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#73 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [ateixeira] by busiris

Feb 20, 2013 (10:20 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 20, 2013 10:13 am)
I saw that a day or so ago...
 
This is a comment I thought was rather obvious about just about anyone who has a job doing anything...
 

The salesman has a complicated job," said Ian Robertson, BMW board member for sales and marketing. "He has to understand product, he has to be trained and he has to understand financial services.

#74 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [busiris] by tlong

Feb 20, 2013 (10:30 am)

Replying to: busiris (Feb 20, 2013 10:20 am)
The salesman has a complicated job," said Ian Robertson, BMW board member for sales and marketing. "He has to understand product, he has to be trained and he has to understand financial services.
 
I'm sure we've all been in dealerships where we act a bit dumb and the sales person obviously knows much less about the car than we do.
 
I'm amazed that auto dealers let people so ill-informed sell their cars.

#75 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [tlong] by ateixeira

Feb 20, 2013 (10:33 am)

Replying to: tlong (Feb 20, 2013 10:30 am)
And all the models at auto shows. Go off script and they're completely lost.

#76 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [tlong] by fintail

Feb 20, 2013 (10:51 am)

Replying to: tlong (Feb 20, 2013 10:30 am)
MB should hire "geniuses" - I'd apply. A couple people I dealt with told me I should be in there selling (as I have product knowledge), but I am not a seller, I am more like "if you don't want to buy it, fine, see ya".
 
The salesperson I worked with and the prepper or whatever it can be called (handled test drive, paperwork - he told me he wasn't on commission) had both been in the job 20+ years, and were well enough informed. The main salesman even drives a nearly identical car to my new ride.

#77 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [fintail] by ateixeira

Feb 20, 2013 (11:17 am)

Replying to: fintail (Feb 20, 2013 10:51 am)
I could probably do it for Subaru, and I'm about as far from a salesman as you could get.
 
In fact I think they'd need to train us not to turn people away.

#78 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [tlong] by uplanderguy

Feb 20, 2013 (11:22 am)

Replying to: tlong (Feb 20, 2013 10:30 am)
I'm not being vain, but I don't believe I've ever bought a new Chevy where the salesman knew as much as I did about the product. Some, should have been ashamed, they were so ill-informed.
 
Some of this might be warm and fuzzy feelings on my part, but the most knowledgeable salesman I ever dealt with, was the older fellow who sold my Dad his new Chevys and had been the dealer's Service Manager before selling cars. He sold me my first new car, in January '81. In our small town, if you were a jerk salesman, it got around quick. Everybody liked this guy. I saw him a couple years ago, shortly before he died, and he didn't remember me but remembered my Dad and said I looked like him. He apologized for having some dementia.

#79 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [uplanderguy] by ateixeira

Feb 20, 2013 (11:24 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Feb 20, 2013 11:22 am)
You'd be totally qualified to be a Chevy Genius, if they had 'em.

#80 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [fintail] by tlong

Feb 20, 2013 (11:43 am)

Replying to: fintail (Feb 20, 2013 10:51 am)
MB should hire "geniuses" - I'd apply. A couple people I dealt with told me I should be in there selling (as I have product knowledge), but I am not a seller, I am more like "if you don't want to buy it, fine, see ya".
 
What do you think of the C-class. I really like the size and looks of the current style have been thinking about buying a 3-ish year old one. I would like stick and I guess that's not available, sadly.

#81 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [ateixeira] by tlong

Feb 20, 2013 (11:44 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 20, 2013 11:24 am)
You'd be totally qualified to be a Chevy Genius, if they had 'em.
 
The posters on this board would probably be more qualified than 80% of the salesmen out there.

#82 of 1609 Re: BMW Geniuses [tlong] by ateixeira

Feb 20, 2013 (11:46 am)

Replying to: tlong (Feb 20, 2013 11:44 am)
They should come recruit people from here.

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