Saturday, December 30, 2017

The Bad, The Good, and the mmmmmm, mmmmm good, part two!

Gettel Dodge Chrysler, Tamiami Trail Punta Gorda, FL

Magdella called our home at 8:45 A.M. first thing this morning, even after all her colleagues consistently told us that they had nothing for us or if they did they could not meet our needs or price range, we had requested them to stop calling and emailing, but they continued...so when we received a call stating that our price point and requirements could be met and that Danny had the exact van we needed a new 2018 Dodge like our 2015 with all our current bells and whistles plus a lift that I need for my motorized wheelchair and coming in at $100.00 less a month we foolishly went down to see it... Danny was not ready for our 11 A.M. pre arranged appointment so he handed us off to Ryan, and Ryan had no clue what was going on. We did meet Magdella in person, she seemed to be only told what they had and did not verify any of it, so innocent of the deception apparently, this very close to bait and switch scam... next thing Ryan wanted the keys to our van to take pictures of our manual ramp to make sure they would be giving us the identical one??????????????????????? I said the call from your department said you had one with a lift, he goes away for a few minutes asking Danny who still has not been involved except for intros...and Ryan comes back and says that the lift would be $30,000 additional! Any online or through organizations are around/average or less than $10,000, but after checking he comes back with the same "story" $30,000!
I blatantly say that is BS and tell him that our van only has 12,000 miles on it and the only reason we came down was due to the call stating the "NEW" van would  have a lift and be $100 a month less! LIARS! Not the first time either. Ever since they took over from Palm, we had bought our previous van from Palm as well as our Chevy! Never again will we be fooled by these scammers, and I think everyone should be very careful with this dishonest bunch. (cc to Yelp too)



Leroy's Southern Kitchen & Bar Marion Ave. Punta Gorda FL. 






Ate lunch there for the first time; their lunch specials are only $8.99, and are well worth the price. I had their steak over Caesar salad with blue cheese and fries, delish and Hubby had their Reuben with fries also mighty tasty! Much of my salad and most of both fries came home, so much!
We both highly recommend trying anyone of their numerous choices.
They have different price points for more sophisticated palates as well. (cc to Yelp too)
Below are examples of Yarn Bombings at the Punta Gorda Farmer's Market... or as I prefer to call them yarn cozies! Actually at first tree cozies, until I saw the diversity of covers. ( In this day and age referring to anything as "bombing", can be frightful to some, like myself for one, no ha.)




The Happy Pickle, only at our Saturday's Farmer's Market in Punta Gorda, FL.
Pickled green tomatoes as I remember from my childhood at the hotels in the Catskills and as my Uncle Joe who also had Multiple Sclerosis used to make in his basement, until he couldn't anymore, he died decades ago.
Ahhhhh, memories, the grocery chains here do not carry them at all!

Any-who, I now know where to get my periodic fix for these apparent rare to find delicacies.

Speaking my mind once again.
Hope y'all do too!

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