Dealership stickers

[buswwa]

Dude you work in retail. It's your job to take shit from customers. I do it every day for no commission. A couple of calls to corporate and you would be selling cars somewhere else, no matter if the customer was an ass or not. If you really are turning down sales, especially in our economy and still have a job your dealership's management must be horrible. Although if I made $50 to sell a new car I wouldn't give a shit either. If thats all your making I would be looking for a new job on my own.

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh..........no. Just because I work in "retail", that doesnt mean Im a professional shit heel. Attitudes like yours ("you work in retail, its you job to take shit") are what can make retail such hell. Ive been in commission sales for over 12 yrs. Every place I've worked, if the customer was a complete ass to the point of nonsense spewing from thier mouth, we would kick them the fuck out. As for turning down sales, thankfully, it doesn't actually happen that often. Normally, we can turn the customer who's being a dick, into a fairly reasonable human being with a little conversation and rapport building techniques. However, if they want to remain assholes, either the management or I will kick them out of my desk. The first time I saw someone get told to take thier credit card and shove it, I thought the same thing. I was then informed, we are people too. We dont have to tolerate that shit. Again I stress, this is not a constant occurence. We kick someone on average once every few months. But it does happen, and will continue to do so. Call corporate, tell them you wouldnt abide by corporate policy ie: it is mandated that the customer must take a test drive before discussing payments/price. They will say we did our job.
As for money, ask any car sales rep if they make huge money on new cars. Bet the answer is the same. New cars pay dick. It's used that make you the money. I might make 50$ on an 09 Forester sold for 500 below msrp, but I also made 1500$ on the 06 forester, and 07 outback I sold on saturday. I dont know about you, but covering my mortgage in one day is good enough for me.

[rbob93]

I sold cars for awhile too.
Biggest liars & biggest cheats I ever encountered were customers.
I got tired of the assholes thinking I owed them a vehicle just because they came onto the lot, and the dickheads that came in just to fuck with you.
I've thrown my share of roaches off the lot.
Loved the used car market, but the $100 "mini" for new car sales sucked ass.
Seems like every roach I encountered had this idea I was making $5,000 off their sale! Yeah right asshole!

[MaxPlusTen]

I worked at a pontiac dealership for awhile (well pontiac buick gmc) and had the t/a settingoutside one day. Well the owner got the bright idea that my car needed to advertise for them and while I was inside the shop he took the liberty to put one of there plastic badges on my car. I noticed it when I got home that evening and went in the next day ready to kill someone. When the owner/ boss told me it was him I demanded they remove it. He got his detail boy to come out and take it off and in the process he scratched the hell out of my paint. At that point i put in my two weeks notice and had them pay to have the car buffed by an auto body shop... took care of the scratches but talk about furious. Ive never wanted to strangle someone more than I did when i saw that stupid badge. Worst part was they placed it right beside my 5.7l gto badge and riped part of it up too so i had to get a new one.

[buswwa]

I sold cars for awhile too.
Biggest liars & biggest cheats I ever encountered were customers.
I got tired of the assholes thinking I owed them a vehicle just because they came onto the lot, and the dickheads that came in just to fuck with you.
I've thrown my share of roaches off the lot.
Loved the used car market, but the $100 "mini" for new car sales sucked ass.
Seems like every roach I encountered had this idea I was making $5,000 off their sale! Yeah right asshole!

LOL Glad Im not the only one to know the truth about this. And yeah, you shoudl see how quick the customers attitudes change when they hear just how much I make for spending upwards of 4 hours a day with them. They tend to act a little nicer at that point. New cars are just part of the game. Isnt it great how car salesmen are liars in everyones eyes? Ask yourself if you ever lied to a salesman. We cant lie about much because of the internet. Pricing is all available for those who look. The biggest lies I tell are usually oh, your an astophysicist? So's my brother/uncle/sister/mother...etc. But I never lie about the car, case in point, I will never sell a used BMW again as long as I live. Junk cars, and I warn people away fromt he one we have on the lot alll the time.

[third_shift|studios]

LOL...that's pretty funny.

[red99ws6]

the only thing i didnt get was why you wont talk price before a test drive. i never buy a car until i have the price first then the test drive. im not wasting my time driving it if the price isnt right.i also worked in a dealership once. i have to say car salesmens are right down there with lawyers and insurance agents. i know plenty of each persaonally and they are all the same. money for nothing most of the time. not just attacking you im just saying in general

[buswwa]

the only thing i didnt get was why you wont talk price before a test drive. i never buy a car until i have the price first then the test drive. im not wasting my time driving it if the price isnt right.i also worked in a dealership once. i have to say car salesmens are right down there with lawyers and insurance agents. i know plenty of each persaonally and they are all the same. money for nothing most of the time. not just attacking you im just saying in general

Thats funny. As for price before the drive, until we've driven it the price is in the window. Enjoy. If we drive it and you liked it then we would be willing to start negotiating on the price to get you an additional savings. See the shoe is on the other foor here. Why do I wan tto waste my time working out a price for you if you dont like the car? Could be we spend 2-3 hours (avg negotiation time) to work out a price, and the the seats dont feel good, or theres a blind spot you just cant live with. As for wether you worked ina dealership, and fel that way about yourself, you of all people knwo how it is, so saying we're low as lawyers and insurance agents (which btw I was an insurance agent before I got into car sales, and was in pre-law throughout all of high-school) is simply proof that either you were a weak stick and couldnt hang, therefore have to save face by downing us, or you have completely forgotten what its like. Not trying to attack you, Im just saying, you know, in general.

[buswwa]

Also, while Im still fresh, what exactly makes lawyers or insurance agents so low?? There both working to perform a service for you, the general public. Ill bet a million dollars if some asshole runs a light, and rams into your f-body, and has no insurance, your either a: calling your insurance agent if you have full coverage, and b: calling a lawyer to see how much you can sue the dumbass for. What makes either of those professions any worse then say a cop, (if they're doing thier job, Ill bet yer cussing them out) or a health inspector (if you own a resturaunt, you cuss them out whenever they pull up outside). Both of those professions are needed in society, and so too are lawyers, or insurance agents, as well as the dreaded car salesman.
One last thing, what if you did walk on the lot, car was priced at 25g's, you said whats my best price, and I actually told you how much we owned it for? You'd still think I was lying, inflatinig the price to make a buck. No one would believe it was a bottom line, and thus would want some more off. If we give you the net net net price, theres no where left to go. Remember, it's not the deal you get, its the deal you think you get. And that is my job, to make you think you got a great deal. Nine times out of ten, you did, but yet you still call us bad guys. And you were one. Thats fucked up.

[midnightnavyz28]

i debadge all my vehicles....except my 2002 black z28....bought it from dale earnhardt chevrolet .....RIP Intimidator

[nitrox28]

Jesus! Where did you find this thread??

[midnightnavyz28]

Jesus! Where did you find this thread??

muhahaha

[vonny]

They ripped you off? Why did you buy it? Caveat Emptor Dummy

[Danger731]

Everytime I had work done at a chevy dealer in WA. I'd get my car back with their licsence plate frame !

[buswwa]

Wow, I still get all heated when I see this thread, and that was almost a year ago. Damn. BTW Im still at the same dealership I was when I wrote all that.

[02transamce]

^-i feel the same way,car salesman get a bad rep.i wouldn't go back into that line of work,also sucks to spent time showing a car,test drive,negotiaton,and then the deal falls apart because their trade isn't worth as much as they want(it never is,btw).

[raynor139]

Had them remove the stickers before it left the lot. They bitched and moaned about it but they wanted to sell the car more.

Damn just read the thread and realized how old it was.

[vonny]

I own an automobile dealership. I have been in the business since I was 16 (41 now). I dont like license plate frames, and I only put our sticker on when they purchased the vehicle from us. It allows my service personnel to give prefferential treatment to our customers. This does not mean better work, it means loner cars, rides home, and sometimes taking care of repairs free of charge. ANYONE whe feels that dealerships rip them off should be doing business at a different dealership, or buy from a private party. You should NEVER part with your money unless you feel your being treated fairly and professionally! Just my take on the "advertising-sticker" thing. See ya all on the highways!