# Basil, Paddock, Cappellino, Dave Smith & Emerling fined for cash for clunkers ads

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/basil-paddock-cappellino-dave-smith-emerling-fined-for-cash-for-clunkers-ads/72711 "2009-08-27T13:15:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/basil-paddock-cappellino-dave-smith-emerling-fined-for-cash-for-clunkers-ads/72711/41 "2009-08-30T15:19:21Z")

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You guys should have advertised it as “Cash for **junkers** ” LoL

Good luck man. If I ever move back to NYS I’ll be buying some new cars from yah! 🙂

Oh and news isn’t the truth anymore, its a show.

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**Author:** ![OlDirtyBastard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oldirtybastard/32/5384_2.png) [@OlDirtyBastard](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OlDirtyBastard)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/basil-paddock-cappellino-dave-smith-emerling-fined-for-cash-for-clunkers-ads/72711/42 "2009-08-30T18:54:15Z")

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> [@travisn](#):
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> although off topic, what you said deserves a small response. NO ONE IS FORCED INTO DOING ANYTHING.

when they are all playing the same game, and time is short (which leave time is) he had no choice

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/basil-paddock-cappellino-dave-smith-emerling-fined-for-cash-for-clunkers-ads/72711/43 "2009-08-31T09:53:26Z")

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> [@TradersBASE](#):
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> The irony is back then our country was a PRODUCING nation that saved. Now we are a CONSUMER nation with piss poor GDP and deep red negative debt to savings ratios.

what are you thoughts on the correct long term way out? It reads like you’re for encouraging saving when getting consumers to spend is the only logical way out. You’re not going to get a higher GDP if people are saving, right?

I know it’s a bit of a catch 22.

back on topic, if you run any kind of a dealer that cannot participate in the cash for clunkers program and you advertised using cash for clunkers… how can you really say you were not attempting to pull people in by deception? I know you’ll say “but we gave $4500 off for their clunker” but the deception was that the buyer wasn’t getting use of the govt. program. If it was under the govt. program and you did the same deal they would have had $9000 off, but without you getting a clunker to resell.

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