Rolls Royce v/s Indian king
"The king who used Rolls Royce as ... Garbage dumping car.....and made Rolls Royce bow in front of him...
that too in 1920..... imagine the cost of Rolls Royce that time and the brand logo that it carried ..."
This is a story based on true incidents......
Indian kings are always fond of luxury and they always .... show off at a very high scale...they spent a lot on luxury and can never forget those who insulted them...
In 1920s, there used to be a king of Alwar named JAI SINGH PRABHAKAR...
he is a royal king and has too much wealth...at the same time he was down to earth .. he does not prefer much spot light and always try to stay away from limelight...
In 1920 he was spending his time in London as a common man..living in simple cloth like a normal lower-middle class men......
contrast to India, where he is always accompanied by royal carts, luxury vehicles and security.. royal body guards.... In London, he was living alone.. with just basic amenities and a very few servants...
He was fond of luxury cars... and one day while on morning walk.... in simple gestures and clothes.. he came across the showroom of Rolls Royce...
The moment he saw the new edition of Rolls Royce .. He decide to buy it immediately and without getting conscious of his get up he entered in the showroom immediately...
He gazed over the beautiful black giant .. with very much attention and attraction.. he asked the nearby standing salesman about the price....
The sales man with astonishment scanned Jai singh top to bottom and thought ..he looks likes a beggar.. how can he afford the so expensive and luxury Rolls Royce.. He is just here to waste my time...he not only ... pushed jai singh out of the showroom but insulted him too badly...
Observers around tell that ..in spite of so much insult and humiliation... jai singh stood silent and calm.....
Coming back to the hotel.... he was boiling in anger and have just one thought .... "How shall I teach him a lesson ??"
He got into royal get up and sent a message to showroom .... "King of alwar is visiting there showroom to buy Rolls Royce"... The showroom started preparations to welcome the king... red carpet was laid and Maharaja jai singh was awaited ..
Maharaja as soon as entered the showroom... he immediately ordered 7 Rolls Royce ..MADE THEIR PAYMENT IN CASH.. with the travel expenses to his palace .. and told the manager he will only buy when the salesman (he did not mentioned who insulted him ... but yes,pointed towards him) will drop the car to his Royal palace..
The showroom happily and willingly..even the sales man himself got agreed to deliver those 7 cars himself..
They were celebrating ..It was a huge order... they started celebration.... Like that day, it was a festival
This time he was not at all interested in the features and did not even ask the price..
(till here no body could even relate.. even the salesman that it was same person a few hours back, he insulted..)
NOW THE GAME BEGINS..
As soon as the car is delivered .. Maharaja ordered the municipal corporation to use THEM AS GARBAGE DUMP CARS...
( Here is a pic of the Rolls Royce cleaning the roads of Alwar...)
Every day the sweepers collect all the garbage of the city and fill the Rolls Royce with it to take it to the dump yard....
The salesman almost fainted when found the Rolls Royce as a dust van..
the news spread like a forest fire... Each and every person across the world.. started laughing on the firm...
no body was even giving a try to buy rolls royce ..Rols royce reduced its price...even then the placed orders were getting cancelled and i must tell you ... Rolls royce was the biggest luxury car making making company at that time... and an ordinary middle class can not even thought of it in his dream...
When rolls Royce after every efforts; became unable to control their losses... they wrote a letter to the King of Alwar "Jai singh Prabhakar" apologizing on their fault and also offered him 6 new rolls royce with lifetime free maintainence...
they requested maharaj to stop using their cars as a dumping vehicle...
maharaj happily agreed to them as he achieved his target... and now it was nothing he want to achieve ......
"the jai singh prabhakar v/s rolls royce story tells that ... One should not be judjed on the basis of his clothes.. the character plays a big role...even better.. respect everyone around.. we do not know the future and past of someone..it is a common fact .. to be noticed in entrepreneurs... "