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"Shady Sh!t"

joe.pistell

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NPR pulls the cover off those shady car dealers....
129 Cars | This American Life

We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Islandas they try to make their monthly sales goal: 129 cars. If they make it, they'll get a huge bonus from the manufacturer, possibly as high as $85,000 — enough to put them in the black for the month. If they don't make it, it'll be the second month in a row. So they pull out all the stops.


 

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Joe Pistell shares an NPR/This American Life episode that investigates questionable sales practices at a Long Island Jeep dealership under pressure to hit a 129-car monthly sales target to earn up to an $85,000 manufacturer bonus. The episode documents how dealers "pull out all the stops" when facing the threat of consecutive months without hitting their goals, suggesting pressure from sales quotas drives ethically questionable dealership behavior.

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