On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
> The problem with stinking car salesdroids is that they get "points" for
If you _really_ want to annoy car salesdroids, here's what to do.
Drive to a auto dealer's lot, while being very well dressed, in a
largish, 25+ year old car, that doesn't look too good on the outside,
but is very comfortable to drive and has a nice-looking, spacious,
interior. Go into the showroom, sit in the various models, then start
asking the salespests why everything in the new cars is so cheaply
made - plastic doorhandles, no chrome, no knobs on the radios, seats
that are paper thin, cheap looking interiors, gripe about the lack of
footroom, ask why the cars, including the "full-size" models, are all
so small. Tell them that your 18-foot long car parked outside was
only a mid-size car when new, and it has much more room inside. Offer
to let them sit in your car to see how comfortable it is, how smooth
it rides and how much foot-room is in it. After you've taken up about
an hour or three of their time, looking at every car in sight, taking
a few test drives, politely tell them, in front of other customers,
that they couldn't _pay_ you enough to own one of their cars instead
of what you already have.
> I haven't found anybody in the surplus or old computer biz that is "mean",
> usually just flakey. ;)
Nah, not flakey, just a tad eccentric. ;-)
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Received on Wed Oct 11 2000 - 08:55:16 BST