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Four days after Auto Link, formerly owned and operated by Byron David Edmonds, who goes by Dave, was raided by police, it reopened as All Cars under new ownership.  Who is the new owner?  Linda Bacon, Mr. Edmonds’ sister.

Unsure of why customers are unwilling to do business at the former Auto Link site, Linda can’t believe that people are comparing her to her brother, and not even giving her a fair chance to run an honest business.  Apparently, it did not occur to her that she would have to overcome the shadow left looming over her by Dave Edmonds.  Did she really think no one would notice, or is there a twist to this ‘tale of two dealers’?

Let’s look at the facts, shall we?  Mr. Edmonds owned Auto Link and did a poor job of taking care of his customers and employees.  Loosing his dealer’s license earlier this year, he was still acting as owner and operator of Auto Link up until the day that he stood face to face with Thom Jensen of Channel 2 News.  After stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from customers, racking up complaints with the Better Business Bureau, DMV, and the Justice Department, and using tactics that stray from being legal, Dave Edmonds believed that he was above the law, even planning what he would say to police before they ever arrived.  When the spotlight was on him, he suddenly blamed his failure on a downed economy, and claimed that he sold the business, and that he was out more money than the customers.

Then we find out that the person he sold the business to was an 85-year-old woman, who had no idea she owned a dealership in Gresham, Oregon.  Is that fraud in the air, or just evil?

Suddenly, out of the blue, it’s like that never happened, and Mr. Edmonds’ sister is now the one doing business on the lot formerly known as Auto Link.  Wait…within a week, Auto Link was no more, painted green, emptied out, and reopened?  Who owns it now?  Mr. Edmonds?  The poor dooped elderly Mrs. Parker?  Mrs. Bacon?  Mr. Edmonds?  Santa?

Also, the new business, All Cars, which is on the exact lot where Auto Link went down like the Titanic, has changed its address from the former 22221 se Stark St, to 415 se 223^rd Avenue.  Strange that if this was such an honest business that it would have to have a brand new address.

All Cars is also using all of Auto Link’s forms, with Auto Link crossed out and All Cars written in its place.  Are the same tactics that resulted in Mr. Edmonds’ demise still being used?  The same people that used them for Mr. Edmonds are now under Mrs. Bacon’s employ.

Is there an old dog with a suspended license hiding in the shadows of it all?  Is his sister the new trick?  How are we supposed to trust this strange new dealership with such close relations to the old one that hurt people so badly that they’re loosing their homes?  Where is Mr. Edmonds?

Only time will tell, but I’m sure the world will be watching to see the future of Mr. Edmonds and if the new dealership All Cars really is on the up-and-up.  For now, he is running his Auto Body shop on 818 E Powell Blvd in Gresham, which, by the way, has an unsatisfactory rating with the Better Business Bureau for the exact reasons that Auto Link does.   Maybe it’s true that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks after all.

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