Hammerhammer 1st Gear June 8, 2009 Share June 8, 2009 Last time when I am a teenager buying a car. Every dealer tell me they need to collect a "football money" aka "tak kiu lui" in hokkien. Usually is range from few hundreds to a thousand. Wonder where this term come from. Issit because the boss or the sales people bet football lost alot of money so they need to collect this money to pay the bookie? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic June 9, 2009 Share June 9, 2009 My guess is u need to pay someone to keep the "ball" rolling. The ball refers to the processes need to get the documentation. I spoke english to 2nd hand dealers so they use the term "Agreement Fee" with me instead. But its the same meaning. I paid S$300 agreement fee to buy my COE car, my very 1st car long long time ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut Supercharged June 9, 2009 Share June 9, 2009 that coz every car dealer is a chow ah beng betting on football...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroomtattat 2nd Gear June 9, 2009 Share June 9, 2009 Tak kiu $$$ = Kopi $$$ = faster processing of documents ? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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