Skagit Ford

Wonderful people to do business with and pretty much the only honest car dealership I’ve ever dealt with.
Easy, not pushy, and I felt like they truly had my best interest at heart.

Bought a used van from skagit ford, now the over all process being annoying dealer with the salesmen who was trying to push me into their financing the deal was slow but routine. I’d have given maybe 3 stars.
That changed when I happened to pull I credit report to learn they ran my credit, I told them over and over. Do not run my credit. I have a check from the loan I acquired from my credit union.
Date I was dropped off to skagit for signing and paying with my credit union issued cashiers check I was confronted by a sale manager while I waited to be called back to sign papers. He demanded I sign a 8300 tax for for cash transaction. I states it was not required. He Michael Credle told me. I have only one choice. And raft is to fill out this form with my SSN or I was not going to be allowed to by the van.
I figured ok. It is an irs form. However I again stated. Do not run my credit!
He left returned a few mins later and wanted my employment information. Again why? I wonder and ask. It is needed for the 8300 it’s form.
So after what took like 10 times as long as it should have to come in sign pay and drive I was finally off with my new purchase.
Was not till a few months later in preparation to consider buying a house I pulled all 3 of my credit reports and guess what. Yep, the day I signed and bought my van skagit ford ran my credit.
Upset I email the Credel the internet sakes manager. No reply.
So I call the next day talk to booking keeping the pull my paper work. I ask her was a 8300 irs form filed? She said no. In fact no 8300 form was in my file. I then ask. Is my SSN on any form I signed or filled out? She said no and form where a SSN could be put in was blank. I said yes because I never gave it other than the 8300 form that clearly was not needed. I then ask why my credit was ran?
I got transferred around.
To sum it up, the manager I spoke to just said. Well. We dropped the ball. Would not tell me why it was pulled till I pressed. He then stated perhaps because they wanted to bet my financing. I stated I was very clear. Do not run my credit.
I gave them a few days and we spoke again. He stated the finance manager was written up, stated Micheal Credel the internet sales manager that demanded I fill out the required 8300 form did nothing wrong and more less said he was a puppet and did what the finance manager tells him.
He went on and on how this is not how they do business. They somewhere along the way dropped the ball. More or less no big deal in his eyes.
Hmm. Fraud using a irs form to pull the credit of a customer that stated over and over. Do not run my credit is just a hiccup?
If you have bought a car from the skagit stores ford subaru etc check your credit.
If you are looking to buy an new or used car think twice before dealing with these completely unprofessional lying
Immoral fraudulent people.
Your SSN on any form is not safe with these guys.
IMO kinda bold using a irs tax form to commit fraud, then just shrug their shoulders. Oh well. Horrible position, that responds tells me I’m not the 1^st and won’t be the last as they don’t care.