Bananas in the Falklands

March 4, 2008

Harley Davidson motorbikes (when cross selling fails)

Filed under: Cars, consumerism — Tags: , — bananasfk @ 00:05

bmw.jpegThe owner of the zoo drives a Bmw, its a nicely designed car, and with the right interior colours looks worth the money.

The trouble is the owner of the zoo is not likely to be seeking a Harley Davidson motorbike which the large car dealership decided he might be interested in being a car owner.

Granted yes Bmw do make motorbikes, but quite why the Car dealer thinks American bikes are better seems odd.  So how do i link cross selling and harley davidson bikes together?

If a Bmw garage (large dealership) decides to spam then he will get out of that bmw email list.   Email and marketing mean that if you get cross selling fucked up (Evan Hawshaw in the case) then there doing nobody any favors in the long term.

hogs.jpegSo are harleys any good – no there not as Bananas knows an aquantaince with a Harley Davidson motorbike who drove it to Italy from England in the summer and back again.

According to reports it broke down five times during the attempt, exhuasted the driver, and took two or three days extra.

Consider that the motorcycle was in good condition, regularly serviced  and then you should come to your conclusion about these motorcycles.

So what have you learned ? well Harleys suck, that cross selling strange items always fails, and that the boss wont be recieving email from the large dealership about any Bmw’s of any type.

That should get you started

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