F.C. De Kampioenen (TV Series)
De haptonoom (1992)
Walter De Donder: Meneer Schepers
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Quotes
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Boma : You only benefit from it, don't you?
Dimitri : Make a free car available to that Dutchman? You call that an advantage for me? Isn't that just an advantage for him?
Boma : You can already participate in those psychological things for free, right?
Dimitri : I don't need psychology to sell a car.
[Peereboom is talking with a customer of his in the garage]
Dimitri : Hey he won't bother my customers, will he?
[he has a look, he stands by his office door]
Peereboom : Four tires, mister Schepers? Of course. How are your shock absorbers?
Schepers : Not as they used to be, but...
Peereboom : Steering?
Schepers : Sometimes it shakes a little, but only when I drive faster than 100 km per hour.
Peereboom : Do you have kids?
[Dimitri makes a throwaway gesture, thinks it's too personal a question]
Schepers : Yes, a boy and a girl.
Peereboom : Then does your engine make such a strange noise as well?
Schepers : You mean a knocking sound. Doonk, doonk, doonk?
Peereboom : Yes, indeed. Many accidents happen these days. Kids are so defenseless.
[Schepers has to swallow]
Schepers : What do you advise me then?
Peereboom : This car. Expertly checked and for a little more than the price of four tires.
Schepers : And are you sure that...
Peereboom : Very sure. DDT Okay Cars stands for durability, dependability, trust.
Schepers : Thanks for the good advice. I'll buy the car.
Peereboom : Mister De Tremmerie, would you be so kind as to draw up an invoice for mister Schepers?
[Dimitri is taken by surprise]
Dimitri : An invoice? Sure. Straight away.
[he and Boma go back to his office]
Dimitri : That man just needed new tires and he sells him a new car?
Boma : It's called psychological insight.
[in a later scene, Dimitri repeats the trick]
Unnamed customer : Good morning, I came to see if...
Dimitri : You're right to come and see. How are your shock absorbers?
Unnamed customer : My shock absorbers? They're fine.
Dimitri : Ah. And how's your steering wheel?
Unnamed customer : Oh I have no problems with my steering wheel.
Dimitri : How are the kids doing?
Unnamed customer : I don't have kids.
Dimitri : Yeah, many accidents happen these days. What sound does your engine make when it's running?
Unnamed customer : Well, errr. Brrrt, maybe?
Dimitri : Brrrt. So no doonk, doonk, huh? What do the tires look like?
Unnamed customer : Bad, very bad.
Dimitri : Didn't I think so? You need new tires.
Unnamed customer : I was more thinking of a second hand...
Dimitri : Second-hand tires? You don't have to. Here, four new ones and you're good to go.
Unnamed customer : Alright, you've convinced me.
Dimitri : Everybody happy at DDT.
Unnamed customer : You know, it's a nice gesture on your part. Just sell someone who wants to buy a second-hand car four new tires. Thanks a lot.
[he shakes his hand and walks off]