by Ford, their pricing, their no dealer fee, just kept going. The commercial was 15 minutes, it repeated 2 times back to back 30 minutes from 4 to 4:30 PM. Sounds like they are desperate to push sales, probably hoping not to be one of the next closings. They are calling it their 800 Clerance Event, trying to sell 800 vehicles this month, state their 2800 vehicle inventory. Maybe I'll check out a 08' Mustang Conv. to help keep my miles down on the Thunderbird. No telling what that cost them. At the end it stated that it was a fully sponsored paid program.

[Ol'Dave]

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Sounds like their financing Bank for their "floor plan inventory" may be puting the squeeze on them. IF so, You'll make your best deal on models that have been there the longest.