So, to remind you what I'm referring to...
in the early 70s Joe Girard sold a lot of cars, became famous for that, and hit the motivation talk show circuit after 1977
What else is a used car salesman going to do when he gets older anyway? He's sure as hell not going to keep showing up to a car lot to sell more cars.
in 2017, a GM dealership claimed that their guy, Ali Reda, sold more than Girard.
Well, maybe. Just how many he sold, vs, how many he was credited with based on the number of cars sold that he talked the customers through from start to finish, is something else. Reda was a salesman team leader, and gets credit for all the sales he assists his salesmen with.
Anyway, here's the hammer that knocks the block out from under it all...
Guinness refuses to take the call. They claim nothing can be verified, and no matter than it can, they aren't going to take part in it anymore, and have "retired" the category now that there is someone who challenges the old record holder.
So, they say it's now a "Historic Category" and will not update it.
To add insult to this injury, Girard who at 89 has nothing else, sues Reda.... get this, for taking away his esteemed position as the record salesman, and his bookings. Yeah, not that being 89 was getting in the way of being paid to show up for speeches, for selling cars over 40 years ago and none since, but that he can now put someone in the defendants chair in court and sue him for loss of income.
Ain't that a kick in the teeth? No matter if Reda accomplished the sales numbers, Guinness won't get involved in doing THEIR JOB and calling the issue for this guy or that guy based on facts, so, really, what the hell are they good for if they aren't going to step up and be the referee on a record?
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/02/27/worlds-best-car-salesman-broke-44-year-old-record-and-someones-not-too-pleased.html
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/08/23/best-car-salesman-joe-girard-goes-court-guinness-pulls-out/1058870002/
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/08/28/guinness-freezes-salesman-record-joe-girard-ali-reda/
in the early 70s Joe Girard sold a lot of cars, became famous for that, and hit the motivation talk show circuit after 1977
What else is a used car salesman going to do when he gets older anyway? He's sure as hell not going to keep showing up to a car lot to sell more cars.
in 2017, a GM dealership claimed that their guy, Ali Reda, sold more than Girard.
Well, maybe. Just how many he sold, vs, how many he was credited with based on the number of cars sold that he talked the customers through from start to finish, is something else. Reda was a salesman team leader, and gets credit for all the sales he assists his salesmen with.
Anyway, here's the hammer that knocks the block out from under it all...
Guinness refuses to take the call. They claim nothing can be verified, and no matter than it can, they aren't going to take part in it anymore, and have "retired" the category now that there is someone who challenges the old record holder.
So, they say it's now a "Historic Category" and will not update it.
To add insult to this injury, Girard who at 89 has nothing else, sues Reda.... get this, for taking away his esteemed position as the record salesman, and his bookings. Yeah, not that being 89 was getting in the way of being paid to show up for speeches, for selling cars over 40 years ago and none since, but that he can now put someone in the defendants chair in court and sue him for loss of income.
Ain't that a kick in the teeth? No matter if Reda accomplished the sales numbers, Guinness won't get involved in doing THEIR JOB and calling the issue for this guy or that guy based on facts, so, really, what the hell are they good for if they aren't going to step up and be the referee on a record?
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/02/27/worlds-best-car-salesman-broke-44-year-old-record-and-someones-not-too-pleased.html
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/08/23/best-car-salesman-joe-girard-goes-court-guinness-pulls-out/1058870002/
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/08/28/guinness-freezes-salesman-record-joe-girard-ali-reda/
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