Stories from the Sales Frontlines

Replying to: graphicguy (Apr 09, 2009 7:51 am)

"...Yeah, the market is down..."
 
Don't let one cheapskate talk you into giving up your SUV for a song. I once has a clown try to haggle me on a $200 truck. That kind probably makes a hobby of low-balling dozens of cars a week just for laughs. Or perhaps he's the front man for a real buyer who is trying to soften you up.
 
Next time some idiot offers you half price tell him that you will hold the original price for one week and then it is going up 10%. If he doesn't hurry he'll miss out on your "Low Low Introductory Offer".
 
You could also try the old deskman trick of printing out the Kelly Blue Book value from the Beverly Hills zip code.

Replying to: joel0622 (Apr 09, 2009 8:12 am)

"...I wish I would have been in town..."
 
That's rich! LOL

Replying to: joel0622 (Apr 09, 2009 2:27 pm)

Weren't you smart to find that picture of deskman?
 
Richard

Replying to: richard64 (Apr 09, 2009 1:31 pm)

What is special about the yellow book. Amazon has 60 starting at $1.81. You must be talking about something different. Edify me.

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• imidazol97 (Apr 09, 2009 5:30 pm)

got me. i thought 'we' were considering a few different models, so i emailed the dealerships for some quotes. once i got them, she informed me none of those vehicles were what she wanted.
anyways, the new car purchase is knocked back a bit.
i now know what she really wants, but we have to wait a bit.
basically, what she wants is going to cost more than what she wants to pay, so i am doing a lot of groundwork for any salesperson, if a sale happens.
i am hoping our daughter's SAT scores will soften her up a bit.
it's tough to top 800 for a math score. the other 2 were just under 700.
we do need an additional vehicle, it's just a case of what it will be, a new ride for the wife or something less for the kids.

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• richard64 (Apr 09, 2009 5:41 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Apr 09, 2009 4:17 pm)

Replying to: imidazol97 (Apr 09, 2009 4:05 pm)

"Edify me."
 
Fezo tried to answer for me, but his wise a$$ got in the way of his brain.
 
I'm looking for an early first edition of Fun With Dick and Jane. (Book titles should be underlined, but I can't make it work on the format here.) At any rate, there are several series of this book with various titles and various publishing dates since the 1930's. Amazon has a collector's list that you can click on from the main page. The ones that you saw are newly published copies with modernized characters.
 
Hopefully, you have been edified, satisfied, gratified, and homogenized.
 
Richard

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Replying to: explorerx4 (Apr 09, 2009 4:25 pm)

Here is your solution: Daughter gets Mom's old car because of high SAT math score; Mom gets new car; Dad gets payments. Simple, right?
 
Richard

Replying to: imidazol97 (Apr 09, 2009 9:42 am)

Found one in a bookstore in England. It was a real experience finding how to send them funds in Pounds--wouldn't accept Euros, wonder why?
 
Could it be b/c Englad uses the pound not the Euro?
 
Would the US salespeople here accept US Dollars of Mexican Pesos? <-- Bringing it back on topic.

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