F.C. De Kampioenen (TV Series)

De haptonoom (1992)

Andreas Van De Maele: Klant bij DDT

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Quotes 

• 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]