Using an AUTISTIC child to SELL CARS!!
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
October 29, 2008 12:23am CST
there is this super super annoying local car dealer that always shows his family in his commercials and so he has a new one that i just saw that started out saying..
"god never gives you more than you can handle.. even if its an autistic child" and it shows his family and a girl that is not usually on there (at least i dont reconize her and his other kids are standing like 5 feet away from them) and is acting (not acting as in faking but appearing to be showing signs) as if she has autism standing with them..
so to me this is saying "oh look at what a GREAT GUY i am!! i have an autistic child.. BUY A CAR!!"
or am i over reacting?? like i said he is always using his family in his commercials which is great but seems kind of weird to all of a sudden ANNOUNCE that that is going on (especially since it doesnt look like one of his normal kids so im wondering if he adopted her) and then skip to the sales on the cars?? or do you think he was trying to be uplifting to other families with autistic children?? if i am over reacting or not understanding it PLEASE correct me!! 
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
29 Oct 08
Being a mother of an autistic child, I think that is despictable the way he exploited that child. I would probably be calling up and asking to speak with the jerk and then proceed to tell him exactly what i felt. I would also tell him that i would never buy a car from him even if he had them on sale for two cents. What a loser.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
30 Oct 08
bad enough that he is always using his healthy kids in his commercials to sell but ugh!!!
@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
29 Oct 08
wow. this guy sounds like a first class jerk- I think it is despicable for using a child like that. I thought used car salesman stuff I saw on TV shows was just a cliche- but this guy sure sounds like the real deal. I wouldn't buy a car from anyone like that!
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
29 Oct 08
yeah you can tell by looking at him he is slim.. i hope he doesnt profit off of that child
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@CinderInMySoul (4717)
• United States
29 Oct 08
hmm..if the little girl IS one of his children, why would they be standing so far away? thats kind of...which makes me think she is NOT his child. which throws the whole thing into a "not quite kosher" thing to do.
they dont say anything about part of the sale going to research for autism or some kind of charity or anything? if they dont, they id certainly feel like he was using the girl to get sales..like buy from him he needs the money to care for his autistic kid..type of thing.
not cool
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
29 Oct 08
i didnt hear anything about it but i have only saw it once.. i was so mad i posted here right away.. i hate it when people use disabled people to get stuff!! im gonna keep my eyes open and see if i can figure it out.. i did a search and went to the website and nothing was said.. i figured maybe some one had complained or something some where to where i would use it as reference in the post but there wasnt anything.. like i said it was the first time seeing it and i watch wayyyy too much tv so it hasnt been running long if i just now saw it lol
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
30 Oct 08
i hope some one gets together and draws attention to it.. maybe a rights group for people with disabilities or something to picket
@livvy252003 (178)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Yeah, that's just shameful. He should be reported to the better business association!
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
30 Oct 08
That's terrible!!! He's exploiting his own child.
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