Stories from the sales floor, with John Quinn : Story #2

Talking about intimidation and pressure in the forums the other day, I was reminded of a deal I wrote ‘back in the day.’ I think I was between my 2nd and 3rd year of selling cars, so this would have been 1998ish.  I had “graduated” from the Honda showroom, and moved next door to our […]

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