Have we got a deal for you to stay the course

[Bravo Zulu]

At Freedom Motors, the place to go for pre-owned vehicles (or used cars, in the old-fashioned manner of speaking), the salesmen are busy dealing with customers who ask why the Iraq Touring Convertible sold in 2003 has turned out to be such a dangerous and unreliable vehicle.

The salesmen are exasperated by these pesky customers and their complaints. They can't understand why they are making such a big deal just because most of the claims about this jalopy have turned out to be completely untrue.

Heck, don't the customers appreciate clever salesmanship and what that entails? Liberties were taken at the point of sale, sure, wild misrepresentations were made perhaps, but so what?

Didn't the customers know whom they were dealing with? True, used-car salesmen are not as bad as politicians, with all their smiles, handshakes and reassurances, but consumer caution recommended itself at the time. Talk about gullible!

Still, one has to feel a bit sorry for the customers who proved easy marks for the master salesmen on the Freedom lot. The chief salesman, George, just hugged his way into people's affections.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07192/800725-154.stm