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The dumbest car sales manager on earth? Loses dealership close to $1M in two hours
Porsche dealer - "I got it wrong with the buy one get one free card".

Glen Fergusson - Sales and Marketing manager for a brand new Californian Porsche dealer. Has lost his job and faces possible legal proceedings as the company strives to reclaim the costs of the 18 Porches given away free under Glen's Opening day "buy one get one free promotion" "I admit I didn't really do the numbers properly on this one" said Glen who told reporters that he had "seen the concept work really well for coffee stores" and in terms of numbers you could argue that Glen's campaign worked. As the new Porsche dealer sold 18 Porches in the first hour of the store opening.

It took the head office a full hour to realise what was going on and subsequently shut the store.

Local man Bruce Stepper took out a second mortgage on his home after getting a promotional flyer in his mailbox. "I am ecstatic - I brought a shiny red Porsche today, got another one free and I have sold just sold it on EBay, all up I end up getting a Porsche 911 for $5000"

Jane Cameron was arguably even more entrepreneurial. The local Janitor purchased a Porsche using the dealers "no deposit finance plan for low income earners", sold both cars, paid off the finance account and walked away with $120,000 profit. The finance plan was another one of Glen's initiatives that has now been cancelled.

A red faced Glen stated "I have never really been too good at Math and I was sure the whole time we were making money - I was initially blown away by the amount of cars we were selling in that first hour. I had seen the "buy one get one free card" work extremely well for the new coffee shop down the road and thought what a great idea I will try it here."

National spokesman for the dealership chain was quoted as saying "We are just glad that the idiot didn’t have time to run with his 'test drive 5 cars, get one free loyalty stamp card' campaign.

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The dumbest car sales manager on earth? Loses dealership close to $1M in two hours



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cdokecdoke - 3/21/2007 12:01:13 AMView My AgentSpace
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It cannot be quite that simple can it? Was there nobody, no employee or other individual, who spoke up about the plan? He was not out there selling cars by himself. This strikes me as something more than just a single idiot making bad decisions, although it may have started that way.

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IamEvilHomerIamEvilHomer - 3/21/2007 2:32:53 AM
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if you believe this then i have a bridge to sell you


LexusLexus - 3/21/2007 12:11:56 AM
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Wow!.............unreal.......absolute madness.............how can this happen at a Porsche dealer? don't they do background check are what?

Anyway I'm glad this happen at a German dealer rather than a Toyota dealer. Because all you nut talker would sworn this topic like crazy.

What was this guy thinking?...........I hope no one make the same mistake again.

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TauronB2GTauronB2G - 3/21/2007 12:29:49 AM
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Damn i wish I lived in California and had gotten the flyer. I have bought 4 of those suckers!!! Sold 7 and kept the best one for me!!!
T

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CactoesGelCactoesGel - 3/21/2007 12:30:51 AM
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It's too stupid a story to be true. I don't buy it. But this happened in New Zealand? Who knows, it could be true after all. =)

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CactoesGelCactoesGel - 3/21/2007 12:32:02 AM
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Oops, my bad, in California. So yeah, I guess it's true then.

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makkystylemakkystyle - 3/21/2007 12:33:36 AM
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umm..... BS! Fictional story.

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chewychewy - 3/21/2007 12:45:38 AMView My AgentSpace
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The last paragraph makes it sound less realistic.

Sounds like the Australian version of the Onion. Look for the 21st Century article as example. But the Porsche story is very funny and a great read. I was LOLing for sure.

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Threepoint1415926Threepoint1415926 - 3/21/2007 12:56:52 AM
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Why dont these things happen around me?

I call BS too... sounds like something The Onion would write.



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Threepoint1415926Threepoint1415926 - 3/21/2007 1:37:18 AM
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I get deboosted... strange. Just go look at the other articles.


BremboBrembo - 3/21/2007 8:41:13 AM
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ME TOO!


LexusLexus - 3/21/2007 12:58:27 AM
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Man! I live in OC California, how come I didn't get one of those flyer. With no finance program, I could've got like 8-10 of those baby and sale them:)

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siulabasiulaba - 3/21/2007 1:11:06 AM
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wasted 1 minute of my life reading this.

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kart1kart1 - 3/21/2007 1:16:41 AM
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DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN. WHERE F*** WAS MY INVITATION?

Seriously though I would have been there to buy it. The greatest deal ever, buy a Porsche get one free.

Oh btw, giving away 1 free coffee while the customer purchases one, can come out to the coffee shop to break even or so. I mean coffee costs $4, so it works and a owner can loose 100 coffees and still not mind it as much. However loose 18 cars on which the dealer probably makes about 4000-5000, who the hell made this guy Sales and Marketing manager? A sales manager who isn't good at math, what are we going to have next a Doctor who can't read X-rays correctly? Imagine: Umh sir I am looking at the x-ray for your stomach and I have some bad news and some really bad news. The really bad news is that you may have stomach cancer because I think I see a tumor. The bad news is that I may be wrong and that tumor I see just may be a spoon and you may have some problems when that thing comes out you know.

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WeFlyHighNoLieWeFlyHighNoLie - 3/21/2007 4:39:42 AM
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Wow it's actually true, I just googled it. This guy is a complete idiot. WTF was he trying to accomplish?! I wish I got an invitation, I would buy all of them.

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nvmenvme - 3/21/2007 5:18:19 AM
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googling something and actually finding stuff about it does not mean it's true, where is your critical judgment? i once worked at a porsche as receptionist in summer before going to college, they told me i was chosen over the others because i had been accepted in medical school and that i spoke 4 languages... so i can not belive this bullshit happened, i can hardly believe this article is even on this website...

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themantheman - 3/21/2007 7:52:31 AM
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Funny read, but really doubt its a true authentic story..Dunno..

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drakaruladrakarula - 3/21/2007 11:21:32 AM
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I guess he does not have a future in sales management! I guess he could get a job in Starbucks it might work there!!

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chuck717chuck717 - 3/21/2007 4:27:32 PM
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Porsche makes the most profit per car of any mfg by far, who is the dummy here the stupid public who buy these VW's and get little or no discount?

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trd1trd1 - 3/21/2007 5:04:08 PM
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tell me how this dude became the mangaer in the first place, wow.

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S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 3/21/2007 11:41:35 PMView My AgentSpace
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I would buy a 911 C2S Cabrio and a Cayman S, get two free 911 C2's and sell them both for $160 grand!

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