TRS is being attacked by Ford Motor Company!

[map351]

Going after the little guy!

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32801

Mustang too..

http://www.michiganmustang.com/fordattacks.html

[Inkdcountryboy]

Thats a bunch of bull..

[blizzard]

agreed. what a bunch of sphincter holes. they must be desperate? or pissed off they can no longer waller in their wealth, greedy bastards :thumbsdown:

[Stangman701]

Wow, that sucks. I'm a member on the ranger station. Gotten a lot of good info from there.

[SK@StreetLethal]

I'm a member of that site too. It's a shame what's happening to that site. There's alot of really useful tech info all over that site. I really hope ford reconsiders this one..

[Sonic03snake]

Ford and Carrol Shelby make a great team. They both love to knife their loyal supporters in the back.

[billyNOTnice]

I read on pennmustangs Kocky Products is under attack also.

[no1sirbutler]

They went after svtperformance.com a couple years ago also.

[Inkdcountryboy]

hopefully we dont go under attack. or laurel mountain

[RUTHLESS]

Are they going to start charging all ford vehicle owners a monthly charge on top of the car payments because we have factory ford bagging?


I saw this little bit of info and thought I would post it here.
Let them know how you feel about this!

contact ford here - https://secure.ford.com/footer/conta...=PublicAffairs (https://secure.ford.com/footer/contact-ford/contact-us-email?contactMainTopic=PublicAffairs)

[2001GTTT]

sent my email in, hopefully they pull their heads out of their asses. :thmbsup:

[Sonic03snake]

Ive been seriously considering changing the name of this place to steelcitymusclecars for a while now, maybe it would be a wise idea.

[jaa55]

i sent an email too
this is just sad

[jaa55]

would any type of disclaimer help? ive seen the mustangforums has one that says in no way are we affiliated with ford motor company etc etc

[u1arunit]

This has been going on for a few years now. They can't run the company correctly or sell any cars and trucks so they need to mess things up for the little guys!

[2001GTTT]

Ive been seriously considering changing the name of this place to steelcitymusclecars for a while now, maybe it would be a wise idea.


If thats what it takes to keep you outta shit then I say go for it, its just sad that it came to that...I love steel city stangs. : (

[scott5]

I read on pennmustangs Kocky Products is under attack also.

They actually put them out of business..

[Mater]

GM came after us for using LSXperfromanceparts as our name!

[MBH]

They actually put them out of business..
that's strange... their website is still up and taking orders :goodidea:

[Martin0660]

Just to add to this............

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32875

It seeems the ranger station was making / selling unlicenced Ford products as the start of this.

[Martin0660]

that's strange... their website is still up and taking orders :goodidea:

I got an e-mail from them that it would be done at the end of the year. They got caught making / selling unlicensed products.

[Martin0660]

And the final resolution on the ranger site..........

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32874

[map351]

This just popped up on Club Cobra.

"A few years ago a 13 year old British girl was sued by Ford for having a site
about Jaguars (the big kitties, not the cars), and Ford wanted her to give up
the site because they said it infringed on their Jaguar trademark."

[mustang50lx]

I sent the idiots a nasty email. Nothing like pushing your last few customers away. What a bunch of retards. I have "mustang" in my email. I hope they don't sue me.

[RUTHLESS]

The big three can’t afford lawyers anyhow. Screw them!! Lol Oh wait that’s not a good idea. They will just fire more people so they can afford them so they can take out the little guys.

I think we should send this to some one in government and ask them if this is how the big three are going to spend the government loans. :rolleyes:

[2001GTTT]

The big three can’t afford lawyers anyhow. Screw them!! Lol Oh wait that’s not a good idea. They will just fire more people so they can afford them so they can take out the little guys.

I think we should send this to some one in government and ask them if this is how the big three are going to spend the government loans. :rolleyes:

EXCELLENT idea. :highfive:

[MBH]

I got an e-mail from them that it would be done at the end of the year. They got caught making / selling unlicensed products.
looks like I've got some orders to make, thanks for the heads up!!

[scott5]

that's strange... their website is still up and taking orders :goodidea:

ONce they run out they will be done, i got the email cause im on the newsletter and frequent customer:goodidea:

[RUTHLESS]

I see why they are going after the little guys. The out look on the billions in loans doesnt look to good after reading this. It could take 200 billion!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081211/us_time/08599186579000

[2001GTTT]

Heres the response to my email, seems alot like the one they gave TRS huh? :rolleyes:


Hello and Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention. Without question, Ford enthusiasts are extremely important to us. Their enthusiasm and loyalty are part of our heritage and part of what's going to keep us moving forward.

Recently, there was an item posted stating that Ford was requesting TheRangerStation.com (http://therangerstation.com/) to turn over its URL to Ford and pay $5,000. We'd like the opportunity to share some additional facts that might make a difference in how you think about this situation.

In its communications, TheRangerStation.com stated that Ford was making them change the name of their site and pay $5,000. What was not mentioned was that TheRangerStation.com was selling counterfeit Ford-brand merchandise on the site. As a company, Ford has a responsibility to protect our brand and a responsibility to our licensees. We cannot let something like that pass. (The counterfeit goods have been removed from the website since TheRangerStation.com got the letter from Ford's attorney.)

Please know that Ford takes no joy in pursuing enthusiast sites. Since there are a number of sites out there with Ford vehicles as part of their names or URLs, some people have asked if they should be concerned. Ford has been and continues to be willing to license its trademarks for use by enthusiast groups and enthusiast websites. Requesting a license is done easily by contacting tmgroup@ford.com (http://us.mc573.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tmgroup@ford.com). To request a license to produce or sell branded merchandise bearing Ford's trademarks, contact branduse@ford.com (http://us.mc573.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=branduse@ford.com).

We hope you will share this information with anyone who is concerned. We deeply appreciate our fans’ dedication and enthusiasm and want to be able to work together with all of our supporters to tell the Ford story.

Customer Relationship Center
Ford Motor Company

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cliffnotes: Yes you can use FORD in your site name. Just show us the money.