C3 sales calls
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C3 sales calls
IF say I drove my C3, even with old paint and such, on a sales call to your home, and you were NOT a vette person....
what would your reaction be....say I was selling home improvements??
or say I was selling life insurance???
or is it considered bad form???
GENE
what would your reaction be....say I was selling home improvements??
or say I was selling life insurance???
or is it considered bad form???
GENE
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From: Tuttle OK
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Re: C3 sales calls (mrvette)
IMHO, if it were an unsolicited call, you'de be a tard no matter what you drove. If it were scheduled, it wouldn't make any difference other than possibly becoming a topic of converstion. :cheers:
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Re: C3 sales calls (mrvette)
If you came recomended I probably would not care but if I did not know you I might take that as a reflection on how succesfull you are. Remember right or wrong, first impressions mean a lot.
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From: Tuttle OK
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Re: C3 sales calls (71'AirStrike)
IMHO, if it were an unsolicited call, you'de be a tard no matter what you drove.
tee hee you called GENE a tard.. :lol:
tee hee you called GENE a tard.. :lol:
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Re: C3 sales calls (mrvette)
...and you were NOT a vette person....
Talk about a foreign concept! I don't even know how to fake that one!
Kind of along the same lines as what I'd thought of before. What if you had some home improvements being done (remodel, addition, whatever) and the builder brought all of his tools in a nice enclosed trailer....towed by a Corvette?
Interesting topic Gene. What DO people think about someone in a C3? I know a lot of people assume my car cost a small fortune. Would people think you're snooty or something driving a flashy car? I'm not sure.
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Re: C3 sales calls (ddecart)
I suppose it probably depends on the level of neighborhood you're going to - I had a home-improvement type come to my home in an old Mercedes. This was back when I made about 1/4 of what I do now. Even though the Mercedes was an older car, there weren't any of those in my neighborhood, so I didn't really care for it.
Had it been some other newer bland look-alike car, it probably wouldn't have been a big deal.
I didn't buy.
Had it been some other newer bland look-alike car, it probably wouldn't have been a big deal.
I didn't buy.
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Re: C3 sales calls (mrvette)
My reaction would be that you are a car guy. I certainly wouldn't conclude that you're rich. I have never and still don't classify the C3's with the rich. Heck, I still don't classify the driver C2's with the rich. I had a college prof (early '90's) who drove his '62 daily. I didn't think he was rich, but just that he had a passion for his car.
But then again, I AM a 'vette person.
But then again, I AM a 'vette person.
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Re: C3 sales calls (mrvette)
I had an unsolicited sales call at my house a few days ago. Dude was selling steaks out of a Lincoln Navigator. I declined and made the comment I needed to get out of computers and into steaks if I could make enuff to drive a Navigator. He said his wife let him drive it only when it was low on gas. This is prolly the reaction you would get.
Brett :thumbs:
Brett :thumbs: