The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
SHOW GIRLS SELLING AUTOS.
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purchaser. too II he wants to plunge and
make an impression ~ the glrl, We let him
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'uu"S he know tho girI Is selling tho
machine for us? Not q bit Of II The clever
w., girls never let on that thay get a good
sAed check a few days after selling an auto.
some purchasers might think they were
beng influenced,
One Of tho biggest commissions | ever
..4 ...., a. q. ..,Iratsa ,.h, ra..ptly .a t1,l
Tor Europe to spend some Of her savings,
while she has invested many thousands in
various amusement enterprises at summer
parks. In the past season that clever
coincidence has sold three automobiles to
one man, a man from San Francisco.
"One Of these a Automobiles came from my
factory, and the two other machines anne
from the factories of friends of mine. You
see, she found 1t profitable to represent
more than one firm
First sac sold the Californian a big 50, 900
touring car from my place. 1t was one
of the finest cars our factory turns out.
The extras footed up nearly a thousand
on the side.
That made a tidy commission Of about
$500 for her, and it was easy work too. She
told me afterwaEd 0 she did it.
1T seems the chap had been paying her
q lot Of attention, but the young lady always
had her mother present with her. The
soubrette and tper mother were really quite
hard up at this time for ready cash.
Il had known her slightly, and meeting
her on Broadway one day l took her for a
ride through the, Park in one OF our lemon
strating cars. She was quite delighted
with the machine, asked all about the price
and whether l would make any reduction
for cash.
Thinking Of buying a carr l asked.
s'No, but l might sell one for you she
said.
-'SeLl one, and I'll give you the regular
agents commission l answered.
''It's sold now, p she said, IN he around
In a few days to collect that commission
Next day she .phoned me to nave that
demonstrating car sent to her fiat, as she
wanted to show it to a friend. l sent a
brand new 50 900 car with one of our best
chauffeurs. and Miss Soubrette and the
Californian went out for a spin.
Il don't know what the girl told him
about that car, but two days later he came
In and bought a car. Next she came with
him, and they picked out some pretty fine
lamps, extra tires, organ pipes and other
things, and all for cash. / winked at Miss
Soubrette as she went out. She cashed
my check for that commission before the
end Of the week.
About q month afterward one of my
friendly rivals in the automobile business
called me on the phone to saythat he heard
one of my new 5000 cars was offered for
sale second hand at a n%eighboring garage.
| want over to see it, and sure enough It
was the same car Miss Soubrette had sold
TO the californian.
Guess he didn't care for the car, after
all, > said the garage keeper. He's told me
10 sell it IL l can get a reasonable offer. He
said the young lady he bought the car for
didn't like the way it ran-jolted too much,
engines smelled badly and tires no good. 1
hear Mr. is going to buy one of those
French craokerjacks as soon as he can cell
this machine
well, I bought that machine bach for less
than half price, had it lone over in our
shops, and it is now as good as new, and we
sold it for a new machine only the other
day.
Meanwhile the Californian bought a
French machine at a good stiff price, and as
the agent Of this French car happens to be
q pretty 1alr 1rlenu Oh mine, i uIOppeu VI oh
him for a quiet chat.
What commission did you pay Miss
Souhrette on that French car you sold the
Californian?' asked, right off the reel.
He stammered a bit, got red in the face,
and said;
who told you about that"
when we compared notes, l found that
the young lady had made a trife more from
the French car than she had from my ma
chine.
IN bet that car is on the second hand
market within three months l said in part
ing.
impossible! It's one of our best cars,
and no one but a fool would think of parting
with it, the agent replied, hotly.
'Is it a bet them l asked.
Certainly he replied. "A little dinner
at Claremont.'
Il won that bet. and while We dined at
Claremont abou ut six weeks later up cane
q new American steam car with Miss Sou
brette and the Californian, She smiled
weakly when she saw the two of us sitting
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