Stories from the Sales Frontlines

Replying to: driver100 (Apr 29, 2009 4:05 pm)

I spoke too soon. I did score 2 more deals today.
 
Had 2 appointments. Both scheduled 4 hours apart. They both show up within 5 minutes of each other.
 
So I had to split one, so I end up with 1.5 deals. Better than nothing at least.

Replying to: driver100 (Apr 29, 2009 4:03 pm)

Hang in there driver !!

Replying to: richard64 (Apr 29, 2009 2:14 pm)

Thanks Richard. They actually live in Mexico City So far all my relatives and friends are ok.

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Replying to: richard64 (Apr 29, 2009 6:35 am)

Do you mean that it was a young man who helped me find all of those black GM"s?
 
Well, I'm not feeling as young as I used to.... the wife made a comment tonight about a few gray hairs popping up here and there. Oh well, what's the saying... "there might be smoke in the chimney but theres still fire in the oven?" (that doesn't sound quite right)
 
BTW, Richard check your email.
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Straying back to topic a bit, I will be car shopping for the wifes new car towards the end of the summer and thus, for kicks, ordered the car buying guide "Don't Get Taken Every Time" from Amazon. Nothing much there that I didn't already know except for the author's warning/paranoia about leaving computer "cookies." I know as the time nears I will have done countless inventory searches on every dealer site in the southeast looking for the right color, options, etc. on the anointed choice.
 
Do dealers (and web masters in general) have the ability to know/track/monitor who visits their site? ....to the point that they can identify an individual computer user? I know that they supposedly can tell that I am using Embarq DSL but would they know that I have looked at stock number B4533 twelve times in the past week? "This guy is HOT on this car; let's hold firm on the price!" Great, yet another cyber threat to be paranoid about.....
 
(Do I hear a helicopter hovering above the house? Why does that black sedan with government plates keep circling the neighborhood? j/k )

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Replying to: traindriver (Apr 29, 2009 7:19 pm)

I responded to your email. Please let me know if you get it. I'm not too good with CarSpace.
 
I think the quote goes like this: "Though there is no smoke in the chimney, there is still fire in the furnace." You're a long way from having to worry about that issue.
 
Good grief. I didn't know that dealers could tell if you visit their web pages. Is that what the "cookies" thing means? I just eat them. I didn't know that I was giving them away.
 
What kind of car does your wife want?
 
Richard

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