| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1497.1 | more likely to be a time share | HAMPS::MADELEY_T | I'm just F.I.N.E. | Wed Jul 10 1991 12:44 | 10 |
| I had a woman from this outfit call at my house and offer �20 and a
tank of petrol if I would attend this event. Sounds more like a time
share con to me than an opportunity to test drive cars, especially as
the event was at the Loddon Center in Lower Early. Does anyone who
lives around there know whether or not there was a car exhibition on
ther last weekend?
Cheers,
Spike.
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| 1497.2 | | KERNEL::SHELLEYR | | Wed Jul 10 1991 12:53 | 6 |
| ��20 and a tank of petrol
If someone offered me this (cynical though I am) I think I would like
to know more.
Didn't you ask Spike ?
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| 1497.3 | Take the money and go | TRUCKS::SMART | Taste and try before you buy | Wed Jul 10 1991 13:46 | 12 |
| They're not all gimicks. I have done several with a market research
firm called MIL. They ask you drive different models over a
predetermined route. You are asked about the way the car performs the
set pieces.
All of the cars have all there badges taped over so you don't know if
you are driving to Volvo or the BMW ;-)
At the end of the drive a man appears and measures your seat position
etc.
The last one I did I was paid �50 for an afternoon's driving.
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| 1497.4 | couldn't go anyway | HAMPS::MADELEY_T | I'm just F.I.N.E. | Wed Jul 10 1991 14:03 | 4 |
| Wasn't here last weekend so I couldn't be bothered to find out any
more.
Spike.
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| 1497.5 | | HUGS::AND_KISSES | Scott Marshall | Wed Jul 10 1991 14:05 | 8 |
| So am I to understand that a group of people wandered round the DEC car park,
"admiring" people's cars, putting notices on those deemed suitable, presumably
without DEC's permission, and apparently without being hastily ushered off the
premises by security?
Looks like this place would be a car thief's haven!
Scott
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| 1497.6 | Who want to nick that anyway..... | SUBURB::ALLYS | Reality... No Digital !! | Wed Jul 10 1991 15:13 | 4 |
| re: -1
Probably why the XR2 next me this morning in the DECPARK carpark put a
handbrake lock jobby on.
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| 1497.7 | I was nabbed as well. | BLKPUD::WARNESG | Mae hen iaith y Cymry more fyw ag erioed | Thu Jul 11 1991 16:28 | 14 |
|
I was approached by someone offering the opportunity to attend the
Lower Early "bash". This was last week at Shire Hall. My car is
a Renault 5 GT Turbo, and the researcher seemed particularly interested
in approaching "owners" of this model. This was borne out by the fact
that my colleague, also a R5 GTT driver had the Yellow Sticky left on
the windscreen. Perhaps the Clio 16V was on test ??
As we both normally work in Warrington, we weren't able to attend the
event. I'd be interested in what I missed (or avoided as the case may
be).
Graham Warnes
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| 1497.8 | Could have been a million pound !! | SUBURB::ALLYS | Reality... No Digital !! | Thu Jul 11 1991 17:12 | 1 |
| Well does'nt look as if any DECies actually attended.
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| 1497.9 | | HUGS::AND_KISSES | Scott Marshall | Thu Jul 11 1991 18:55 | 7 |
| Hmmm
I think I'm being discriminated against. I didn't get a yellow sticky.
They obviously thought becuase I drive a metro I wouldn't be able to give fair
comment on these inferior cars being tested :-)
Scott
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