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Re: A story since I have not been on in a while... [corvette]
by british_rover
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Mar 30, 2007 (6:02 pm)
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Replying to: corvette (Mar 30, 2007 5:58 pm)
That is exactly what happend to me. It just felt like a pinch on my finger and hardly hurt at all but a couple of seconds later my whole finger was covered in blood.
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- #10198 of 48090
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Re: A story since I have not been on in a while... [british_rover]
by cdnpinhead
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Mar 30, 2007 (6:05 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (Mar 30, 2007 5:42 pm)
Welcome back.
You've been missed. I (& I'm guessing others) appreciate your contributions here & on other boards.
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- #10199 of 48090
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Re: Last up of the Day [jipster]
by madmanmoo
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Mar 30, 2007 (7:29 pm)
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Replying to: jipster (Mar 30, 2007 1:15 pm)
I'm sincerely glad you enjoyed it. I've reread it and I'm glad to say that I can laugh now too. I really try to not take my work home with me, but that was brutal.
WElcome back, BR. Ain't sales fun?
-Moo
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Re: A story since I have not been on in a while... [british_rover]
by cotmc
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Mar 30, 2007 (8:05 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (Mar 30, 2007 5:42 pm)
I am getting the registration out of the glove box...
Is that business as usual, for the sales rep to search thru the customer's glove box? Not that I have anything to hide, but I much prefer to pull out necessary documentation myself, rather than have someone else do it for me. I also don't ever recall needing to show registration for a trade-in bid offer? Maybe I've been growing too much gray matter in my memory cells??
But I completely agree on the MDX price. Expecting $40,000 on an '06 MDX trade-in is ludicrous. That lady needs to realize she is driving at outdated model. The MDX was completely redesigned for 2007. According to Edmunds, the '07 MDX is "miles ahead of its predecessor", with much more luxury and performance than the previous design. I purchased an MDX brand new back in Fall of 2000, when they were first introduced. (Paid about $35K back then.) It was a great family hauler, but I can only imagine that design was growing long in the tooth by 2006.
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Re: Lawmaker: Woman forced to purchase cars [rockfish1]
by tidester HOST
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Mar 30, 2007 (10:00 pm)
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Replying to: rockfish1 (Mar 30, 2007 5:55 pm)
I don't understand why the dealer would let her drive off with a car if financing weren't locked in.
tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Re: Lawmaker: Woman forced to purchase cars [tidester]
by cole
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Mar 31, 2007 (3:18 am)
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Replying to: tidester (Mar 30, 2007 10:00 pm)
Doesn't that happen all the time?
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Re: A story since I have not been on in a while... [cotmc]
by british_rover
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Mar 31, 2007 (3:38 am)
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Replying to: cotmc (Mar 30, 2007 8:05 pm)
I always ask the customer if it is ok for me to get the registration out. Most of the time they are fine with but sometimes they want to. We always get the registration because it is the easiest way to get a copy of the VIN to do a carfax and we will need a copy of the reg for the deal if they decide to trade the car in anyway.
Yeah she was way crazy about the value of her car. Even edmunds and KBB thought it was worth right around what we were giving her. One of the few times they have both been fairly accurate.
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Re: A story since I have not been on in a while... [british_rover]
by jack47
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Mar 31, 2007 (3:44 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (Mar 30, 2007 5:42 pm)
that cuts half inch long, nearly to the bone deep slash in my pointer finger.
Now I am bleeding all over the place but amazingly have not gotten it on her car.
The next time hold your finger high in the air over your head. The heart (and, of course, I'm assuming car dealers have a heart ) won't be pumping hardly any blood up that high...and you will have virtually no, or very little, bleeding even though the fingers are quite vascular.
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- #10205 of 48090
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Re: A story since I have not been on in a while... [corvette]
by jack47
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Mar 31, 2007 (3:56 am)
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Replying to: corvette (Mar 30, 2007 5:58 pm)
It was reported on the news this AM that a guy with a pet snake rented a car. When he came back to the car after a business stop he couldn't find the snake in the car and assumed it was stolen...and reported same to police.
Two weeks later when a kid at the car rental angency was cleaning out the car he opened the glove box and the snake wiggled out.
No doubt the kid is still drying out his pants.
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- #10206 of 48090
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Re: A story since I have not been on in a while... [jack47]
by british_rover
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Mar 31, 2007 (4:02 am)
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Replying to: jack47 (Mar 31, 2007 3:44 am)
Yeah, yeah I know that. I was holding my hand a little above shoulder level and should have been holding it higher.
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