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Wed 28 Jan 2004 13:40
car salesman turned magician - doctorchris
Congrats to the car salesman who in front of the eyes of my 18 year old daughter (and fortunately those of my wife and I) turned a £4000 retail Polo into a £6000 car with only the aid of a computer screen and his manager behind the scenes. This trick was performed by means of various useless insurances and was before he moved in with the coup de grace, his highly inflated finance figures. We ended up with a cost for a 3 year old base Polo that was higher than the What Car on the road price for a brand new Seat Arosa.
Of course I cannot reveal the name of the dealership, but here in the North East the boss of the company is well known for his religious devotion. Nuff said.
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 14:10
car salesman turned magician - T Lucas
Mans gotta earn a living.
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 14:35
car salesman turned magician - Peter D
Did you but it ???? Regards Peter
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 15:36
car salesman turned magician - doctorchris
Our Jennifer did not even need our input to see that she was being taken for a ride. We walked away.
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 15:46
car salesman turned magician - T Lucas
No wages there then,poor lad will probably starve now.
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 15:59
car salesman turned magician - GrumpyOldGit
Fairly common it seems. It's been tried on me by a Toyota dealer and an MG-Rover dealer. Neither got my money.
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 16:03
car salesman turned magician - helicopter
T. L. On another thread you're talking about these guys earning £ 35k +

Starving? - I don't believe it.

Doc - I'm glad you walked away from this shyster - there are plenty of decent hard working guys out there who will do you a decent deal.
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 16:20
car salesman turned magician - Hugo {P}
This reminds me of a story I heard that apparently took place in a well known computer retailer.

Customer chooses computer system and salesman says:
"would you like our extended 5 year warranty sir"
Customer "No thanks, just the computer system with 12 months - as it comes."
Salesman "Are you sure sir, it would save you a lot of time and expense etc etc?"
Customer " No I don't want the extra warranty etc especially at that price - not worth it to me"
Salesman "I strongly advise it sir, these things are always breaking down"
Customer "In that case I don't want the computer any more - goodbye"

Hugo
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Wed 28 Jan 2004 16:35
car salesman turned magician - T Lucas
The silly thing is with those deals,is that when you as the sensible punter walk away,just like a bus,another one comes along very soon after.So i guess he won't starve,just can't eat steak&caviar every night.
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