Chad K. from Los Angeles writes:

I think I came across a possible Planet Money Indicator: "5 over 2 days." That's the number of car salesmen at my local Ford dealership who called me in response to ONE E-mail I sent through the website inquiring about test driving a new model.
The E-mail was the basic message sent through their website tool. You click on the car that interests you, they find the dealership closest to you, and you can include a short note with any specifics. My specifics were "I'm interested in a lease and want to test drive the Hybrid."
I finally had to ask them to stop calling because I wouldn't be able to schedule anything until the weekend. The whole thing was rather shocking, honestly, but in light of the GM bankruptcy, not really...

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categories: Economic Scene

12:42 - June 3, 2009

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