The Landmark Thread - Page 11

Aliantha · 11-05-2006, 10:04 PM

Every post from here on in is a landmark for me simply because I've never made it to 1000 posts at any forum before being banned.

Just goes to show how tolerant you people are. lol

wolf · 11-05-2006, 10:42 PM

It just shows the amount of leeway we have on the definition of "intolerably annoying."

Aliantha · 11-05-2006, 10:43 PM

It also means that there must be lots of other people here just like me.

wolf · 11-05-2006, 10:46 PM

(absolutely, you're one of the gang and a really good sport. Particularly when you post drunk.)

Aliantha · 11-05-2006, 10:48 PM

lol...thanks wolf. I'll try to be drunk more often.

wolf · 11-05-2006, 10:49 PM

I think that's something to strive for. Care if I join you in your quest?

Aliantha · 11-05-2006, 10:51 PM

absolutely not.

I'm sure Ducks will be in on it too...and a few others as well. Im fact, I might just go get myself a drink now.

DucksNuts · 11-06-2006, 02:34 AM

I'm in early tonite

tis Melbourne Cup eve n all ....thats a good enough excuse - yeah??

WOLF!!!!! I so want to party with you pissed (thats drunk in aussie), have you posted whilst seriously tanked before?? I want to read those posts.

Ibby · 11-15-2006, 07:37 AM

Flint · 11-15-2006, 10:25 AM

Dude. You can't ever post again.

BigV · 11-15-2006, 11:47 AM

lumberjim · 11-15-2006, 04:23 PM

I just sold a service contract for $2112 in honor of your 2112th post, Ib.

now, if i could just get someone to honor xoxoxobruce in the same fashion.....

lookout123 · 11-15-2006, 04:56 PM

so what is that about $1900 in leg, LJ?

lumberjim · 11-15-2006, 05:46 PM

The term 'leg' ....or 'air' or 'fluff' refers to a deliberately overestimated monthly payment. when a customer knows enough to negotiate the interest rate, and knows the sale price, and even the amount financed, the salesman will occasionally tell them that their payment is $20-$50 more than it actually is. They do it because they can always come down, and if the customer says yes, it makes it much easier to sell ancillary items because the actual payment increase is hidden therin. It is actually illegal to do this intentionally, but very hard to prove that it wasn;t just a mistake in the quotation.

The service contract referenced above retails for $2495, so I actually discounted it to get to that price. If you meant 'profit'...then no, nowhere near that much profit. most service contract have 100% profit margin,IOW about half of the price = cost.

lookout123 · 11-15-2006, 09:34 PM

it's illegal for you guys to throw leg in? not down here. it is the assumed practice. when i was selling i knew i'd have one seriously pissed off f&i guy if i didn't give him at least $15/month to play with in back.

11-05-2006, 10:04 PM	#151
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Every post from here on in is a landmark for me simply because I've never made it to 1000 posts at any forum before being banned. Just goes to show how tolerant you people are. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-05-2006, 10:42 PM	#152
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It just shows the amount of leeway we have on the definition of "intolerably annoying." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-05-2006, 10:43 PM	#153
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It also means that there must be lots of other people here just like me. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-05-2006, 10:46 PM	#154
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	(absolutely, you're one of the gang and a really good sport. Particularly when you post drunk.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-05-2006, 10:48 PM	#155
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...thanks wolf. I'll try to be drunk more often. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-05-2006, 10:49 PM	#156
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think that's something to strive for. Care if I join you in your quest? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-05-2006, 10:51 PM	#157
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	absolutely not. I'm sure Ducks will be in on it too...and a few others as well. Im fact, I might just go get myself a drink now. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-06-2006, 02:34 AM	#158
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I'm in early tonite tis Melbourne Cup eve n all ....thats a good enough excuse - yeah?? WOLF!!!!! I so want to party with you pissed (thats drunk in aussie), have you posted whilst seriously tanked before?? I want to read those posts.

11-15-2006, 07:37 AM	#159
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	__________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-15-2006, 10:25 AM	#160
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Dude. You can't ever post again. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-15-2006, 11:47 AM	#161
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	__________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-15-2006, 04:23 PM	#162
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I just sold a service contract for $2112 in honor of your 2112th post, Ib. now, if i could just get someone to honor xoxoxobruce in the same fashion..... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-15-2006, 04:56 PM	#163
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	so what is that about $1900 in leg, LJ? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

11-15-2006, 05:46 PM	#164
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	The term 'leg' ....or 'air' or 'fluff' refers to a deliberately overestimated monthly payment. when a customer knows enough to negotiate the interest rate, and knows the sale price, and even the amount financed, the salesman will occasionally tell them that their payment is $20-$50 more than it actually is. They do it because they can always come down, and if the customer says yes, it makes it much easier to sell ancillary items because the actual payment increase is hidden therin. It is actually illegal to do this intentionally, but very hard to prove that it wasn;t just a mistake in the quotation. The service contract referenced above retails for $2495, so I actually discounted it to get to that price. If you meant 'profit'...then no, nowhere near that much profit. most service contract have 100% profit margin,IOW about half of the price = cost. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-15-2006, 09:34 PM	#165
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	it's illegal for you guys to throw leg in? not down here. it is the assumed practice. when i was selling i knew i'd have one seriously pissed off f&i guy if i didn't give him at least $15/month to play with in back. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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