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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 10:27 PM
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Man sues car dealership for selling him a truck against his will
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A man has filed a lawsuit against a car dealership claiming the company sold him a pickup truck that he thought he was only taking for test drive.

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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 10:29 PM
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1. B+ for creativity
On the plus side, if this suit isn't thrown out, salespeople will not to use pressure tactics anymore. And that is a good thing.
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Superfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 10:33 PM
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2. When I was shopping for a car
Edited on Thu Nov-13-03 10:34 PM by Superfly
the dealer had me sign a piece of paper attesting to the fact that I would buy a car from him that day.

I didn't. When he pointed out that I had signed the paper, obligating me to buy a car, I pointed out that I had signed the name "Reinhold Messner", a prominent Italian mountain climber, who I am not.

I left, sans car but with a satisfaction that that slimeball had to re-examine his sales tactics.

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GAspnes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 10:36 PM
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3. that's great!
Or bring along someone else who *won't* talk to the salesperson. Then you have a huddle, and the buyer comes back with "My husband/wife thinks this is a bad deal."

If you make the objection unrefutable, the sales person will cave.
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WeirdSceneGoldmine Donating Member (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 10:45 PM
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4. The problem with dishonesty
Is that honesty is a singular entity rubbing and defending against an infinite number of ways to be cheated.

It takes an honest man to live outside the law.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 10:54 PM
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5. Ummmm....wait....
What did he think he was signing papers for? You don't sign stuff on a test drive...
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