I was 19 and had my sights dead set on an Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer. There was just one problem – I couldn’t afford one. I still figured I could use my hooptie as a down payment and figure out the rest later.
While most car salesmen were quick to shoot down my dream – there was one that tried to persuade me into another option. I can’t remember the guy’s name, but he was a typical salesman: shite shirt, grey pants, and overly friendly. He called me, and told me he had sometime better than a Explorer but I had to come in. I showed up excited; he walked me out to the lot past the a few Explorers, Suburbans, and Mustangs to a White Ford Bronco with a snow plow attached to it.
I didn’t know whether to vomit or burst out into insane laughter. There was no way I was going back to the neighborhood with a truck that had a snow plow attached to it. I would be the laughing stock of all my friends. Though the salesman pulled out all of his best antics – I would not budge. There was no way I was buying this truck (no matter how good of a deal it was). He basically told me that it was the only truck on the lot that he could get me in. I left frustrated, mad, and disappointed.
A few weeks later I bought a Chevy Cavalier (and immediately pimped it out with rims, sounds, and a paint job). The winter that followed was one of the worst ever. I had quite a hard time puttering around in my little 4 cylinder car with the fancy rims. The Cavalier was totaled one hanging out downtown the next summer.
I have never stopped thinking about that white Ford Bronco. Every harsh winter that goes by, I always think about how much money I could have made. Although the car salesman that day was just trying to get rid of that truck; he basically was also trying to “give” me a new business and I was too young to see that.
So YES- I should have bought that truck! Started Kahn Santori Snow Removal (sounds great doesn’t it?) Though my friends would have laughed at me; I would have been laughing at end with all the money I would have mad. I could have started with one truck, than bought 4 more trucks and hired drivers. I would have given jobs to all my friends that didn’t laugh at me, and expanding my business to Ohio and Illinois. I could have made a killing. Oh well, that’s water under the bridge (as my grandfather used to say.) Too many new opportunities to be discovered, so no sense in beating this old story any more……
While most car salesmen were quick to shoot down my dream – there was one that tried to persuade me into another option. I can’t remember the guy’s name, but he was a typical salesman: shite shirt, grey pants, and overly friendly. He called me, and told me he had sometime better than a Explorer but I had to come in. I showed up excited; he walked me out to the lot past the a few Explorers, Suburbans, and Mustangs to a White Ford Bronco with a snow plow attached to it.
I didn’t know whether to vomit or burst out into insane laughter. There was no way I was going back to the neighborhood with a truck that had a snow plow attached to it. I would be the laughing stock of all my friends. Though the salesman pulled out all of his best antics – I would not budge. There was no way I was buying this truck (no matter how good of a deal it was). He basically told me that it was the only truck on the lot that he could get me in. I left frustrated, mad, and disappointed.
A few weeks later I bought a Chevy Cavalier (and immediately pimped it out with rims, sounds, and a paint job). The winter that followed was one of the worst ever. I had quite a hard time puttering around in my little 4 cylinder car with the fancy rims. The Cavalier was totaled one hanging out downtown the next summer.
I have never stopped thinking about that white Ford Bronco. Every harsh winter that goes by, I always think about how much money I could have made. Although the car salesman that day was just trying to get rid of that truck; he basically was also trying to “give” me a new business and I was too young to see that.
So YES- I should have bought that truck! Started Kahn Santori Snow Removal (sounds great doesn’t it?) Though my friends would have laughed at me; I would have been laughing at end with all the money I would have mad. I could have started with one truck, than bought 4 more trucks and hired drivers. I would have given jobs to all my friends that didn’t laugh at me, and expanding my business to Ohio and Illinois. I could have made a killing. Oh well, that’s water under the bridge (as my grandfather used to say.) Too many new opportunities to be discovered, so no sense in beating this old story any more……