my step dad told me a story about when he worked for anz in the 60's a very scruffy guy came in and wanted to invest some money and my step dad took him into the office and the guy wanted to invest 100K - a few days later he went to a merc dealership, asked how much they wanted for a certain car and they pretty much told him 'too much, you wouldnt be able to afford it' so a few weeks went past and he came back to the same dealership and asked to speak to the same guy, still being treated like shit he told the guy to come have a look at his car out the front.. he had just come from another mercedes dealership with the same car, and behind that another one the same for his wife..
would of been a pretty big slap to the guys ego..