Earlier I wrote a post about being called a millionaire lady! Now let me tell you what happened to my husband because of the way he dresses!
Neither of us dress up and dh wear work clothes. He is a carpenter. all of his work clothes have caulking or paint or something on them. I can buy him new, by tomorrow, those clothes look like work clothes with stains on them.
He has been having trouble with his work van since last summer. He has had it fixed, but the transmission is not working right, the heat and air don't work and it needs new tires. It has 150,000 miles on it.
He just took on a new house to build in the next state over. His old van is not going to make it, so it is time for new.
He stopped at the car place to talk about buying a brand new work van, and no one will even talk to him.
He is not dressed well enough. They don't think he can afford a new vehicle.
I remember when he tried to buy me a new vette for our 25th anniversary and no one would even bother with him.
This has happened at banks too, when we go into open an account that is paying a high rate. The lady will tell us, sorry but you can't open that account. You have to have $50,000 to open it! So I give her a check for $100,000.
I told him to go back to the dealership and talk to the manager! He would have bought one yesterday, if someone would quit treating him like he is just wasting their time.
So what if clothes are not our passion!!
Maybe he should tell the next car salesman that he is married to the millionaire lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Think that will work???
The millionaire lady's husband
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm 1207174336
It's a sad sad state of the world when someone will not talk to a person b/c of the clothes they wear.
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Your husband's experiences remind me of a local tow truck company owner. This guy does not dress to match his net worth. People often make comments about why the company hires workers who do not dress nicer. Dh loves to tell them that the guy owns the company and has more money than they can imagine.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 pm 1207176206
Gosh, my husband is a hard worker and his clothes show it!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 pm 1207177130
Of course, there's also the famous story of Stanford University. The Stanfords went to Harvard University to discuss a possible endowment. Dressed simply, the Harvard representative assumed that they didn't have the money for it, citing that it would take "no less than $5 million". This was in the 1890s by the way. The Stanfords, after a few quick words, decided that if that was all there is to it, then they might as well start a college of their own.
Finally, a quick thought. If you can help it, I would say go ahead and ignore the dealership. Anyone who doesn't want to give you the time of day just because of the way you look probably don't even deserve your business. But that's just me. Either that, or maybe you guys need to just show up with a briefcase full cash.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 pm 1207177655
So much irony to it but unfortunately our general public is very superficial. While I can laugh about some ironic impressions but when someone confused a truly hard worker to be a penniless bum just by looking I cannot help but to think they are morons.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 pm 1207178100
Since he probably doesn't want to try to make any statements but just wants to get a good van, I'd suggest he call around to a couple dealers and get the information he needs and work out any details over the phone, get the name of the salesperson, tell them his name and when he'll be going in, and then go in to the dealership.
April 3rd, 2008 at 02:30 am 1207189851
April 3rd, 2008 at 02:50 am 1207191003
Maybe the millionaire lady should walk and with husband and say "who do I talk to about buying my handyman a van?"
Or he could walk in and go to the most junior person there and give him the sale.
April 3rd, 2008 at 02:53 am 1207191202
Also, George Putnam III (of Putnam Investments) drove a compact that was purple looking and had a big dent in it. He almost ran me down in Boston.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 01:07 pm 1207228069
Drive your vet and him drive his old van over there and let him pull in the lot first when they come out to swarm
you, tell them 'that nice looking gentleman over there was here first.' See what happens.
Pain in the patooky!! Before you go I would call the management over it though and get myself a nice discount in the bargain for their discriminating behaviour.
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April 7th, 2008 at 04:00 pm 1207584041
we do not dress well,just Tshirts and jeans walmart shoes LOL
any place that has sales people totaly ignore us and we think it is funny, sometimes it is annoying but I think we actually get a kick out of being snubbed by people who think us poor ;-)
we have bought all of our motorcycles from the same dealership and they drop everything when we come in ,and it suprises the better dressed people around us
;-)
people in sales should no better but they don't I think people have a real misconception of what people who have money look like
you never know who you are talking to
April 7th, 2008 at 08:25 pm 1207599905
Do not go back to that horrible dealership until your husband has bought his new van elsewhere. Then drive up at the bad dealership in it; yes in the style of Pretty Woman.
That is disgraceful! Those guys don't desevere your money.
April 25th, 2008 at 03:41 am 1209094888