That's right! I would forget where all the money was! My Grandma has Alzheimer's...It was weird. My uncle took away her car, so I would take her grocery shopping every week. Every week, she would buy the same stuff, even though she already had most of the stuff at her apartment. She had, like, 6 big cans of coffee, about 50 or so cans of soup, four or five boxes of Bisquick... Personally, I wouldn't sell a car to a 78 year old guy whether he had Alzheimer's or not...
"Dealership manager Kevin Chimienti said his sales team had no idea the victim had bought so many cars" Yea right
True story, when I was a little boy my dad parked our van, went into the grocery store, and left me in the van to vedge out. The driver's side was unlocked. I'm sitting in the passengers seat eating jelly bellies when this old guy opens up the driver's door to the van. He proceeds to sit down in the driver's seat and put his keys into the ignition. I'm completely shocked at the whole incident. I couldn't even speak. I'm wondering what the hell is happening here. I Hadn't even spoken to the old guy. I just watched him trying to start the car! He never could get it started and looked confused. He then noticed, after about 5 minutes, that I was sitting in the passenger seat of HIS car! He freaked out on me and started yelling at me to get out of HIS car! After 10 minutes of screaming at me, and I trying to convince him he had the wrong car, we negotiated an an agreement. Apparently his wife, who was in the grocery store, would ultimately determine who's car it was. So we walked together and went into the grocery store and found his wife. His wife apologized and said he had alzheimers. I went back to the van and watched as the old man and his wife proceeded to get into a RABBIT! Not a Van! A Rabbit. When my Dad returned he could not believe my story. Neither could I, but it was all very true. I'll never forget it.
So a man with Alzheimer's walks into a car dealership wanting one car. He comes out buying seven. Most people (without Alzheimer's) would be afraid to go into a car dealership by themselves. What was this guy doing by himself? It's not his fault the dealership tried to screw him over, but he should have taken someone with him.
My girlfriend's Dad has Alzheimer's. It's a great thing that her family uses humor in situations like this, but they're still having a hard time with it. Right now, he's just doing funny things like washing his Tevas in the dishwasher and not using the right kind of soap or he's reusing dryer sheets over and over. He still remembers everyone, but you can tell he has a hard time grabbing words from his brain. He remembers me, and calls me "Ace" everytime he sees me because he was with me when I hit a hole in one in golf. Unfortunately, it's only going to get worse, and I can already see it wearing on them...and it's only been a year or so. It's a terrible, terrible thing. As for this situation, it sucks, but he might not have necessarily shown any symptoms when he was buying the cars. I think the computer probably should've thrown up some sort of indication that one guy had bought 7 cars in a short period of time.
Wouldn't he wonder why he had 7 sets of car keys and all these cars in his driveway? Strange story...
I sold ballet season-tickets to a blind women. OK, so she was getting her bandages off in time for the season and the surgery was supposed to work...so sue me!
Yeah, but you had to in order to get money to go to Colorado in order to return a briefcase to that hot redhead.
You guys would not believe the calls we get about car dealerships at my office. We don't normally take consumer cases, but I did take one that was so over the top it just made me mad. Makes me very nervous buying a new car. We just bought a new one, and I was like a nervous little monkey!!
Car Salesmen have a reputation for a good reason. I love shoping for the car, but hate the buying process. The last place tried to pull a switch on the terms and bottom line. I walked out and I will never be back at that place. Some places treat you as such a bozo. If I ever win the lotto, I'd like to try it as an honest car salesman. I'd love to treat all people as people. And I promise, I would never "go talk to my manager".
