My first day on the job made it obvious that they were overcharging for their cars. So when a customer came in, I would ask him, “How much can you afford?” And if somebody said, “All I have is $50.” I would respond with a goofy smile “ Sold! It's all yours you've got just enough. Drive it off with all my love .” It was that easy. Why, I was a natural born car salesman. I gave them the paperwork, and after they signed it, I handed them the plates, title, and the keys to their brand new $50,000 BMW. People came from all over the country just to buy from me. Thank goodness that the owner had just gotten married and was on a world tour honeymoon. So it was effortless, I had no boss. I was in total charge. One day, a poor homeless person came in looking enviously at a Rolls Royce. I asked him how much he had. The sad and hungry-looking old man took 27¢ out of his pocket and put it on the hood of the car that he desperately wanted. Without hesitation, my famous closing goofy-faced words were once again, “ Sold! It's all yours you've got just enough. Drive it off with all my love . The Rolls Royce is now your toy to enjoy .” Being a great car salesman means never losing a sale no matter how much money a customer has. It's easy selling cars to rich people, but it takes a sales genius to sell one to someone that's homeless or totally broke. And that's exactly what I did. Porsches, Cadillacs, and Lexuses, whatever, I sold them all. There was no car on the lot that I couldn't sell right on the spot. It's hard to believe but in just five days I sold every car that we had—all 475 of them. Boy, did I make a heap full of money for the dealership. I bet no one ever sold so many cars that quickly. I was certain that I had the all-time record. Besides the record, I made a whopping $1,000. Why, that's more than $2 a car by Dodo mathematical standards. I got more dollars than I sold cars. I couldn't wait for the boss to come back from his vacation and promote me for taking care of his business just like it was mine.
They also put me on TV, if you can believe that, and on every front-page paper and magazine in the world. I was famous. One headline even read, “DUM DUM DODO, THE SALESMAN SUPERSTAR, SELLS CARS JUST LIKE THEY WERE CANDY BARS.”
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