What was your most blatant "I've got money" comment...

HA i misread that at first i thought he said the Ferrari was his and then u pulled out the key. That would have been great.

 

I know this won't impress most of you, but it's all I have.
A couple of years ago I worked with a guy(I'm an automotive electronics installer) and he used to be a tool and dye maker. Well for a good six months he always bragged about all of his custom tools and crap he had made. Well one week when the MAC tool guy was at our shop, I decided to put an end to it all and dropped $8,000 cash on a tool box. It done the job. I never told him that it was money from the sale of my grandmothers house.

Oh well..

 

Great ! Perfect example of being able to 'buy and sell' someone

 

The beauty of this one is that the 'mark' thinks you are extremely wealthy !!!

 

I have to tell you about the time myself and a business associate were dining out for the evening at one of my favorite establishments. After placing our order for two BigMac combo meals and receiving the total from the cashier... I simply looked over at him with a smug expression and said "I'll take care of this one."

Now if that's not flaunting ones wealth... you tell me what is.

 

"ive got money" thats as blatant as I have heard...ill keep my ears open though

 

I remember reading this anecdote some years back ...

Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping tycoon and his friend (another Greek shipping tycoon) were in Manhattan having a coffee at a small bistro. The friend picked up the bill amounting to a total of a 2 bucks or so. They were then walking down the streets of Manhattan when they happened upon a Rolls Royce dealership and went in to see the cars on display. The then new Corniche convertible there and both gents took an instant liking to it. Onassis waved the salesman over and ordered two cars - one for himself and another for his friend. He looked over to his friend and said "Dont worry about it ... you got the last tab"

 

I heard this anecdote once, don't know if it's true.

Mohammed Al-Fayed was shopping at Harrods during his stay in London, when he lighted a sigar. One of the salesmen informs him about their non-smoking policy. Al-Fayed bought Harrods and fired the salesman. He still owns Harrods today.

 

me too, but sadly i've been caught out by the stoopid marketing mentality a bunch of times lately.

unless i'm really totally clueless about what something costs, i rarely even give more than a cursory glance at the price or the change i get, but the 99 crap catches me out where i only see the first number or two. the worst thing is the annoyance you feel for being sucked into thinking something's cheaper than it is, which is the exact effect these arsehole marketers are trying to achieve, when after all is said and done i don't really care.

nowadays places that do this score pretty low on my 'will return' meter, coz i know they're trying to attract a market of people that just make me ill.

 

Wow, what a jerk MAF must be. The salesman was just enforcing the current owner's policies.

If MAF wanted to make a point, he should have bought Harrods, dumped the owner and kept the salesman, knowing that the salesman would uphold whatever policies MAF put in place.

 

I was staying at a cheap hotel for the Monterey Vintage races 15 years ago and I asked the manager where a good restaurant is and he says there's a Denny's down there and I said "No I mean a GOOD restaurant" LOL

 

I was on the phone w some company and the woman asked me my annual income, so I told her it was $ X, She was like "You Make $ X ?"
I said "Yes"

She sounded a little upset

 

So, I'm in Buenos Aires w 2 American friends who are in shorts & sandals at 11pm. We walk to get into a club & the door guy says they cant come in w sandals. I tell him to get the manager. The manager takes 1 look at 3 Americans and says "Get in here !!!! "

 

I walked into the local Cash and Pawn a few months back. After checking out the 8-Track section the owner walked up to me and said " Sorry I have to ask you to leave your making our employees uneasy." I replied by reaching into my overcoat pulling out a crumpled up welfare check and food stamp card. Boy did he change his tune! He cashed the check and gave me three 8-tracks for the misunderstanding.

 

I bet she was upset, I didnt even know one could even make $ X.

I was in Rio with my ex girlfriend a couple of years ago, we were real estate hunting for a beachside summer condo in an uptown neighbourhood. The real estate agent took one smug look at us (we were in hiker gear) and told us that the condo we were looking at would cost 570 Brazillian Reals (to rent).

She replied "Sorry, our budget is under a million.. we cant afford 570 brazillion"

Needless to say she was blonde.

 

This is a little off topic but once on a return trip from Asia where I was hiking in Nepal & Bhutan I returned back to LA & arrived at the Beverly Hills Hotel in a Limo wearing hiking gear w a 2 week beard. LOL That got a few looks

Another story at the BHH was when I was staying there for the FCA meet & rolled up to the BHH in my 512TR w a giant # 10 on the side, straight from the track

 

You know X.... Roman numeral for 10..... The Hubbster obviously makes $10

 

Reminds me of the latest James Bond movie, were Bond shows up in some 5star hotel in soaking wet shirt and pants, with a 2 week beard .

 

Thats right I make $10 an hour & I'm damm proud of it, So there LOL

 

I was in Louis Vuitton a while back, purchasing a handbag as a birthday present for a female friend. After I had made the my selection, the assistant asked "will that be all, sir?" I was absolutely outraged by the insinuation that all I could afford was one measly LV handbag, so I yelled at her "listen you piece of trash, I've got money. So much so in fact that I could buy out you, your family, and everyone else who lives in your ****house suburb, and still have enough money left over to buy out Bill Gates!" I was SO furious! I don't like to do this, but I simply detest snooty shop assistants. This was my most blatant "I've got money" comment.

 

When I was buying my wifes wedding ring, The clerk said, which credit card will you be using? I said, the cash one, you do accept cash dont you?

 

this thread is making me a bit depressed, but highly motivated!

 

I once rubbed three nickels together. It was like a ménage à trois. Moments later, while juggling, I dropped one... and told a former friend he could not only pick it up, but could spend it as his heart desired.

 

While having lunch with a friend the other day, he started talking about a house his family had owned. He told me that they grew tired of having neighbors, so as people put their homes on the market (homes in the 1-2 mil range) they would buy them and knock them down. Eventually they owned an entire neighborhood of about 15-20 lots.

 

Funny how these two threads are so closely related.

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