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Old Apr 29, 2023 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
Oh man, the OP got me good. lolol

First I'm thinking Lexctjill isn't going to pay MSRP for any car.
Then I'm thinking ... hmmm. maybe for a Crown.

But I click on the link and two people are in a fist fight
Aha, I get it, finally!
I'm just a little slow...
got your private message friend. I really got you good
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Old Apr 29, 2023 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Nothing like watching a group of seasoned professionals elevating their industry lol
Most car salesman and professional don’t go in the same sentence. In fact, you need to be able to talk a lot of BS to be one.
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Old Apr 29, 2023 | 11:46 PM
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I took a walk around to several dealers today. Saw the same phenomenon.




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Old Apr 30, 2023 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by 703
Most car salesman and professional don’t go in the same sentence. In fact, you need to be able to talk a lot of BS to be one.
I was being sarcastic lol

Those pictures are clearly staged. I have spent a LOT of my life in car dealers and have never seen anything happen like that. Yelling at each other and getting pissed off over deals and generally low brow meathead types like that, absolutely...but a brawl? Never seen that.
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Old Apr 30, 2023 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I’d love to know what that was about
As if customer time isn't wasted having to sit in the dealership for so long - each one of those customers is now stuck there at least 30-45 minutes more. ......
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Old Apr 30, 2023 | 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
As if customer time isn't wasted having to sit in the dealership for so long - each one of those customers is now stuck there at least 30-45 minutes more. ......
I have always been astonished by how long it takes. Even when the deal is done and I roll in just to sign the papers...
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Old Apr 30, 2023 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I was being sarcastic lol

Those pictures are clearly staged. I have spent a LOT of my life in car dealers and have never seen anything happen like that.
That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. In today's berserk society, almost anything can happen, any time.
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Old Apr 30, 2023 | 09:45 PM
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It's (possible) that the brawl was staged, but I wouldn't bet on it. The video looked too realistic to me. And far worse things than that happen (for real) almost every day in our society.........mass-shootings, suicides, carjackings, kidnappings, hate-crimes, drug-overdoses, etc.....

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That doesn't look staged to me...
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I was being sarcastic lol

Those pictures are clearly staged. I have spent a LOT of my life in car dealers and have never seen anything happen like that. Yelling at each other and getting pissed off over deals and generally low brow meathead types like that, absolutely...but a brawl? Never seen that.
Look, it started with the Toyota Celsior. So it’s customary to for the newly released Crown.







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Originally Posted by 703
Look, it started with the Toyota Celsior. So it’s customary to for the newly released Crown.


Nice! .......
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Old May 2, 2023 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
​​​​Those pictures are clearly staged.​​​
Originally Posted by SW17LS
That doesn't look staged to me...
No offense, but make up your mind...do you think they were staged or not?

IMO, it's possible they were, but I wouldn't bet on it.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
No offense, but make up your mind...do you think they were staged or not?

IMO, it's possible they were, but I wouldn't bet on it.
2 different things he's talking about. The still images you posted are staged. The video in the OP is real.
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Originally Posted by tex2670
2 different things he's talking about. The still images you posted are staged. The video in the OP is real.

You mean those two still-pics of the guys with fisticuffs? I did not post those...703 did. (post #18)

I would agree, though, that those two images do look more staged than the video.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
No offense, but make up your mind...do you think they were staged or not?

IMO, it's possible they were, but I wouldn't bet on it.
No offense, but read more critically and carefully. As everybody else realized I was talking about the pictures 703 posted which we clearly staged. The brawl we were talking about was a VIDEO, not a picture.
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