OT: Car Salesmen, Got a New Job, Slight Porsche Content Options

[johnmhudson111]

So I started training for a new job as a car slaesman here in Memphis. Cool part is that it is for the group that owns the local Porsche dealership so I could wind up woking there (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) .

My question is this, are there any other sales guys here? Are you making good money? I am not worried about being able to sell but, with all the rebates and other stuff it doesn't seem there is much profit in new cars.

I am looking for real answers since the coolness of working for a Porsche dealer won't put food on the table.

Or course if they had a demo program......

[bmcwilli]

I sold oldsmobiles and used cars in 83-84.

Yes you can make a good living, but like someone else said, work every deal fro all it's worth.

True story...one hot humid New Orleans afternoon, 3 youg vietnamese guys came walking into the store. All of us "pro's" ran and hid. Jeff, who worked every deal like his life depended on it, went out and grabbed them. He demo'd them. They liked the Cutlass, but did not speak enough English to close the deal. Soooooo, Jeff went wit them to fetch their uncle the butcher off his lunch break, and came back to the store to close the deal. Sold the car, these young shrimp fishermen paid CASH (greenbacks out of their jeans pockets) and drove away. Elapsed time..3 hours.

My best story....air force major, wife and 2 sons come in and want to buy one the last of the big, rear wheel drive 98's. Carreer military fols typicaly get every mile out of ther cars before they trade, and their Cutlass, while clean and amintained was used up. We did not discount these big 98's much because we didn't have to.

Anyway, after working with them for EIGHT hours (both sides sincerely trying to make a deal happen, I sent the wife and kids to the movies in the middle of it), an old Italian wholesaler stepped up to their trade, and made the deal. It was a wonderful experience for all of us beacuse of the sincere effort on both sides.

People asked me, wasn't that awful? Hell no. If I could have worked with one customer, all day, every day and sell them, I would have been a rock star and made a real good living. (and enjoyed the work)

That being said, there are a lot of crazy MF's that show up at dealerships. Be careful.