Actually, I surprised it didn't happen twice in the same day. It happens all
over the place at all kinds of dealerships. It's not just a Nissan thing.
Later,
Jason Bosaw
Webmaster
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: SML-NON-P: Nissan being sued for overchargine Blacks....
> In a message dated 7/10/01 5:23:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << Personally I hate when race comes into issues. Being a
> minority, I don't think I am discriminated against very
> much wherever I go in this country.
>
> That doesn't mean that it does not happen to anyone,
> just I hate when it is used to make a situation ugly.
>
> If the lawsuit was Nissan discriminates against poor
> people, then it would probably easily be explained
> away by saying the obvious, poor people are a higher
> credit risk.
>
> By bringing a racial overtone to it, the lawyer now
> has a case unfortunately.
>
> Mike >>
>
> Well, Mike unfortunately these things go on. I do realize that many times
> race can be used as a scapegoat, but don't hide your head in the sand.
Only
> when everyone faces what is wrong can things be corrected. I love Nissan
as
> much as the first person but bought mine used from someone. I am one of
those
> black minorities that Nissan discriminated against. I initially wanted a
> Maxima. The first lot would not let me test drive the car without a
salesman
> in the car. That was right after the white man left to test drive a 300Z
The
> credit excuse does not hold water, they never asked what I did. I left as
I
> was not being treated the same. I went to another dealer in town and after
> giving me a run around with salesmen supposedly running back and forth to
the
> manager, they gave me some ridiculous price. He then said if I couldn't
> afford it, I should try something less expensive. So again I left and went
to
> the Mazda dealership where they gave me the keys to there brand new on the
> lot at that time Millenia to test drive. No hassles, no games just gave me
> the keys. I then bought that car that day. Now I am a veterinarian, black
and
> can afford any car that Nissan produces. If it happened to me twice in one
> day at two different establishments, then it is very easy to believe in
the
> law suit as a positive thing if practices change. This occurs all the time
on
> all kinds of fronts. You can't be paralyzed by the occurrence, but
understand
> it and squash it where you can. Oh yeah I do find it weird that this has
> never happened to me at a premium line. Hell we bought the Infinite QX4
> without a hitch.
>
> Marcus
>
>
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