Do people judge you by the way you are dressed? My Ferrari Story...
 

I saw a Ferrari thread here and it reminded me of when my partner bought his Ferrari years ago.

We were driving by the Ferrari dealer and we saw a 355F sitting in the showroom. We said lets go look at it. We walk in to see it and the doors were locked. We asked the only sales person working that night to open the door and he brushed us off. Said they were closing soon and ignored us. We were dressed in shorts, summer clothes. Tennis shoes we were in our early 30s.
So we said fuck it and came back the following day.

We asked that sales person for a co-worker, we were dressed the same way. The guy was so cool. He not only showed us the car, but said do you guys want to drive it. So I got in with him, the guy took me up the canyon, traded seats, didn't even ask for a DL, Never asked anything about us. The car sold itself.

We bought it from that guy while the other guy was next to us regretting the sale.

This is to that guy, :321GFY

Any similar stories? Let's hear it.

My uncle had something like that happen a long time ago with a caddi.. He ask how much the guy said if you ask you can not afford. So he bought the dealership. Just sold the place about 15 years ago.

same story but then it was me and not my friend :thumbsup

I never dress nice, unless I have to.

Basically the same thing happened to me. Went to a Bentley dealership, knowing I was going to buy a car that day, and pay in cash. Got there, started looking around, got no attention from anyone. Had to go up to the front desk and ask for a dealer to come out and help me. They took my license, made me sign shit, etc... thought I was some kid trying to test drive a car I couldn't afford.

After the test drive, I told the dealer I would buy the car with cash if he knocked $15k off. I think he shit his pants right there. After I bought it he ended up coming out to my house to set up the car with my gate code and my garage door opener. Now the guy kisses my ass.

"this is your Porsche??"

"of course!!"


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I think the Hun has a similar story to this several years back buying a ferrari from an auction or something haha!

Happens to me all the time, mainly 'cause to me, dressing up is a choir...so it's not something I do if I don't have to.

I thought this story was an urban legend. Sounds fishy bro

Years ago (back in 1989-1990) I worked for Radio Shack. The store was in an odd area. It was in the city, but all the surrounding areas were very rural. One afternoon a guy comes in and looks like he just came out of the fields. The store manager was helping him and he has a million questions about a CB radio antenna. The manager gets annoyed with the guy and hands him off to me. I spend the next 20 minutes helping this guy out and end up with about a $3 sale. The guy was very happy.

A few weeks later we had satellite dishes on sale for $3000. He came in and bought one. He came in the day before and saw I wasn't there and made sure to come back the next day when I was so he could buy it from me. Over the next few weeks he bought a new TV, VCR and nice surround sound system for his house. The dude was a farmer, had just gotten divorced and was getting the home theater he had always wanted now that the wife was gone.

The manager assumed he was some broke hick and because I treated him nicely I ended up making some nice money off it. (not only that he paid me $500 under the table to come out and help him install the dish :) )

Had the exact same thing happen when I recently bought my R8. Went to a completely different dealer in the end to buy it. Soon im gonna go to the other dealership to ask them to fill up my window cleaner or something.. fucking idiots...

a few years ago i was at a furniture store buying some leather couches when the salesman asked me to give him a minute to greet a young surfer looking dude that had been walking around the showroom for half an hour with no one waiting on him. my salesman said he felt bad for the kid cuz all the other salespeople were ignoring him. he went over talked to the kid for a few minutes came back to finish up with me and my g/f. he told us the kid was a professional jet ski racer for yamaha and made over 500k a year wanted to furnish an entire house he just rented in the area...was payin cash. the salesman told me that shit happens all the time an he is old enough and wise enough not to fooled by someones appearance. he had a great day selling furniture....the other sales people not so much

great story. smart guy, too.

never judge a book by its cover

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Hope he fired the guy.

That's funny. :thumbsup Love it.

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How do you like that car? I bought one for my wife not too long ago before she got pregnant.

yeah happened to me when i first wanted to buy my g35, its only $40k brand new.. but i was 17yrs, black, and i went to a dealership and they completely ignored me..

Then i went to another one, they treated me well, so i bought the car, then went back to the same dealership, made sure to make noise as i drove into the parking lot so they all saw me, then i went up and asked them what time they close their service dept cause i may need some parts in the future.lol

then i smiled and left.. bastards

I was a store manager for them for many years (managed 3 stores, worked in many more along the way) and know of many many stories exactly like yours, lol. Thats awesome when you win someone over like that.


When I needed a new car I specifically put on jeans and sneakers and got treated like a stupid kid by 2 dealers. Third one treated me like I was buying a car, let me take it for a drive, acted like a normal nice guy, so I bought from him. Wasn't a ferrari though.

You can never judge a book by it's cover.

awesome...be cool to see someone make a news story about this sort of thing

I used to hang out with these two venture capitalists from Cinci quite a bit(they sponsored the metal band I worked with at the time).. Anyway, one of 'em was only 26 and the other 32.. both of 'em were BIG TIME trust fund kiddies(if any of you are from Cinci and know real estate.. I'm sure you'd know of 'em).. Anyways, they both dress pretty casually and for whatever reason, liked to live it up with us younger guys(albeit not that much younger). We're all tatted up and everything.. well, the richer of the 2 was wearing mesh shorts, a plain nike tee, some sneakers, and shades and we stopped at a cadi dealership(him + 3 of us tatted up guys).. he wanted to buy the 2009 edition of his 6 month old 2008 caddy haha.. anyway, sales man basically says no white trash allowed on our lot, take a hike.. my buddy pulls out a suitcase with 60k in it, opens it, and says yeah np, fuck off :) went to the dealer down the road instead and he had a new cadi about an hour later

two of the most wealthy guys i know in this area rarely if ever wear anything nicer than mesh shorts and their gym tee shirt unless it's some kind of formal gathering.. people who judge based on appearance(or anything really) usually don't make it far in life :2 cents:

Speaking of books and covers, is that sarah jean in your avatar? She was great on ninja warrior! Sexy ninjas for the win.

thats happened to me many times, usually in bmw dealerships. they just straight up ignore me (i dress casual skater/snowboarder). i was thinking about buying an Audi S4 a couple of years ago for the winter, and the salesman was a complete asshole, told me i probably couldn't afford it lol. i was ready to pay cash... basically he talked me out of it, i walked over to the saab dealership, and got a 9-2X instead haha.

Loving it :)

Close to a similar story. When I was a lot younger I was at a BMW dealership and the salesman was basically giving me shit and acting like I could not afford the car. Fortunately for him another salesman recognized me from having been in their with my dad and took over. He made a sale.

I generally feel that if a garage treats you badly before you have even bought the car that they they don't deserve the business and also that they are going to be the last place you want to have it serviced.

I have test driven cars in the past that I then ended up buying at a different garage and it's always nice to go back and rub someones nose in it over their loss of commission.

On a related note, my little brother (24 and he isn't exactly little any more he's taller than me now) was looking at buying a z4 and several BMW garages treated him badly just because they decided he is too young to be able to afford it - he's just ended up buying a new 370z instead :1orglaugh

hehe.. its always fun when people dont think u can afford it, and you rub it in their faces... im going to be buying another car soon and it may be from a dealer, and its cash for $40k+.. im black, young, and ill purposely under dress, to see who pays me any attention.lol

although when i travel nowadays i wear a sport coat with a long sleeve dress shirt.. i used to dress casual but fucking dumb ass passengers keep asking me if im in the wrong line (cause im boarding first class ), plus the flight attendants always want to double verify im supposed to be in first class

FUCK PEOPLE.. Just cause someone is 24 and BLACK and flying first class doesnt mean he sells drugs.. fuck you all bitches.. now im pissed off thinking about how many times ive been asked are you in the right line? after i paid thousands for the ticket..

Walked into a small town dealership to buy a car back in the late 80's. I had 15k cash with me and knew the car I was going to buy. I was wearing an ACDC tee and my jeans had a hole in the knee, (still today 90% of my jeans have the same damn hole) Anyways.. after standing around for about 30 minutes I finally asked a guy what the deal was. I said I wanted to buy a car. He kind of gave me the "what the fuck ever" look and pointed out the window to the $500 or cheaper lot and told me that all they had. and walked away. I was fuming. So I went down half a block to another dealer. (who where actually friendly to me) and did the same thing. The guy was cool, told me all about th car etc and I bought it on the spot and paid for it in full. I then drove it back to the 1st dealer and ask for the manager and told him my story and showed him my purchase contract and told him the reason he lost the sale. They fired the sales man.

kind of bizarre to hear that in LA.

i get that all the time where I am from now. unless im going somewhere fancy, then i will dress up, otherwise its whatever i feel like wearing. hands down I have more cash in my pockets at the bars I go to then most have in their savings accounts, but im not trying to show off and not trying to grab attention of everyone around.

recently i was getting maintenance done on my car (BMW 750Li) so i took out my '05 Tahoe around and decided i would stop at the Range Rover dealer to see if they had any deals, as I was considering trading in the 7 and Tahoe. meanwhile, im just wearing jeans and a hoodie... i had to practically BEG for a salesperson to only be told "you know how much they are?"

I just turned around and left... next day I came in with my 7, wearing a dress shirt, shoes and a coat... before i could get out of the car the SAME sales person came up to me as was super polite, got me coffee, let me drive a few models around, etc. When he asked if i was interested in buying i told him not from him because of how he treated me the day before.

He tried to laugh it off, but I ended up requesting to talk to another salesmen, who was the manager of the dealership. Told him how I felt and he apologized. Never ended up getting a car there tho as they couldnt work any deal

Great stories.

People should treat everyone equally for sure. Just because we dress like shit doesn't mean you need to treat us that way.

I'm not a fashion runway model. Not even close. :1orglaugh

i think the worst though was in san diego recently..

i was actually trying to rent beach houses, and they are all like $4-5k a month..

I walked down the beach, and must have walked into 10+ agencies, and they all just kept saying hmm we dont have anything, or are you sure you can afford it? its too much money? lol

anyway i decided not to get a beach spot, will just get a place downtown for the same price range.. anyway funny thing is i laugh about it all cause the rent that seems so high to them, i make in a day or two of work...

anyways i never judge people, ever.. a guy with shorts could be worth $50mil

I've SEEN that happen in public before. I am 25 and white and it pisses me off. Racism is a weird thing.

Now THAT's a good ending to that story!

yea are only 25..lol damn nice dude.. you doing well.. but yeah i got tired of the whole ticket shit.. just cause im young and every other guy in first class is 60yrs old doesnt mean i cant afford it.lol

people equate young = poor
young & black = dirt fucking poor with shitty credit...

meanwhile my credit is excellent.lol

Yep, when I worked there it was almost a ongoing joke. If a guy came in was dressed really nicely, had a nice watch and car, chances are he is in debt to his eyes and has no money. A guy pulls up in an average car and dressed like a farmer and chances were he had some money in the bank. It seemed to me that was more often true than not.

It's really funny to watch the evolving reactions of residents in my neighborhood when they first meet me.

At first glance, I think most of them assume that the unkempt, hairy mess standing in front of them must be some homeless day laborer, who until recently was standing on a median somewhere holding a "will work for food" sign, and has simply wandered away from the yard where he is supposed to be sprucing up some rich fellow's lawn.

Once they engage me in conversation, neighbors I'm meeting for the first time typically get a confused look in their eyes somewhere around the middle of my first sentence. While their nerves are somewhat soothed by my relative eloquence (relative to other people who meander about looking like a half-awake hobo, at least), it's something like the reaction children have to watching a parrot speak for the first time: "How does it do that?"

Usually, within a few minutes of conversation, their initial horror at seeing me in the vicinity of their home has subsided, their body language changes, and they start to relax. The thought "maybe he's a normal guy who just happens to have really long hair and a bird's nest for a beard" has taken root in their brain, and they begin to feel it is really just a conversation with a peer (albeit an odd-looking peer).

Of course, it all reverts back to complete revulsion if I answer honestly the question "So -- what it is that you do for a living?"... but that's another story and another set of assumptions, altogether.

anyone notice a similarity in these stories? They all end up with the person buying from the same place anyway...

If I owned a dealership I would go out on the floor myself and be the 'judgmental' asshole that would ignore everyone and treat them like they were nobody and then i would send out my bleeding heart salesman to coddle them and to close the deal... seems like people, men especially, are so proud that they will buy even if they can't afford it just to prove a point! :) Sounds like a good cop bad cop sales ploy from the get go...

lol i was going to ask what happens when you tell them what you do for a living :)

"will work for food" finally got a Job Q ?? :Graucho

Wait - you're not?

:2 cents:

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not a bad observation for a canadian :) yes i agree, when I was younger I would partake in the whole dignity thing and want to feel self righteous about where I spend my money etc. but the bottom line is getting what you want and the price you want, the rest is all bullshit. i don't care if the grand dragon of the kkk (who happens to live in polk county 1hr from me) was selling the car/house/boat in question if it was what i wanted, at the price i wanted, in the condition i wanted... dude got the sale. and he can look down upon me and talk shit all he wants, to my face even. give a fuck what another man thinks about me

My friend ( late 30s kinda scruffy ) owned a NASCAR Winston Cup team with his Dad and they were driving from south Florida to Charlotte NC to their race shop and stopped in Orlando to pick me up for the trip. We made it as far as Daytona before his pos Ford Expedition broke down and we had to get it fixed.

He took his SUV to the Florida Auto Mall on I-95 which is a strip of dealerships all side by side. We stopped at the Ford place and while we were waiting for the SUV to get fixed a showroom salesman walked by and my friend, who doesn't broadcast that he's a multi millionaire, asked him if they had anything nice on the floor and the salesman replied, " No, but they got some really nice ones next door at Dodge ". My friend looked at me and said " well then lets go next door ".

He then buys the nicest Dodge truck they had on the lot. We go back to the Ford place and get all are stuff out of the Expedition and transfer it over to the new truck while the salesman that dissed us watched. My friend gave him the thumbs up and said " you were right, they do have nicer vehicles over at the Dodge place ". The look on everyone there was priceless. We left the Ford at the Dodge dealership because they were kind enough to let us keep it there until we picked it up on the way back after the race.

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My uncle's best friend owns a pretty successful company that does all of the tubing in bank systems(it's not nationwide - it's around here only), plus does some sort of high tech plumbing deal with a few big hospitals locally. Anyway, the guy is always dirty as hell, wears Levi's with grease stains and holes everywhere.. basically looks like he just left the unemployment line. He also owns half of the county next to here and he's only 41. During hunting season, we always go somewhere a good distance away in Arkansas.. we stop in Fayetteville. Always funny to see a college kid laugh at him or give the "ewww what a skank" look while knowing that he's got millions sitting in the bank. He always says though.. why would I buy 10 nice suits for 10-20k when I could buy an old run down house and turn it into 100k+ in 5 years? He's a bachelor.. never been married, has no kids, does whatever he wants.. but he's still the lead foreman of his company. Works 80 hours + per week on site and pays someone else to do the books and shit. Good man :2 cents:

Prada in Vegas tried to do that to me. I guess having multi colored hair and tattoos screams no moneys. So after I watched them debating on who was even going to say hi to me I got the new guy and I dropped 1500 bucks in a matter of minutes.

Had the same thing happen in a furniture in Brick NJ.

A. This is Brick NJ, not the mecca of high end furniture lol
B. I had some cash to spend, I was furnishing a new house

Never judge a book by its cover. Maybe I should have worn a shirt (just kidding)

Nope, I bought my Ferraris on ebay. I hate car dealers.

But I did have that happen to me once when I was trying to buy a $20k truck

my first day in auto sales this happened to me as a salesperson. a young kid came walking around. he was a white kid, dressed like a hoodlum walking around with a black friend. everyone just ignored them. i walked up to the kid, greeted him like i was taught, showed him a car. took him for a test drive, gave him a price, so on so forth. He said he was going to come back with his mom to buy the car soon. I said ok. About a week went by and i had completely forgot about it. Another salesman said there is someone on the lot asking for me. I go out and it was the kid and his mother. He says "I told you i was going to come back with my mom to buy the car". That is exactly what he did. It just so happened that his grandfather died and left his mother about 20 or so acres of very lucrative land worth about 10-15 million. She was selling off small 1/4 acres for big money. He told me that before his grandfather died. He spend his entire life in a trailer park. That this was his first car. He said he went to a bunch of dealerships before mine and I was the only person who ever stopped to talk to him.


You should always treat people the way you want to be treated.

I thought u lease?

The best lesson you can ever learn in sales. :thumbsup