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Texas Plumber Sues Car Dealer After His Truck Ends Up In Videos of Syria's Front Lines (mashable.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the naming-names dept.

New submitter hydrodog writes: A Texas plumber traded in his truck, which ended up in ISIS videos showing his logo and phone number. Now he is getting hundreds of harassing phone calls for 'supporting ISIS' and is suing the dealership for not taking off his information before selling it. He is seeking more than $1 million in damages. According to Mashable: "According to the complaint, filed last week, a salesman at the dealership, Edgar Vasquez, told Oberholtzer 'not to worry about the decal,' saying that peeling it off would 'blemish the vehicle paint.' 'At no time did Vasquez or any other agent, servant, or employee of the Defendant tell Plaintiff that Defendant would leave the decals on the truck, which would be transferred in some fashion to international jihadists conducting warfare upon innocents in Syria,' reads the complaint.

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  1. BRB by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Applying Hillary Clinton logos and decals to my car and trading it in.
    BRB.

    1. Re:BRB by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

      For maximum confusion, put Trump on one door & Clinton on the other.

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  2. Toyota has always had this problem by siphonophore · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66d1d3ec-2f19-11e0-88ec-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3uLdcGolO

    FTFA:
    In a statement...Toyota added: “It is not our proudest piece of product placement. But it shows the Taliban are looking for the same qualities as any other truck buyer: quality and durability.”

    That's a bold pivot to a positive message. Maybe the plumber can lean in and tell customers if he can put up with ISIS's shit, he can put up with theirs.

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    1. Re:Toyota has always had this problem by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      1. Buy a number of used Toyota trucks
      2. Paint the logo of your worst competitor on them
      3. Ship them to the Middle East
      4. Profit !

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  3. Re:Truck traded in USA ends up in Syria how? by Sowelu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

  4. Re:In the US by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It's frivolous because he is asking them for $1 million. Whats he want to buy? Sharks with lasers on their heads.

  5. I guess my question is answered by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever I see another one of those Daesh videos, I have always wondered where that rogue Toyota dealership is so we can wipe it out. Who know that it was in Texas?

  6. Re: In the US by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it's obvious where he'll be sending that million...

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  7. Re:bjoo hjoo by xQx · · Score: 4, Funny

    What are you trying to say? That the used car dealer was dishonest?

    Wow. What is the world coming to.

  8. Re: bjoo hjoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't worry so much about the decals, but it's bordering on irresponsible by the dealer to not remove the plumber's machine gun before reselling the truck.

  9. Re: I've wondered the same thing about hard drives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You live in a world without backups? How terrifying.

  10. Re:Truck traded in USA ends up in Syria how? by dcw3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "especially the UK where we also dive on the left."

    Is the water deeper on that side?

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