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a bad investment or

A bad hand me down from a corporation to smaller and a mom and pops business.

As in...
Jim scored an incredibly affordable deal with a real estate broker, but the deal took a nose dive and it ended up being cursed by the Buick Skylark effect...
or
I can't believe those higher corporate scum sent that idiot to our firm...he has been doing bad business for years and getting away with it. No doubt we will see the buick skylark effect for the foreseeable future.

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