ntwrkguy1
06-23-2003, 02:21 PM
Hopefully, this will brighten your Monday as much as it did mine. I needed an item for my Suburban, so I headed over to the local Chevy dealer. I purchased what I needed from the parts counter, then decided to take a look around the lot. I came upon an `03 50th Anniversary Edition Corvette convertible, bargain priced at $57,085. I couldn`t help but to notice that the dealer had `installed` some swirl marks, and was kind of chuckling to myself about it when I heard the salesman say, "She`s a beauty, huh?"
Now, with a clever opening line like that, I HAD to engage him in some conversation. It went something like this:
DavidM: "It`s a nice car, but for $57k I shouldn`t have to deal with things like this" (pointing to the hood, which was loaded with swirls).
Salesman: "Oh, that`s the special 50th Anniversary Edition Red"
DavidM: "I wasn`t talking about the color......I was talking about these (pointing right to a swirl mark)."
Salesman (with a totally straight face): "I think those are part of the 50th Anniversary package."
Needless to say, it was all I could do to avoid laughing out loud. Maybe that`s the new dealer tactic: "Tell the customer that the swirls are a factory installed item!"
Amazing.
DavidM
Now, with a clever opening line like that, I HAD to engage him in some conversation. It went something like this:
DavidM: "It`s a nice car, but for $57k I shouldn`t have to deal with things like this" (pointing to the hood, which was loaded with swirls).
Salesman: "Oh, that`s the special 50th Anniversary Edition Red"
DavidM: "I wasn`t talking about the color......I was talking about these (pointing right to a swirl mark)."
Salesman (with a totally straight face): "I think those are part of the 50th Anniversary package."
Needless to say, it was all I could do to avoid laughing out loud. Maybe that`s the new dealer tactic: "Tell the customer that the swirls are a factory installed item!"
Amazing.
DavidM