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To: Joe S Pack who wrote (42465)	12/4/2003 5:05:35 PM
From: Joe S Pack	Respond to of 74559

Home buyers get free car to seal the deal Thanks to bozwood at THE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE CRASH INDEX thread. detnews.com Home buyers get free wheels to seal the deal By R.J. King / The Detroit News Comment on this story Send this story to a friend Get Home Delivery ROCHESTER HILLS -- Buy a house, get a free car. That's the latest marketing pitch to move new luxury homes in Oakland County. Beginning today, Sal Mar Custom Homes and several auto dealers will give buyers of new homes at the Clear Creek subdivision in Rochester Hills a $35,000 voucher for a new vehicle. The homes start at $535,000. The voucher will allow consumers to buy a car outright, avoiding financing charges. Reimbursement will be provided for car purchases of less than $35,000. "The (luxury) home market has slowed down in the last couple of months, so we were looking for a creative way to spur sales and stoke the local economy," said Tom Zibkowski, sales associate for Sal Mar's 400-home subdivision at Tienken, near Rochester. Just 24 of the houses have been sold. The promotion, which will end Feb. 14, is a partnership between Sal Mar and dealers such as Crissman Lincoln Mercury in Rochester Hills and Bavarian BMW Motor City Mini in Shelby Township. Over the past two years, automakers have adopted several creative promotions to spark vehicle sales, including zero percent financing and coupons for newly released DVDs of popular Hollywood films.

To: Joe S Pack who wrote (42465)	12/4/2003 7:32:52 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

A few minutes ago I saw Lou Dobbs on CNN asking people to report in on companies that are exporting jobs overseas. The implication was that they were going to go after those companies. I didn't see what was intended in that regard. Boycott or ????? He referenced " sending US jobs overseas ". It is interesting that picking crops is not considered sending US jobs away. The industrialized world had better come to terms rationally with cheap educated labour. Not to do so is to bury their heads in sand and wrap themselves in VERY costly flags IMO. cheers C