Is it just me or does every dealership change your license plate frame to the one of

Dark_Knight_335 · 12-08-2012, 08:09 PM

I went from JMK to prestige to Morristown BMW- just noticed this LOL.
It's like I'm their 4 wheeled billboard

mcpcolas · 12-08-2012, 08:18 PM

Lol Paul miller did that to me i had park ave frame. and they change them to theirs, didnt care though cause theirs actually look nicer

CombatNinja · 12-08-2012, 08:19 PM

I've never had a dealer plate frame on any car I have owned. Never had any dealer try to sneak one on either.

Turb0Surge · 12-08-2012, 08:26 PM

Lol I'd be pissed if I paid for a nice license plate frame and then some dealer switched it out for theirs.

username604 · 12-08-2012, 08:31 PM

wait, so they switch out the current dealer frame for their own dealer frame? hahaha that's hilarious
i doubt they'd swap your personal frame

Jace_91 · 12-08-2012, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Turb0Surge

Lol I'd be pissed if I paid for a nice license plate frame and then some dealer switched it out for theirs.

Yeah I don't see them taking off a personal frame but funny they changed it to their own dealer. I still have my dealerframe on the car its not that bad and I like it better than no frame.

Das_Stig · 12-09-2012, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335

I went from JMK to prestige to Morristown BMW- just noticed this LOL.
It's like I'm their 4 wheeled billboard

i had a prestige one and they tried to ask me if they could switch it when i came to chicago at perillo, asked him why i would want some old mans name on my car...

at least they asked, you should ask them who told them they could switch it without your permission. pretty sure they dont have a right to touch it.

would go up to them and ask them if it was okay if i take down their sign in front of their dealership and put my name up or something fun. most likely something funny... i want to do this now.

StevenY. · 12-09-2012, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Das_Stig

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Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335

I went from JMK to prestige to Morristown BMW- just noticed this LOL.
It's like I'm their 4 wheeled billboard

i had a prestige one and they tried to ask me if they could switch it when i came to chicago at perillo, asked him why i would want some old mans name on my car...

at least they asked, you should ask them who told them they could switch it without your permission. pretty sure they dont have a right to touch it.

would go up to them and ask them if it was okay if i take down their sign in front of their dealership and put my name up or something fun. most likely something funny... i want to do this now.

:LOL:. I'd say that without a doubt if it happened to me. Good one.

John 070 · 12-09-2012, 09:27 AM

I went to Bloomfield several times and that never happened....imho that's a no-no, who says they can do that? Where it would be totally out-of-line is if they glued a decal to your trunk, can you imagine?

My license plate frame tells them I did not buy my car from you, you have to earn my business! LOL yeah, right.

p.s. I think Bloomfield is owned by JMK....

jafza412 · 12-09-2012, 09:32 AM

I had my Steelers plate frame swapped out at Advantage BMW Midtown in Houston. I was pretty pissed but lucky to have caught as soon as they pulled up the car. I pointed it out and the SA disappeared for a little and came back and told me to submit a receipt for a replacement and he'll reimburse it. After doing so he told me to swing by next time I needed a fill up and he gave me a tank of gas. Was a pain in the ass, but at $50/tank, it kept me from being too pissed off.

mlifxs · 12-09-2012, 09:45 AM

An indy did it to me. Couldn't believe it. Not that I was smitten with my stealership one.

Spurred me to go buy a nice Genuine BMW frame. They look pretty nice.

Won't be going back to that indy though.

John 070 · 12-09-2012, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jafza412

I had my Steelers plate frame swapped out at Advantage BMW Midtown in Houston. I was pretty pissed but lucky to have caught as soon as they pulled up the car. I pointed it out and the SA disappeared for a little and came back and told me to submit a receipt for a replacement and he'll reimburse it. After doing so he told me to swing by next time I needed a fill up and he gave me a tank of gas. Was a pain in the ass, but at $50/tank, it kept me from being too pissed off.

Amazing, so what did you do with the Texans license plate frame, sell it on eBay?

ryan stewart · 12-09-2012, 10:05 AM

I'll only rock a dealership logo on my car if they payed me to. Maybe $20 a month for the frame, $100 a month for sticker up to 2"*4". Other than that I like my cars like I like my women, bare. I even debadged an M3, logo messes up the symmetry.

mump · 12-09-2012, 10:13 AM

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I had my Steelers plate frame swapped out at Advantage BMW Midtown in Houston.

Un-effing-acceptable.

drevil2k2 · 12-09-2012, 10:29 AM

My service dealership has a sign stating that they will change your plate cover/frame. Of course you can decline their generous offer.

It looked better than my sales dealership, and protects against rock chips (front plate).

BrazilianBimmer · 12-09-2012, 11:57 AM

To OP: Yes, they actually do this. I used to work for Lexus as a valet and that was one of our tasks. To be on the look out for worn out license frames to change them out. We walked around with a screwdriver. At the end of the day each license frame changed was worth a $1 each. lol

Xtrs87x · 12-09-2012, 12:03 PM

Dealership did this to me in Roxbury nj.. I noticed when someone asked me if I had bought my car from Roxbury BMW... I took them out and returned them on the next visit

WildBee659 · 12-09-2012, 12:30 PM

First thing to go are dealer plate frames and stickers. Once my daughter had her Honda Accord serviced and later I noticed a dealer frame they had attached, we took it off right away. I don't care for plate frames but my daughter did get me for my birthday a "USAF Retired" frame and it looks great.

mump · 12-09-2012, 12:50 PM

^ 18 months and I will sport the same frame

Dark_Knight_335 · 12-09-2012, 01:04 PM

So now I am up to four:
JMK BMW
Prestige BMW Ramsey NJ
Morristown BMW
Bloomfield BMW

Too lazy to take off the chrometastic Morristown one right now (plus it's raining).

Collect all four!

WildBee659 · 12-09-2012, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mump

^ 18 months and I will sport the same frame

Sounds great. Thank you for your service.

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Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335

So now I am up to four:
JMK BMW
Prestige BMW Ramsey NJ
Morristown BMW
Bloomfield BMW

Too lazy to take off the chrometastic Morristown one right now (plus it's raining).

Collect all four!

If you have a "man cave" you can use them to frame pics of your car.

iDriveanXi · 12-09-2012, 07:48 PM

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I'll only rock a dealership logo on my car if they payed me to. Maybe $20 a month for the frame, $100 a month for sticker up to 2"*4". Other than that I like my cars like I like my women, bare. I even debadged an M3, logo messes up the symmetry.

Absolutely agree! Dealer aint paying me to advertise for them. I Took frame and sticker off soon as I brought the car home. I also don't use a plate frame, I'm surprised they don't put one on each time.

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mcpcolas First Lieutenant 34 Rep 361 Posts Drives: 2009 montego blue 335i xdrive Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: new jersey iTrader: (0)	Lol Paul miller did that to me i had park ave frame. and they change them to theirs, didnt care though cause theirs actually look nicer
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Turb0Surge Lieutenant Colonel 90 Rep 1,555 Posts Drives: BLACK e90 335i Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lincoln, CA iTrader: (0)	Lol I'd be pissed if I paid for a nice license plate frame and then some dealer switched it out for theirs. __________________
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username604 Colonel 124 Rep 2,554 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: repair shop iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i [10.00]	wait, so they switch out the current dealer frame for their own dealer frame? hahaha that's hilarious i doubt they'd swap your personal frame
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John 070 Lieutenant General 1705 Rep 14,829 Posts Drives: 335i cpe Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ZSP/ZPP/ZCW iTrader: (0)	interesting I went to Bloomfield several times and that never happened....imho that's a no-no, who says they can do that? Where it would be totally out-of-line is if they glued a decal to your trunk, can you imagine? My license plate frame tells them I did not buy my car from you, you have to earn my business! LOL yeah, right. p.s. I think Bloomfield is owned by JMK....
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jafza412 Lieutenant 93 Rep 414 Posts Drives: AW M4 CS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (3)	I had my Steelers plate frame swapped out at Advantage BMW Midtown in Houston. I was pretty pissed but lucky to have caught as soon as they pulled up the car. I pointed it out and the SA disappeared for a little and came back and told me to submit a receipt for a replacement and he'll reimburse it. After doing so he told me to swing by next time I needed a fill up and he gave me a tank of gas. Was a pain in the ass, but at $50/tank, it kept me from being too pissed off. __________________ Current: 2016 M3 \| Mineral Grey on Black Retired: 2010 E92 335xi, 2007 E90 328i, 2010 A4, 2003 E46 325xi
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ryan stewart Major 2197 Rep 1,322 Posts Drives: 2008 328it Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	I'll only rock a dealership logo on my car if they payed me to. Maybe $20 a month for the frame, $100 a month for sticker up to 2"*4". Other than that I like my cars like I like my women, bare. I even debadged an M3, logo messes up the symmetry.
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BrazilianBimmer Captain 42 Rep 822 Posts Drives: Black e90 325i Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Alexandria, VA iTrader: (0)	To OP: Yes, they actually do this. I used to work for Lexus as a valet and that was one of our tasks. To be on the look out for worn out license frames to change them out. We walked around with a screwdriver. At the end of the day each license frame changed was worth a $1 each. lol
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WildBee659 Newbee 27 Rep 139 Posts Drives: 2016 M4 Comvertible(F83) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Florida iTrader: (0)	First thing to go are dealer plate frames and stickers. Once my daughter had her Honda Accord serviced and later I noticed a dealer frame they had attached, we took it off right away. I don't care for plate frames but my daughter did get me for my birthday a "USAF Retired" frame and it looks great. Attached Images __________________ 2016 BMW M4 Convertible(F83). 2007 Dodge Charger SRT8 "SuperBee" 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 (Wife's Car)
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Dark_Knight_335 Came to the N55 Darkside 1110 Rep 12,740 Posts Drives: 2011 335 E93 M-Sport Join Date: May 2010 Location: NY/NJ iTrader: (28)	So now I am up to four: JMK BMW Prestige BMW Ramsey NJ Morristown BMW Bloomfield BMW Too lazy to take off the chrometastic Morristown one right now (plus it's raining). Collect all four!
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