Interesting sales technique - MBClub UK

CCAALLVVIINN · 27-04-2011, 02:02 PM

1994 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS E220 5dr Auto Estate

Don't really know why people do this type of thing

Howard · 27-04-2011, 02:06 PM

To show you how rusty it will be having been sat in the sea ?

Adam230K · 27-04-2011, 02:33 PM

That is actually quite bizarre, never seen an advert like that before.

Maybe they are old pictures from when he thought of dumping it in the sea and changed his mind while on holiday...?

NewMB · 27-04-2011, 02:40 PM

Unbelievable

MarriedBlonde · 27-04-2011, 02:59 PM

to show it is water tight?

Meldrew2 · 27-04-2011, 03:20 PM

Got lost looking for the car wash?

Maybe the driver thinks he's James Bond....

finisterre · 27-04-2011, 03:43 PM

I think it is meant to be good for bunions.
Praps it has a deformed chassis?

Charles Morgan · 27-04-2011, 03:45 PM

It's to lay to rest the vicious, shameful, libellous and untruthful rumour that W124s rust. I'd like to see the morning after photos though...

MOCAŠ · 27-04-2011, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles Morgan

It's to lay to rest the vicious, shameful, libellous and untruthful rumour that W124s rust. I'd like to see the morning after photos though...

Charles, I think it's a warning you should take heed of. It is foretelling the day when your W124 will hurl herself off Southend Pier, in despair at the attention you are lavishing on your new mistress.

Charles Morgan · 27-04-2011, 04:25 PM

Brunnhilde is above such jealousy, and anyway, she prefers funeral pyres. I'm much more worried about Isolde though, she has form in despairing ends.

Smiley · 28-04-2011, 04:43 PM

its because he lives in wulverampton and the backdrop would be so depressing there.

snoop51 · 29-04-2011, 09:29 AM

Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center.
Because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about government benefits, especially the GI insurance to which they were entitled.
The officer in charge soon noticed that Boudreaux was getting a 99% sign-up rate for the more expensive supplemental form of GI insurance.
This was remarkable, because it cost these low-income recruits $30.00 per month for the higher coverage, compared to what the government was already providing at no charge. The officer decided he'd sit in the back of the room at the next briefing and observe Boudreaux's sales pitch.
Boudreaux stood up before the latest group of inductees and said:
"If you has da normal GI insurance an' you goes to Afghanistan an' gets youself killed, da government pays you beneficiary $20,000. If you takes out da supplemental insurans, which cost you only t'irty dollars a mons, den da governmen' gots ta pay you beneficiary $200,000!...

"...Now, which bunch you tink dey gonna send ta Afghanistan first ?"

markjay · 29-04-2011, 09:49 AM

'Car for sale. Private Import. Previously owned by Jeremy Clarkson. Pictures showing UK arrival.'

27-04-2011, 02:02 PM	#1
CCAALLVVIINN Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sunny Devon Car: W124 300TD - Land Rover SIII - Range Rover Classic 2 door - BMW 330ci Cabriolet Posts: 978	Interesting sales technique 1994 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS E220 5dr Auto Estate Don't really know why people do this type of thing

29-04-2011, 09:29 AM	#12
snoop51 Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Colchester Car: MB E350 CDI Sport w/ command & leather Posts: 585	On the subject of sales technique Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center. Because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about government benefits, especially the GI insurance to which they were entitled. The officer in charge soon noticed that Boudreaux was getting a 99% sign-up rate for the more expensive supplemental form of GI insurance. This was remarkable, because it cost these low-income recruits $30.00 per month for the higher coverage, compared to what the government was already providing at no charge. The officer decided he'd sit in the back of the room at the next briefing and observe Boudreaux's sales pitch. Boudreaux stood up before the latest group of inductees and said: "If you has da normal GI insurance an' you goes to Afghanistan an' gets youself killed, da government pays you beneficiary $20,000. If you takes out da supplemental insurans, which cost you only t'irty dollars a mons, den da governmen' gots ta pay you beneficiary $200,000!... "...Now, which bunch you tink dey gonna send ta Afghanistan first ?" __________________ "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on" Dean Martin [1917-95]

27-04-2011, 02:06 PM	#2
Howard Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toad Hall Car: 2 x CLK 430 / 1 x A190 Posts: 16,532	To show you how rusty it will be having been sat in the sea ?

27-04-2011, 02:33 PM	#3
Adam230K Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: May 2007 Location: London Car: German oil burner Posts: 3,085	That is actually quite bizarre, never seen an advert like that before. Maybe they are old pictures from when he thought of dumping it in the sea and changed his mind while on holiday...?

27-04-2011, 02:40 PM	#4
NewMB Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colchester, UK + Köln, Germany Car: 2012 535D F11 Sport (Touring) Posts: 750	Unbelievable

27-04-2011, 02:59 PM	#5
MarriedBlonde Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunny South Coast (Nr southampton) Car: C63 AMG Coupe/ML320 Cdi Sport/69 vw Bus Posts: 399	to show it is water tight?

27-04-2011, 03:20 PM	#6
Meldrew2 Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southport Car: "99V" Bahama Blue SLK230, "55" Tanzanite Blue ML350, "59" Tenorite Grey C180CGI Elegance Posts: 703	Got lost looking for the car wash? Maybe the driver thinks he's James Bond....

27-04-2011, 03:43 PM	#7
finisterre Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Buxton Car: Vito, Z4 Posts: 913	I think it is meant to be good for bunions. Praps it has a deformed chassis?

27-04-2011, 03:45 PM	#8
Charles Morgan Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2010 Car: Mercedes W210 E320cdi, 190E 2.5-16, Allard, Citroen SM, Range Rover and Alpina B10 Posts: 3,551	It's to lay to rest the vicious, shameful, libellous and untruthful rumour that W124s rust. I'd like to see the morning after photos though...

27-04-2011, 04:25 PM	#10
Charles Morgan Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2010 Car: Mercedes W210 E320cdi, 190E 2.5-16, Allard, Citroen SM, Range Rover and Alpina B10 Posts: 3,551	Brunnhilde is above such jealousy, and anyway, she prefers funeral pyres. I'm much more worried about Isolde though, she has form in despairing ends.

28-04-2011, 04:43 PM	#11
Smiley Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,997	its because he lives in wulverampton and the backdrop would be so depressing there.

29-04-2011, 09:49 AM	#13
markjay Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Car: W203 C180K 2006 / Serviced by Olly PCS (BlackC55) / COMAND NTG2.5 retrofitted by Alfie and Richard Posts: 7,070	'Car for sale. Private Import. Previously owned by Jeremy Clarkson. Pictures showing UK arrival.'

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