Developers dream up creative pitches to catch attention in the tough times
Marni Leff Kottle
Sunday, November 18, 2007
It was the promise of a motor scooter - probably candy apple red - that helped seal the deal for Jeanne George and her husband, who closed last week on a $1 million condo in San Francisco.
George, a 61-year-old retiree who lives most of the year in Lake Tahoe, said that she saw an ad promising a Vespa with the purchase of the condo at 733 Front St. in the newspaper and was drawn in.
"The last time I was in the city I had a brand new SUV and I swore I would never drive in the city again," George said. A scooter is "the perfect thing for me to zip over to the Ferry Building from Front Street and zip back again."
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