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Old 12-04-2014, 01:52 AM
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Got my Welcome Kit today and besides few brochures and booklets it also included a 911 pen. Did others received similar items? I've seen posts where people got paper weights but not pens.
Old 12-04-2014, 02:10 AM
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I received the same kit but with a pen that says Porsche.
Old 12-04-2014, 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by CSK 911 C4S
I received the same kit but with a pen that says Porsche.
Interesting...I'm wondering why the difference?
Old 12-04-2014, 07:45 AM
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Buy a $100K car and get a 25 cent pen as a welcome gift. Hilarious.
Old 12-04-2014, 07:47 AM
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Hopefully you'll get a Certificate Of Authenticity too.

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Originally Posted by Porsche_nuts
Buy a $100K car and get a 25 cent pen as a welcome gift. Hilarious.
Ya' think that's hilarious? I've recounted this before but it seems appropriate to do it again.

At Rennsport IV I was in the Porsche lounge area where they were selling Certificates of Authority. My 10 year-old daughter wanted to write something down but I had no pen. There was a huge container of "Porsche" pens nearby (easily 100+) so I asked if I could borrow one. The woman said, "No" and relented when I pointed to my daughter and said that she wanted to write something. Reluctantly, she relented. Really? A two cent pen, and you've got hundreds, and you won't part with one? She got busy selling the C's of A and when we left, just out of principal (after just purchasing a 997.2 GTS the month before), I grabbed a handful and gave them out to people in at the show.

I don't know whether that is hilarious or pathetic (not me taking the pens but the woman not giving them away)!
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She probably just didn't want to have to take the time to explain the proper Porsche pen 2,000 word break-in requirement. Now all those pens are gonna sieze up, tear paper, leak, all because you gave them away without explaining the need to carefully bed in the bearing.
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^Classic!!!
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That's just in the US. For all other markets it's "careful when writing checks, then flat out".
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Originally Posted by Tcc1999
Ya' think that's hilarious? I've recounted this before but it seems appropriate to do it again.

At Rennsport IV I was in the Porsche lounge area where they were selling Certificates of Authority. My 10 year-old daughter wanted to write something down but I had no pen. There was a huge container of "Porsche" pens nearby (easily 100+) so I asked if I could borrow one. The woman said, "No" and relented when I pointed to my daughter and said that she wanted to write something. Reluctantly, she relented. Really? A two cent pen, and you've got hundreds, and you won't part with one? She got busy selling the C's of A and when we left, just out of principal (after just purchasing a 997.2 GTS the month before), I grabbed a handful and gave them out to people in at the show.

I don't know whether that is hilarious or pathetic (not me taking the pens but the woman not giving them away)!
That woman is a bitch. Nuff said
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I'm not even sure how anyone can ever be sure those are real Porsche pens anyway. Without a Certificate of Authenticity, I mean.
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Originally Posted by StudGarden
That's just in the US. For all other markets it's "careful when writing checks, then flat out".
Just when I thought everyone had forgotten about that. Excuse me while I wipe away a tear of gratitude.... there just may be hope for Porschekind after all....
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Originally Posted by Tcc1999
Ya' think that's hilarious? I've recounted this before but it seems appropriate to do it again.

At Rennsport IV I was in the Porsche lounge area where they were selling Certificates of Authority. My 10 year-old daughter wanted to write something down but I had no pen. There was a huge container of "Porsche" pens nearby (easily 100+) so I asked if I could borrow one. The woman said, "No" and relented when I pointed to my daughter and said that she wanted to write something. Reluctantly, she relented. Really? A two cent pen, and you've got hundreds, and you won't part with one? She got busy selling the C's of A and when we left, just out of principal (after just purchasing a 997.2 GTS the month before), I grabbed a handful and gave them out to people in at the show.

I don't know whether that is hilarious or pathetic (not me taking the pens but the woman not giving them away)!
You stole the pens! Thats probably why they have to charge us so much for a new car! Thanks a lot.
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