Europcar at Manchester airport, my BIG RANT
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I'm frankly amazed that so few people seem to have experienced this kind of additional selling as it's done by everybody and his dog in the UK these days. I bought a pillow the other day and was subjected to advice on what a fine selection of Haribo sweets I should really be adding to my purchase before leaving the shop - whether it was supposed to help me sleep or raise me to a state of euphoria which would result in my buying a whole new set of pillows by association I have yet to work out!
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I'm frankly amazed that so few people seem to have experienced this kind of additional selling as it's done by everybody and his dog in the UK these days. I bought a pillow the other day and was subjected to advice on what a fine selection of Haribo sweets I should really be adding to my purchase before leaving the shop - whether it was supposed to help me sleep or raise me to a state of euphoria which would result in my buying a whole new set of pillows by association I have yet to work out!
Member 9082365 wrote:
I'm frankly amazed that so few people seem to have experienced this kind of additional selling as it's done by everybody and his dog in the UK these days
yeah, Mr. Balotelli sounded exactly like the weasels that run car rental desks here in the USA. Here though, there's a good chance that if you managed to heroically resist all the upsell attempts you'd discover that they were all out of small cheap cars, and would have to give you the expensive one they were trying to upsell you to for the cheap car price. :-\
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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For the last week or two, they have been selling around here (Liverpool/Manchester) at the same price - Diesel dropped about 7p per litre to the petrol cost, which is virtually unheard of in the UK! The fact that this happened when I changed from petrol to my first diesel car makes me smile!
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Member 9082365 wrote:
I'm frankly amazed that so few people seem to have experienced this kind of additional selling as it's done by everybody and his dog in the UK these days
yeah, Mr. Balotelli sounded exactly like the weasels that run car rental desks here in the USA. Here though, there's a good chance that if you managed to heroically resist all the upsell attempts you'd discover that they were all out of small cheap cars, and would have to give you the expensive one they were trying to upsell you to for the cheap car price. :-\
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
