Stories from the Sales Frontlines

mcdawgg

Funny movie. I like when the sales guy was told that you HAVE to get the people in the car to make the sale. The guy gets frustrated when the people say that they don't want to look inside and stuffs them in screaming ,"Aw, just get in the M_______ing car!!!"

If you haven't seen "Used Cars", it's pretty funny, especially for the real, professional sales people on here.

madmanmoo

Lol, Deskman.

You're cracking me up. What's strange, is that I actually worked with one of those preachers. He didn't even own a car. Called himself a reverend and didn't sell much, but smashed everyone he did. Lasted a few months, bought himself a new pair of alligator boots and left. Alonzo. We miss you.

-moo

madmanmoo

I'm not sure I follow you. Why would you think I sell Hyundais?

-moo

mackabee

There's a lot of good car sales movies out there.

One of my favorites is Cadillac Man with Robin Williams, Used Cars is really good too. There's also one out there with Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen that revolves around a small car lot but it's mainly about Don and Virginia doing the nasty.

Suckers is ok, they get the sales meetings and other things that go on at dealerships right. The drug and killing were a little over the top. I'd give it a C-.

There's another one out there that the title escapes me but I'll think about it later and post it.

Glengarry, Glenross is one of my all time faves. Although not about car sales it's about land sales and the characters are not that much detached from what we have in the car biz or the closing techniques they use. One of the favorite lines we use around here with noobs is when they are by the coffee.
"Put the coffee down, coffee is for closers." you should see the look on their face.!
The other line is when Alec Baldwin tells one guy: "See this watch! This cost more than that POS Hyundai you drove in today!" and there's the classic one which I can't repeat here as it is a family forum.
Later, will post more from home. It's friday night at the dealership and we put up ten deals on the board. I delivered one and have another going first thing tomorrow morning.
Mackabee

deskman

A Hyunadai dealer gsm(deskman) i do trades with goes bythe nickname Moo. :shades:

madmanmoo

Not me. I'm selling Porsches now.

-Moo

deskman

i penciled 17 then left early . i hope jr (owners kid) gets us over 20 before he heads to the stripclub.plus i hope he drops any cash downs in the safe. :surprise:

psorter

"Should i slide out early so i can play with Mrs.Deskman ?"

if you have to ask yourself that question I can see Version 4 in your near future, hope the trade in on V3 goes well , mine didn't, got clubed like a baby seal :sick:

boomchek

How's everyone doing?

I moved from Nissan/Infiniti to Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Sprinter.

Had our wedding, been on two honeymoons and came back to a new job.

It's a5 minute drive to work as opposed to 40 minute commmute, and we have a ton of fun here. To be honset I was dissappointed with some of the Nissan product, :sick: even though the grosses were decent.

Plus we were losing a ton of Infiniti business to the US. Lot of people shopping south cause of our strong buck. And Infiniti is where we made good grosses because there's only two other stores in Vancouver.

Anyways the Chrysler product for some reason is more appealing than Nissans to me, and there's a bit more selection. I think I'll stick around here for a while.

oldfarmer50

"...and all the young female church members are knocked up..."

Talk about customer service! :surprise:

jmonroe

I moved from Nissan/Infiniti to Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Sprinter.

OK, you know the rules, lets have a sales tale. You've got to have a few by now.

Had our wedding, been on two honeymoons and came back to a new job.

And remember, this is a family forum, no tales from these adventures

Welcome back,

jmonroe

isellhondas

I think more than a few of us have been tricked into attending an Amway meeting!

Are they still around?

madmanmoo

I'm sure Amway is around, but the group that this guy worked for was Primerica. I didn't know it at the time, but after seeing the guys post about it here on the forum I did a Google on it. Everything that was listed about their business structure was the same as what goofball presented me with. Rule of 72, $199 to get started and licensed and you have to attend some seminar. What a joke this company is. It truly is a pyramid scheme.

And car salesmen have a bad rap! How'd you like me to show up on your doorstep talking about the weather and then start questioning how much you really care about your family's wellbeing if you aren't driving a new Cayenne. Wow!

-moo

snakeweasel

we can deliver them to your door.

My last car was delivered to my door. :shades:

snakeweasel

I make more at a crappy part-time job I got on the side than 98% of their agents.

You will make more money checking the change slot of vending machines than 98% of people in any pyramid scheme.

madmanmoo

Hi Boomcheck,

Congratulations on all the new things that are going on right now! Good luck at the new store.

-moo

snakeweasel

I think more than a few of us have been tricked into attending an Amway meeting!

I have been tricked into quite a few of amway and others, never went through an entire presentation though.

Are they still around?

Yes and they have another one under a different name that I cannot recall right now.

joel0622

We are careful with the front door delivery deal. For previous customers we do it all the time but if it is your first purchase from us we are careful.

The reason being is the Tennessee Buyers Remorse law has some outs for a consumer who was sold something at there home.

joel0622

The same lady won both of them, it was a His & Hers type deal. It went great we had a boat load of people here for the morning and ended up with a decent day. Nothing like we have had with some direct mailer pieces in the past but it was respectable.

The lady who won truly needed them so that was good.

snakeweasel

In my case I delt with one of the owners. I did a real big favor for him in a past life and he did a real big favor for me on this. If I were joe six-pack coming in that wouldn't have happened.

isellhondas

Delivered a car to anyone's house and I can't understand why anyone would want me to do that?

joseo

what has been your fastest deal?and how fast? (asking everyone)

isellhondas

There is so much paperwork lately that we get bogged down.

If the person doesn't want to test drive the car and Finance isn't busy, I can get a person out in 45 minutes.

carhag2000

I had a guy come down to our bone lot and had like 275 to spend. Boss told me to take him to an ancient Kcar. I had to kick in 20 bucks out of my own pocket but the guy needed a car...I still see that guy occasionally looking for another " deal of a lifetime." He smelled so bad that we had him out of there in under thirty minutes.

joel0622

My quickest sale was about 5 seconds. A guy came on the show room saw a Cobra Convertible and said "I'll take it" Took about 30 minutes to get it written up, paper work done and the check hammered at the bank next door.

jmonroe

I had to kick in 20 bucks out of my own pocket ...

He smelled so bad that we had him out of there in under thirty minutes.

You had me wondering there for a second, now I understand. :surprise:

jmonroe

joseo

thats funny how some people say "I want that" and dont know a thing about it!!

gogiboy

Isell--

Amway is still around despite their many legal woes over the last 20 years. Although I haven't lived in MI in more than 25 years I still visit my folks a couple of times a year. I don't remember where I read it, but the Amway founders were at one time listed among the most prosperous Michiganders, which is really saying something given they're up against folk like the Fords and pizza magnates: Ilitch (Little Caesars) and Monaghan (Dominos). Monaghan has since moved on and has much of his money invested in his own Catholic University in FL. Ilitch bought the Tigers from Monaghan and also owns the Red Wings, if I'm not mistaken. The Ford family own the Lions. Anyone remember who owns the Pistons?

Of course, they all pale in comparison to some of the entrepreneurs in Isell's zipcode.

Gogiboy

deskman

at least once a week i come in at 8 a.m. and a customer will have a check for a otd sum with a stk# in the memo line.done deal in less time than i can unlock the showroom doors.

carhag2000

A co worker just had an up that consisted of a father and son. They test drove several different cars and expected a full walk around on each. At the end of the test drives they looked at each other and said " are you ready?" at which time they jumped into their car and pulled away. Took about 2 hours of my co workers time on the busiest day of the week and then did not give him an opportunity to earn the business.

I thought that was rather rude. What do you guys think?

madmanmoo

Definitely rude if they gave the salesman the impression that they were doing business that day. Wouldn't make me happy at all. :mad:

-moo

snakeweasel

He smelled so bad that we had him out of there in under thirty minutes.

So are you saying not to bath before going to the dealership to help you get a better deal and get out of there fast?

joel0622

Anal people who have nothing better to do then correct peoples grammar on message boards are a pet peeve of mine. Not saying you one of them, but come on man its only a message board. :P

mackabee

Who died and left you in charge of the grammar patrol? We already have a full fledged retired college professor that does that around here. Besides if you want to feel welcome around here that is not the way to do it. Maybe Joel only had a 3rd grade education, maybe not but we know what he means and that's all that matters.

Mackabee

carchic27

Hi all...I've been a fly on the wall here for weeks now. I must say I've been highly entertained. Just hanging out on a slow day and decided to join up and say hi.

snakeweasel

Typically its considered bad manners to correct gammer and spelling in message boards or on the internet in general. We are not writing to the queen of England.

Anyways I need too go as my sister and her hubby are in my living room and they are their contemplating going back to there home.

By, see you soon.

snakeweasel

Hi all...I've been a fly on the wall here for weeks now.

Ok, where is that host with the fly swatter?

greanpea68

Took about 2 hours of my co workers time on the busiest day of the week and then did not give him an opportunity to earn the business.


The first thing I think is maybe the salesperson offended them.

If that wasn't the case that was rude and retarded :confuse:

GP

lrguy44

Most likely their wives were shopping at the mall, they were killing time and suddenly it was time to pick them up.

oldfarmer50

"...I had to kick in 20 bucks out of my own pocket...He smelled so bad..."

Now there is a buying tip even socala4 didn't think of. I've heard that you can get a lower price if you make a stink. I just figured it ment something different. :confuse:

greanpea68

in my living room and they are their contemplating going back to there home.

LOL...

GP

fezo

Gee, and you didn't catch "grammer?"

lrguy44

My grammer taught me grammer as we sat by the grammerphone.

greanpea68

hey me peein

Us guyz in the car biznes don't need a diploma, ahh-

Wez guyz just move metal ya hear, ohhh- :shades:

How about you? You needz a ca? :surprise:

Just having fun...

GP

oldfarmer50

"...I thought that was rather rude..."

That was beyond rude into cruel. Did they say that they were just looking? Did they explain why they were just taking off? At least a "we'll be back" would have been nice.

Unless you're leaving out some details I would have to guess that dad was teaching his son how to be a jerk. :mad:

tidester

It's kind of hard to do that when it looks like 3rd grade children are writing them.

I just PM'd Jeff Foxworthy and he's willing to take y'all on Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? Auditions start Monday. :P

tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper

lrguy44

It is so slow we have taken to counting snow flakes while waiting for the be back bus.

oldfarmer50

"...It's kind of hard to do that when it looks like 3rd grade children are writing them..."

Oh, how do I respond to that soft ball...How about...

1.) This is the internet, how do you know 3rd grade children aren't writing these posts?

OR

2.) It must be hard to relax at all with that stick up you butt.

OR

Trolls are supose to get people riled up. YOUR just making us laugh. :P

fezo

Of course if these guys are going to do that kind of thing when else do you expect them to do it except in the middle of a Saturday? It's when they are both off. No doubt a fine bonding experience as dad shows junior how to kill your day.

Of course it's rude, or as oldfarmer said, cruel. I don't know how you avoid such things. It's certainly not something you'd catch me doing.

I guess I'd be suspicious of anyone coming in looking to try out everything. Is it me or does that just scream "I'm not serious!"

madmanmoo

Welcome aboard! Are you selling?

-moo