Commission or Salary?

[KBeezy]

Nah, see, if ya'll want to have a PITA job try turning a wrench for a living. I love it but god damn, try dealing with advisors/writers who think they're mechanics and then trying to find a stupid rattle that the customer is complaining about that only happens when its raining on the third tuesday of the 4th month in a leepyear with a full moon at 67 1/2mph going northwest on a 1/2 mile stretch of road..... while braking and steering to the left..

Then you get to deal with sales people who dont know **** about them either [img]smile.gif[/img]


Yes, try dealing with that before you try and say selling cars is hard. But since we were on the topic of sales I'd figure I'd use an example of someone whos been in car sales for years and my family which has forgotten more about the retail industry than you'll ever know [img]smile.gif[/img] So no, dont try and tell me about retail and working on spiffs, and definately dont tell me its hard.. Its only hard if you make it hard, otherwise all you're doing is shooting the **** with people and working with them to find what they want... not too difficult.. Just be yourself around people, know the basics about sales, and you HAVE to know your product.... [img]smile.gif[/img]


Sales people, from every dealership I have worked at, seem to think they have the hardest job there. I'd love to see one of them turn wrench for 12 1/2 hours a day, especially if its not gravy work, such as the example I used above.. Sales, is cake.


So dont try to talk down at me like you have in previous posts about the "3rd largest toyota dealership - blah blah blah" ;) 2 years in sales is NOTHIN, and 45k a year is getting your deals penciled like a sunuva-!

[Everglades W68]

Originally posted by KBeezy:
Nah, see, if ya'll want to have a PITA job try turning a wrench for a living. I love it but god damn, try dealing with advisors/writers who think they're mechanicsThen you get to deal with sales people who dont know **** about them either [img]smile.gif[/img]

Bingo. It seems to be a requirement for service drive advisors to know absolutely nothing about their dealer's models & brands of cars.

As far as sales people, there are hilarious threads on LS2.com about amazingly stupid auto salespeople.

As far as the original topic, I'd take the $500/wk for the first month.

[whiteshark]

Originally posted by Everglades W68:
As far as the original topic, I'd take the $500/wk for the first month.

I think that's probably what I'm going to do, I'm really not confident in myself enough to think I can do something I've never done.

[JusFlyinBy]

Originally posted by KBeezy:
Nah, see, if ya'll want to have a PITA job try turning a wrench for a living. I love it but god damn, try dealing with advisors/writers who think they're mechanics and then trying to find a stupid rattle that the customer is complaining about that only happens when its raining on the third tuesday of the 4th month in a leepyear with a full moon at 67 1/2mph going northwest on a 1/2 mile stretch of road..... while braking and steering to the left..

Then you get to deal with sales people who dont know **** about them either [img]smile.gif[/img]


Yes, try dealing with that before you try and say selling cars is hard. But since we were on the topic of sales I'd figure I'd use an example of someone whos been in car sales for years and my family which has forgotten more about the retail industry than you'll ever know [img]smile.gif[/img] So no, dont try and tell me about retail and working on spiffs, and definately dont tell me its hard.. Its only hard if you make it hard, otherwise all you're doing is shooting the **** with people and working with them to find what they want... not too difficult.. Just be yourself around people, know the basics about sales, and you HAVE to know your product.... [img]smile.gif[/img]


Sales people, from every dealership I have worked at, seem to think they have the hardest job there. I'd love to see one of them turn wrench for 12 1/2 hours a day, especially if its not gravy work, such as the example I used above.. Sales, is cake.


So dont try to talk down at me like you have in previous posts about the "3rd largest toyota dealership - blah blah blah" ;) 2 years in sales is NOTHIN, and 45k a year is getting your deals penciled like a sunuva-!

Im just curious, serious question. Have you ever held a position as a car salesman, or are you just basing this off of what you observed?

And any NY locals here think of this commercial immediatley after reading that post:
"My Daddy, Terry Morris, is STILL number one!"
That old Chevy dealership commercial. [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[KBeezy]

Sales, is sales. Doesn't matter what you're selling.. And no, I dont do carsales, I already said -- I work on em, I am not exactly a patient man when it comes to indecisive people. Im just stating that its NOT that hard to sell a car and any monkey with enough motivation can make 75+ grand a year at it. As I've said, I have enough experience with retail that I have forgotten more than most will ever know. The biggest problem with retail/sales is it inconsistant, flows with the economy, where working on cars doesnt.. People will always need their cars worked on [img]smile.gif[/img]

[02PewterBird]

Originally posted by KBeezy:
Nah, see, if ya'll want to have a PITA job try turning a wrench for a living. I love it but god damn, try dealing with advisors/writers who think they're mechanics and then trying to find a stupid rattle that the customer is complaining about that only happens when its raining on the third tuesday of the 4th month in a leepyear with a full moon at 67 1/2mph going northwest on a 1/2 mile stretch of road..... while braking and steering to the left..

The service writers at the dealer here are fairly cool, but it's kinda frustrating when you're trying to get them to look at your screwed up clutch that takes way more force than your other almost identical car to press and the guy tells you that Firebird and Camaro transmissions are different and he tried to switch them once before.

[JusFlyinBy]

Originally posted by KBeezy:
Sales, is sales. Doesn't matter what you're selling.. And no, I dont do carsales, I already said -- I work on em, I am not exactly a patient man when it comes to indecisive people. Im just stating that its NOT that hard to sell a car and any monkey with enough motivation can make 75+ grand a year at it. As I've said, I have enough experience with retail that I have forgotten more than most will ever know. The biggest problem with retail/sales is it inconsistant, flows with the economy, where working on cars doesnt.. People will always need their cars worked on [img]smile.gif[/img]

I know you work on them. I read that. I asked if you have ever worked as a car salesman. If you have never attempted to sell a car, or hold a position as a salesman, I don't see how you can tell Firebird GT her job and other salespeoples jobs are so easy a monkey can do it when you are a mechanic saying you can't deal with customers. Even if you're Dad is Terry Morris. It's like you telling me how to ride a motorcycle because you're whole family does yet you've only ridden on the back of your Dad's.

If you have sold cars, then yea, you'd have more say in it and I take it all back. Plain and simple. [img]tongue.gif[/img]