{"id":111881,"date":"2019-06-28T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=111881"},"modified":"2019-06-28T12:16:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:12:12","slug":"car-dealer-gives-away-shotgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/car-dealer-gives-away-shotgun\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Dealer Gives Away Shotgun with Purchase &#8211;Until Ford Pulled the Plug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"Car Dealer Gives Away Shotgun with Purchase --Until Ford Pulled the Plug\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chatom-Ford-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Car Dealer Gives Away Shotgun with Purchase --Until Ford Pulled the Plug\" class=\"wp-image-111896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chatom-Ford-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chatom-Ford-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chatom-Ford-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chatom-Ford-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chatom-Ford.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever seen a deal where you buy a car and get something free? Is a  free lunch or tickets to an event enough to make you want to run down and buy a car? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Ford dealership in Alabama used that classic marketing technique this week, but instead of a free hotdog or free movie tickets, they were offering a free shotgun. But once corporate America got involved, the promotion was terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chatom Ford, of Chatom, Alabama, was offering a free bible, 12 gauge shotgun, and an American flag with the purchase of any new or used car or truck. Here&#8217;s the listing from their Facebook page (which has since been removed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>GOD, GUNS, AND FREEDOM<\/p><p>CELEBRATING JULY 4th FROM NOW UNTIL JULY 31 HERE AT CHATOM FORD!!! EVERY VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW OR PREOWNED WILL COME WITH A BIBLE, 12 GAUGE SHOT GUN, AND AMERICAN FLAG!! THIS IS A SMALL GIFT TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS AND A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE &#8230;.. DONT MISS OUT ON THE GREAT DEALS AND GIFTS WAITING ON YOU HERE!!!! CALL, CLICK, OR TEXT FOR MORE DETAILS!!! #chatomford<\/p><p>must be 18 or older, have valid id, can legally purchase a vehicle, and pass all checks associated with owning a fire arm in state of residency&#8221;<\/p><cite>Chatom Ford Facebook page, (sic)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first three days, Chatom Ford reports selling five vehicles based on this promotion, and many more calls and lots of interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers buying a car could leave the lot with the car, the Bible, and the flag, but they had to take a certificate to a specific local firearms dealer to obtain the shotgun after the typical background check process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately (though unsurprisingly), Ford Motor Company asked Chatom to end the promotion and remove the ads. The promotion was expected to run for 5 weeks but was cut short after just three days. Apparently, the gun giveaway didn&#8217;t sit well with them. Ford didn&#8217;t comment on the reasons, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chatom Ford has switched to giving away a $200 gift certificate instead of the shotgun &#8212; which customers can then use to buy a shotgun on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that if there was a place in the country where a dealer could pull this off, Alabama would be it. Even though customers had to go to a licensed firearm dealer and go through the federally mandated procedure to buy a firearm, Ford Motor Company still wouldn&#8217;t let the local dealer run with this promotion. It&#8217;s unknown whether Ford Motor Company compensated Chatom Ford for revenues lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How about you? 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