Stories from the Sales Frontlines

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  • nthenthe Member Posts: 414
    "It amazes me how most people just look at the bottom number then get pissed when you point out the trade/cash and rebates. "

    you have no reason to be amazed. your dealership is running that screamer ad to decieve people. of course they just look at the bottom number, thats the number your dealership wants them to look at.
  • nthenthe Member Posts: 414
    "is your pre owned stock mostly florida rentals? "

    or flood cars from hurricanes.
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    You know, now that you mention it it did sound familiar.

    Someone must be bored?
  • nthenthe Member Posts: 414
    sounds like the SNL skit that will farrel would do, where the guys worked for the expensive clothing store and just got rid of everyone they didn't see as "worthy"

    guess they never saw the movie "pretty woman"
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    In Florida we have full disclosure laws and my ads are to the letter of the law.

    People only see what they want to see.
  • nthenthe Member Posts: 414
    "You could dress like a bum at Deskman motors and be treated like a king/queen."

    untill you find out you were lied to and cheated with ILLEGAL things like bait and switch.
  • psorterpsorter Member Posts: 89
    I thought so, wish I could understand some of your lingo though

    hey deskman, you seem to know all the tricks, every use this one to get someone into you dealership, I was browsing at a closed dealership (sunday) and when I got home a few hours later a message was left on my phone from the dealership saying 'hey I see you were interested in blah blah car, why don't you stop by for a test drive tomorrow", guess someone at the dealership got my phone number from my license plate
  • mackabeemackabee Member Posts: 4,709
    Or "Analyze That" with Robert DeNiro where he gets a job selling Audi's. I have the clip if you haven't seen it here it is! I wish I could say stuff like that sometimes! LOL
    link title

    Enjoy!
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    until you find out you were lied to and cheated with ILLEGAL things like bait and switch.

    Thats funny .My store has the top csi in my area and and we are a member of the BBB in goodstanding without a complaint filed in over 10 years.
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    No Flood cars they go to south america.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    I think having a million bucks is about the dividing line between eccentric and crazy.
    2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring, 2014 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback, 1999 Mazda Miata 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999.
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    They used tag talk to get your info.

    I dont do that.I take your trade keys and throw them on the roof.
  • mackabeemackabee Member Posts: 4,709
    These are some hilarious commercials about the stereotypical car salesman down to the plaid suit and wide tie. Make sure you check them all out, there's about 15 of them. I was laughing so hard that my wife had to come over and see what the racket was all about. Funny thing is we have a salesperson at our place that acts just like Grady.
    Macklink title :shades:
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    I trained Grady :shades:
  • joel0622joel0622 Member Posts: 3,299
    You pay me $1000 an June 1st to drive a delivery truck for you. I spend $500 of the $1000 on gas that month, you reimburse me the $500. How much did I make?
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,299
    Last year I had intended to buy a BMW 7 series for my wife. Well one Saturday we were running errands so I was just wearing a T-shirt and blue jeans and the wife was also dressed very casual.

    Were either of you wearing shoes? I remember this story from about 10 months ago. Since the details are matched in both accounts I believe you. That said, why didn't you go back home... get your posse together, then go back and whup some bmw salesmen butt? You know those highline sales guys gotta be wimps. ;)
    2021 Honda Passport EX-L, 2020 Honda Accord EX-L, 2011 Hyundai Veracruz, 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere.
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,299
    Thats funny .My store has the top csi in my area and and we are a member of the BBB in goodstanding without a complaint filed in over 10 years.

    That's a pretty good record deskman. I looked at a BBB report on my Oxmoor dealership here in Louisville, and they have a string of complaints in just one year... many unresolved or not responded to.
    2021 Honda Passport EX-L, 2020 Honda Accord EX-L, 2011 Hyundai Veracruz, 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere.
  • psorterpsorter Member Posts: 89
    "I dont do that.I take your trade keys and throw them on the roof. "

    I carry a spare set on a seperate keychain :P
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    When we hold you upside down and shake you that spare you are hiding drops onto the floor.
  • lrguy44lrguy44 Member Posts: 2,197
    Last year I had intended to buy a BMW 7 series for my wife

    See post #775, 3 May 06 from jasmith52. Same post.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    "You pay me $1000 an June 1st to drive a delivery truck for you. I spend $500 of the $1000 on gas that month, you reimburse me the $500. How much did I make? "

    No fair! You didn't tell us there was going to be a quiz!
    2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring, 2014 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback, 1999 Mazda Miata 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999.
  • jmonroejmonroe Member Posts: 8,989
    You pay me $1000 an June 1st to drive a delivery truck for you. I spend $500 of the $1000 on gas that month, you reimburse me the $500. How much did I make?

    I hate word problems.

    C'mon...'fez' and I need a hint. :confuse:

    jmonroe

    '15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Whoa! Unbelievable! Did this really happen? You had me until the part about the eggs.

    I recently bought a new Cadillac DTS Performance. When I entered the dealership, I was dressed very casually. I was wearing black Dickies trousers, sneakers, a white sweatshirt, and a black zipper jacket I bought at Sears. The salesman treated me with great respect and got my business.
  • nthenthe Member Posts: 414
    "Thats funny .My store has the top csi in my area and and we are a member of the BBB in goodstanding without a complaint filed in over 10 years. "

    you and i both know the BBB is a joke.
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,299
    you and i both know the BBB is a joke.

    Why's that?
    2021 Honda Passport EX-L, 2020 Honda Accord EX-L, 2011 Hyundai Veracruz, 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    I gotta call BS.

    The most expensive used car I have ever sold, a Supercharged Range Rover with a Price of 76,000 dollars, barely had that much gross in it and I did "steal" his trade because if was the dead of winter and he traded in a 745il.

    No one wants one of those cars in New England and so we put a value on it accordingly.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    You have...

    Right here.
  • greanpea68greanpea68 Member Posts: 1,996
    cuban,

    Knows how to speak Spanish... good money there :)

    scottish,

    Knows how to throw down some drinks with the receptionist ;)

    jewish.

    Knows how to make all the money in the world on a car deal :P

    Just having fun...

    Me I am half Irish and half Italian... I am like a Mic- Wappa

    GP
  • jasmith52jasmith52 Member Posts: 462
    OK you caught me - with egg on my face and all. And per the other post I guess I was bored or something.

    It's been a bit slow as we are winding down for the holiday. I came accross the write-up again as I was poking around a bit on the puter'.

    I loved this story, I thought that maybe you-all would (again) get a kick out of it.

    I have a few other great stories I could post if there is any interest.
  • greanpea68greanpea68 Member Posts: 1,996
    Well today was alot of fun here in Boston. It started snowing about 12:30 and we have about 7 inches already. We moved the whole lot to one side so plows could do half the lot. That took about 5 hours. Tomorrow we will move them to the otherside plow that side and then put them back in there rows.

    It sucks because tomorrow is my day off and I have to be here at 8:30 to finish the snow removal. Snow removal is mandatory evenon your day off. I have seen many people including managers get fired for not coming in on a snow day.

    GP
  • greanpea68greanpea68 Member Posts: 1,996
    The snow isn't supposed to stop for another 2-3 hours... :cry:

    GP

    Hey BR don't you work in Conn. How is your snow day going?
  • carhag2000carhag2000 Member Posts: 207
    I have a few other great stories I could post if there is any interest

    In a word, YES!
  • lrguy44lrguy44 Member Posts: 2,197
    That is what we have lot people for!
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    Used chrysler products are the key to making gross. 7000 miles and 5k to 10k behind invoice 2007.Any bank except Chrysler will do invoice on current to 1 year old used.

    Nobody wants a New Chrysler product but Preowned they sell like flapjacks at a fatman contest.
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,593
    I beg to differ. What is the difference between that and if they bumped his salary $500 per month and he paid his bills afterwards?

    Because they are not paying his bills but company expenses that he incurs.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Are you serious??

    Thy make you come in on your day off to shovel snow?

    None of us EVER shovel snow! On the rare days it snows, we rent a Bobcat and have someone who knows how to operate one move the snow.

    I'm glad I know nothing about Bobcats!
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    We closed at two pm today.

    There are less then fifty cars total on our lot new and used combined and all of them are SUVs with four wheel drive.

    It doesn't take long to move them to one side of the lot and even if the snow plow buries all the cars by accident it doesn't matter. A Range Rover or LR3 can push through multiple feet of snow once you raise the air suspension, put them in low range and use snow mode. So just surround all the cars with Range Rovers and LR3s then use them to break the other cars out.

    Last year I did manage to get a Supercharged Range Sport stuck on a four foot snow berm. I got high centered on it and for some reason extended mode on the air suspension wouldn't kick in so I had to dig the car out underneath some and have a couple of people give me a push. Once myself and one other guy were pushing our GM was able to rock the sport off the berm and get it unstuck.
  • lrguy44lrguy44 Member Posts: 2,197
    We hire it all out for plowing and the wash kids broom and usuaklly move the cars. We might help move cars if we are not busy but NOBODY comes in on day off.
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,593
    If it comes from the dealer its a price reduction, a rebate comes from the producer.

    I have seen best buy offer rebates on product that comp usa did not.

    Are you sure its the same product and not a similar product? Just this last black friday I saw something like that but looking closely the product that had the rebate had a different model number (actually just had an 'A' at the end). Turns out it was a dumbed down version made especially for the store that had the rebate and in limited quantities for the big shopping day.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • lrguy44lrguy44 Member Posts: 2,197
    Snake, A dealer rebate comes out of his gross, a manufacturer's rebate is paid by the manufacturer and does not impact the dealer's gross - unles he captures it.
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    Cuban

    ladies love me :)

    i like to watch baseball while drinking busch in a can wearing just my undershorts.

    scottish

    ladies love me :)

    Can drink and fight.Love to watch the euro league and motorsports.

    mrs deskman 1&2 worked in the store.Got both of them drunk on the first date.(i think you know the rest of the story)

    Jewish

    ladies love me :)

    If i could buy used food i would.

    If i cant buy it wholesale my cuban heritage takes over and i steal it.

    I dont know spanish,i grew up in a gated comunity. the only people who spoke spanish did lawn work or cleaned pools. :P

    Deskmans dad was a Dr and did not speak spanish in our home. :blush:
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,593
    Being to the letter of the law and being in the spirit of the law are two different realities.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    deskman you know that you must pay tax on the rebate.Uncle sam wants his cash.

    cust oh okay i know i have to pay tax on my purchase

    deskman adds rebate to top line and blows thru the buyers order real fast showing the rebate coming off the bottom along with their cash down.

    Does not work as often as the tax on payment bump,but has worked on toohighs in the past
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    25 years in same store! my cust and my dealer love me.

    I am not dying broke or living on 5k a month when i retire.

    If a cust offers bump + dealer fee do you say no ?
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,299
    How do you guys who get paid commission only make any money shoveling snow, moving cars, putting up ballons etc? The do it or get fired method of payment?
    2021 Honda Passport EX-L, 2020 Honda Accord EX-L, 2011 Hyundai Veracruz, 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere.
  • mackabeemackabee Member Posts: 4,709
    As long as they are not BS stories. No one likes to be thought of as a fool. :mad:
  • deskmandeskman Member Posts: 485
    you do what you have to do .

    if you sold crack and had a cop shaking you down for cash you would pay him.
  • carchic27carchic27 Member Posts: 18
    Personally, I don't shovel snow unless forced...its been years. Answer to your question though...we don't get paid (at least not anywhere I've been).
  • joel0622joel0622 Member Posts: 3,299
    My store has the top csi in my area and and we are a member of the BBB in goodstanding without a complaint filed in over 10 years. "

    Bull [non-permissible content removed], the Baptist Sunday School Board does not go 10 years with out one person complaining.

    The BBB may have dismissed it and said the consumer had no cause, or you may have headed off the problem. But there is no way that the dog and pony show you describe has gone 10 years with out one person contacting the BBB on you, especially if they run the service department in the same questionable way that you run the sales department.
  • mackabeemackabee Member Posts: 4,709
    "I dont know spanish,i grew up in a gated comunity. the only people who spoke spanish did lawn work or cleaned pools. "

    Which gated community was this? San Quentin? If you're going to sell cars in Cuba you better learn Spanish home boy!

    :blush:
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