The bank officer told him that
the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Redneck
handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front
of the bank.
The Redneck produced the title and everything
checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan
and apologized for having to charge 12%
interest.
Later, the bank's president and its officers
all enjoyed a good laugh at the Redneck from the South for using a
$250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then
drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked
it.
Two weeks later, the Redneck returned, repaid
the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are
very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out
very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you
out on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that
you are a Distinguished Alumni from Ole Miss University , a highly sophisticated investor and Multi-Millionaire
wit real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your
investments include a large number of wind turbines around Sweetwater , Texas .
What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow
$5,000?"
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