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Is the Auto Sales Profession for Me?

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Re: how to figure out if selling cars is for you? [cole] by micosilver
Aug 18, 2007 (8:56 am)
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Replying to: cole (Aug 18, 2007 3:25 am)

Is there any real chance of getting hired on at a highline dealership as your first foray into auto sales? I'm counting highline as BMW, Merc, Lexus, Infiniti(?), Jaguar(?), Porsche, Land Rover, (we even have a Maserati dealer in town but they're the showroom of a used car dealership). Some of you guys that are in Cincinnati, have I missed a brand?
 
My dealership sells Audi, Volvo, VW and Mazda, so it is on the highline side.
When I applied with them first - they didn't even respond, but then a guy that used to work there reffered me and I got hired right away, without car-selling experience. They actually prefer no experience - no bad habits.
I also applied at Acura store, and got hired after 5 interviews, but I chose to go with the first dealership.
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Re: The Hours [joel0622] by geffen
Aug 18, 2007 (8:58 am)
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Replying to: joel0622 (Aug 18, 2007 7:12 am)

Now when you say work the service lane? Are you selling to service customers? Or handing out your card to people that may eventually trade what they have in for a new car?
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Downside to Car Sales? by geffen
Aug 18, 2007 (9:01 am)
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From recent posts it appears some car salespeople put in long hours and have to suffer through dead periods of no customers. What happens if you do not make your quota of sales in a given month? Do you just not get paid? or do you eventually get fired?
 
Also are there benefits to selling New vs Used?
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Re: Downside to Car Sales? [geffen] by joel0622
Aug 18, 2007 (9:59 am)
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Replying to: geffen (Aug 18, 2007 9:01 am)

Now when you say work the service lane? Are you selling to service customers? Or handing out your card to people that may eventually trade what they have in for a new car?
 
I was prospecting for a sale. You never know when they might tell a guy needs to spend $4000 to keep his $2000 car running. I would get about 3 sales a month working the lane.
 
From recent posts it appears some car salespeople put in long hours and have to suffer through dead periods of no customers. What happens if you do not make your quota of sales in a given month? Do you just not get paid? or do you eventually get fired?
  
Also are there benefits to selling New vs Used?
 
In my store it is hard to get fired as long as you are working hard. I have seen guys go 3 or 4 months in a row with only a couple sales each month.
 
There is allot more profit to be made in used cars then there are new.
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Re: Sales Profession [madmanmoo] by andeet
Aug 18, 2007 (11:13 am)
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Replying to: madmanmoo (Aug 18, 2007 5:01 am)

I guess I haven't stated that I already work in male dominant environment. They treat me just like one of the guys.
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Re: Downside to Car Sales? [joel0622] by cole
Aug 18, 2007 (11:42 am)
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Replying to: joel0622 (Aug 18, 2007 9:59 am)

I saw someone the other day write about a potential guarantee while he was learning the product at a new store (mack or moo?). Do most of you guys get a draw and have to cover it 1x or more than that to start drawing commission? In my industry, we have a draw and must cover it 2x and then we split every dollar after that with the company on a 50/50 basis.
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Re: Downside to Car Sales? [cole] by joel0622
Aug 18, 2007 (12:19 pm)
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Replying to: cole (Aug 18, 2007 11:42 am)

Salespeople here get a $250 a week draw against there commission, and there insurance comes out of that. If they don't cover it then the company does not hold it against them, meaning they don't owe it the next month.
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Re: how to figure out if selling cars is for you? [cole] by volvomax
Aug 21, 2007 (11:09 am)
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Replying to: cole (Aug 18, 2007 3:25 am)

It really depends on what kind of professional experience you have.
If you were in sales in a related field,if you owned your own business,etc.
If you are a real greenpea in sales in general,you have almost no shot at getting hired by a BMW,Benz,Porsche dealer.
Those dealers want pro's.
Lexus,Infiniti,Volvo,Acura it depends on the dealer.
Some dealers can't take the time to train a salesperson,some dealers WANT greenpea's so they can control them.
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Re: how to figure out if selling cars is for you? [volvomax] by cole
Aug 21, 2007 (5:11 pm)
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Replying to: volvomax (Aug 21, 2007 11:09 am)

Thanks. I've got 5 or so years of professional sales experience, plus sales-"lite" experience in retail and restaurant settings. I've also completed the Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage class.
 
I've heard of companies that specialize in setting up working vacations for professionals that are looking to change careers. Wish I could do something like that with car sales!
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Re: how to figure out if selling cars is for you? [cole] by joel0622
Aug 22, 2007 (5:17 am)
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Replying to: cole (Aug 21, 2007 5:11 pm)

Cole, I guess you could do the working vacation thing, just not officially Take time off from work and go to work in a dealership. You will know in 2-3 weeks if it is for you. if it is not then you just quit. I promise you that you will not be the first person to quit at a car dealership after two weeks.
 
The time of year you do it though will make a big difference. You can't judge sales in the summer as to what you experience in the winter, just like sales traffic in the summer can't be expected in the winter. If that makes any sense at all.

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