Darn car salespeople.....

[JDgreen227]

My GF is currently an hour's drive away, trying to trade up her older car for a later model small SUV, and although I offered to go with her and deal with the salesperson, she told me she wanted the experience. Well, I think I know just about every trick in the book they use, like trying to sell you the extended warranty, asking you what you want to pay a month, making you wait in the hopes you will accept the lower trade in offer they come back with...well, every time the salesguy tries something like that, she texts me and gets my input about it....she has shot down EVERYTHING he has tried in the hopes of making a spiff, and when I told her to ask for a lower interest rate, she got him to knock off 2% ("Because my credit union offers loans at less than you do") :laughing:

While I am one of those guys who actually ENJOYS dickering about a major purchase because I usually know more about the product than they do...Example: Asked the salesman about the tow rating of a 3/4 ton truck I had been looking at....he answered, "I don't know for sure, let me look it up" and I told him "well, it's 8100 pounds with the 3.73 ratio and 10,000 pounds with a 4:10 ratio...." he acted like I was speaking Spanish...:laughing: I find any real product knowledge to be sadly lacking in most situations.

I have met a few, a very few, really good and capable salespeople in my life who actually took the time to KNOW the product they were selling AND have the common sense not to b*ll**** a customer. Sadly, there seems to be a real dearth of qualified people and I am really sorry both my favorite salesmen are no longer in the business.

 

[Toyboy]

If you want to have a little more fun with them, ask them what that XX liter engine is in cubic inches. I haven't found one yet that can tell me.

Note: 61ci in a liter.

 

[2458n]

Your Car salesman is no longer in business because he could not make a living.

 

[JDgreen227]

Your Car salesman is no longer in business because he could not make a living.

Maybe if he KNEW HIS BUSINESS he would still be making a living!!!!! When I went out and gave a prospective customer a bid for a project I KNEW what a 2X4 or sheet of plywood cost, what a cubic yard of concrete would set them back, what the lead time for upgrading from 100 to 200 amps would be. KNOW YOUR PRODUCTS is what a salesman's mantra should be.

 

[jaotguy]

he's looking at a woman here ... even if he spouted off the specs, would she care ?

she is going to be looking at cup holders , fabric, paint colors and how easy it will be to bring it back under the "EW", floor mats, how easy to park, easy on gas , lots of "mirrors", big glove compartment, air for those hot days, GPS to direct her, anything to connect her phone to , help being just a call away ...

not how many CC or CU IN under the hood, mags, sport suspensions , ratios, towing capacity ...

 

[JDgreen227]

he's looking at a woman here ... even if he spouted off the specs, would she care ?

she is going to be looking at cup holders , fabric, paint colors and how easy it will be to bring it back under the "EW", floor mats, how easy to park, easy on gas , lots of "mirrors", big glove compartment, air for those hot days, GPS to direct her, anything to connect her phone to , help being just a call away ...

not how many CC or CU IN under the hood, mags, sport suspensions , ratios, towing capacity ...

Respectfully disagree there, because this one doesn't give a flying flip about cup holders....

 

[murphy1244]

Respectfully disagree there, because this one doesn't give a flying flip about cup holders....

Or ROPS either.

 

[300UGUY]

Last couple of vehicles I've bought, the sales person had never sold a car before. I had to help them!

 

[RogueFab]

If you want to have a little more fun with them, ask them what that XX liter engine is in cubic inches. I haven't found one yet that can tell me.

Note: 61ci in a liter.

OMG!

It's not that hard to get it close. What car guy doesn't know a chev 350 is a 5.7 liter. There is your conversion. Not perfect, at 61.4 CI per liter...

Good one though. Haha.

 

[bcp]

And probably not one in 100 can tell you how many cubic centimeters in a 2 liter engine.



Bruce

 

[Tomtint]

Car dealerships will take anyone who can fog a mirror and put them on the floor go sell cars. They figure a newbie will atleast bring in a few friends and family members the first month or two who will buy a car because they are getting a "good deal" from the salesman. After the initial flow of those customers, they usually fail in the business. But most customers today are also monthly payment buyers as well, so that explains why the salesmen ask how much a customer wants to pay.

 

[Gary Fowler]

That always peeved me when they don't tell you a price, only so much a month like that is what most people today look at. Some of us do not live month to month, paycheck to paycheck with half their income going toward paying for their status symbol car payment.

 

[k0ua]

Car dealerships will take anyone who can fog a mirror and put them on the floor go sell cars. They figure a newbie will atleast bring in a few friends and family members the first month or two who will buy a car because they are getting a "good deal" from the salesman. After the initial flow of those customers, they usually fail in the business. But most customers today are also monthly payment buyers as well, so that explains why the salesmen ask how much a customer wants to pay.

Not car dealerships around here. I applied for a sales position at three local dealerships recently. One of them I asked about the turnover, and they said the average salesperson had been there at least 15 years. The position I was applying for the previous guy had been there 30. There might be some churn in some dealerships, and I have noted different guys at the larger dealerships in Springfield, but around Branson, a lot of these guys are here for quite a while.

 

[JDgreen227]

Not car dealerships around here. I applied for a sales position at three local dealerships recently. One of them I asked about the turnover, and they said the average salesperson had been there at least 15 years. The position I was applying for the previous guy had been there 30. There might be some churn in some dealerships, and I have noted different guys at the larger dealerships in Springfield, but around Branson, a lot of these guys are here for quite a while.

To me, a salesperson that has been with a dealership 15-plus years means they are capable and competent, and THAT is why they remain in the business.

 

[300UGUY]

Not car dealerships around here. I applied for a sales position at three local dealerships recently. One of them I asked about the turnover, and they said the average salesperson had been there at least 15 years. The position I was applying for the previous guy had been there 30. There might be some churn in some dealerships, and I have noted different guys at the larger dealerships in Springfield, but around Branson, a lot of these guys are here for quite a while.

Some of the dealerships around here literally have a crowd of sales folks, all 100% commission. You walk in, it's like walking into a shark tank. I think they call it the "tower". A couple guys on a raised platform run the whole show.

 

[rekees4300]

Honest to (Bleep) how do salespeople manage to sell ANYTHING, unless the majority of customers are dumber than they are????!!!

Bingo, buying a new car is an emotional experience and intelligence often takes a back seat (no pun intended).

 

[JDgreen227]

Bingo, buying a new car is an emotional experience and intelligence often takes a back seat (no pun intended).

And there are customers like my ex wife, who purchased a new car before I met her, and the salesman sold her the "fabric protection" on leather seating....:laughing:

 

[RollingsFarms]

I hate that it can take 30 mins to buy a tractor but take half a day to buy a truck or car.

 

[JDgreen227]

I hate that it can take 30 mins to buy a tractor but take half a day to buy a truck or car.

Agree 100%, I hate it when a salesperson stalls you. Last digicam I purchased was a closeout superzoom Panasonic at a local ABC Warehouse, I wanted to see the new store...big mistake on my part...well the salesguy kept stalling me, "No, that is a closeout model, you don't want it, look at (fill in the blank model) instead..." etc. Then when I finally got the camera in hand, "Do you want to buy a memory card, a case, a service contract, etc" and "well if you open a store account we can give you 10% off" all that time wasted on a $100 purchase. Just before I left the store I asked if I could take his picture and put his email in my address book, and said WOW SURE YOU CAN. So I took his picture with my phone, added his address to the book, and showed them to him and said goodbye. Then sent his picture and info on to everyone I knew and told them to avoid him like the plague....