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Smart Shopper Is the Auto Sales Profession for Me?
148 messages, Last post on Aug 24, 2009 at 6:44 PM
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Replying to: mazda6iguy (Aug 25, 2007 8:12 am) Mazda is not a mremium brand, and there is no reason a Mazda dealership will not hire somebody without experience. If you like Mazda - you should definately go with what you like. |
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Replying to: cole (Aug 18, 2007 3:25 am) I met a sales guy in a Lexus dealership that used to be a service tech. I asked him how he liked it. He said he really liked it. I replied that the money must much better. He had a big smile. Nice kid, in his late 20s |
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"...So what do want to pay...?" The salesmen asks "Nothing" the customer answers... The scene is the begining of the movie 'Tin Men' when Richard Dryfuess and Danny DeVito. The Fins of the varied Cadillics on the show-room floor for '62 a marvelous sight, and the director using "cadillac" script to highlight the names of the actors at the beginning of the movie. Endelibly etched in my mind that scene is redolant of what selling cas is really all about: a battle, and ultimately a concession. The horror show of the dealer pimping customers on the cable channel for sales, and the ultimate rise and fall of the deal on the credit check is enough to prevent me from ever wanting to "sell" cars in a captive environment like dealers have with sales-people today. I'd rather bring demos to the customer and one-on-one the deal then have to wait for them to come to me and then fight over who gets the "up", sweat it out with the credit check while the customer waits impatiently and (later perhaps if lucky) not having to insult them about their credit capacity. In short, I've sold a lot of stuff in previous jobs, but the way cars are sold today on dealer lots is nothing short of akin to going to the dentist. And we won't mention the fact that manufacturers dump cars on dealers to make quotas, and that pushes dealers to pimp the merchandise out the door. You'd have to really want to sell cars for a living to do it, just ask a Jaguar salesmen. DouglasR |
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Replying to: douglasr (Aug 30, 2007 6:52 am) |
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Replying to: douglasr (Aug 30, 2007 6:52 am) Ultimately, ALL sales is a battle. whether you are selling cell phones,cars,houses,medical equipment. People come to you and want to pay the least they can for your goods, while you want to make the biggest commission you can. Personally, I think outside sales are the worst. At least when someone walks in your door you know they have SOME interest in what you are selling. I did outside sales for Fleet Truck sales. That was the WORST. Most of the time the people you went to see had no intention of buying anything. As for bad credit,how is that the salespersons fault? It's only the salespersons fault if he doesn't do a good job of qualifying his customer and determining early on if there is a credit issue. If, as a salesperson, you cannot do your job that is no ones fault but your own. Personally, I think car salespeople are just an easy target. There are PLENTY of other salespeople who make more money than car salespeople, yet no one thinks twice about it. Realtors for example. People complain if they overpay $500 for a car,what if you overpay $50,000 for a house? What about the markup in the last watch you bought from a jeweler? There are pluses and minuses to any sales job. It is not for everyone. Obviously,its not for you. But there is no need to denigrate the people that do it,and make a living doing it. |
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Replying to: douglasr (Aug 30, 2007 6:52 am) You'd have to really want to sell cars for a living to do it That is true in any profession. You'd have to really want to be a teacher for a living to do it You'd have to really want to be an accountant for a living to do it You'd have to really want to be a ditch digger for a living to do it If you really don't want to do what ever your profession is then it is time to change professions. The manufacture does not dump cars on us, we are in the process of begging for inventory and buying from any dealer who will give them up.
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Replying to: joel0622 (Aug 30, 2007 9:20 am) We unloaded about half of our remaining 2007 MY inventory this month, including the last 2007 MY Range Rover, and should be able to unload the rest in September. |
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Replying to: british_rover (Aug 30, 2007 9:47 am) Our Storage lot holds about 250 units. Right now there are about 10 on it. But come beginning of the year that won't matter any more. We will be the second biggest dealer by planning volume in the state of TN when we open our new store. |
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Replying to: british_rover (Aug 30, 2007 9:47 am) We are practically out of 07's,and we don't have many 08's arriving sson. Our C30's won't be here until Oct at the earliest. Our S80's won't be in until Nov. We bought extra 07's because we were running out.
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Replying to: volvomax (Aug 30, 2007 4:43 pm) Land Rover had cut our sales objectives for the end of the year and is cutting back on production some in anticipation of the forthcoming sale of LR/Jag. |
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