"Carbon Fiber Sasquatch" (turbopumpkin)
04/30/2016 at 00:18 • Filed to: None
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"Carbon Fiber Sasquatch" (turbopumpkin)
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Honest question. Do you think being an enthusiast would be a benefit in that line of work? Would only certain brands and marquees benefit or would it help in general?
GT12 for your time
6Cylinder
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 00:21 |
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No. Because you wouldn’t let anyone leave with a boring car or a bad deal.
I've never met an enthusiast salesman.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 00:24 |
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Some of the best salesman we’ve ever worked with are true Gearheads
Your boy, BJR
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 00:26 |
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Well that depends on the enthusiast. Being a car salesman has nothing to do with being an enthusiast. At all. It has do do with people. You could know everything about what you’re selling but still be a shitty salesman, but a great salesman doesn’t need to know anything about cars. A great salesman only needs to know how to keep asking questions. As long as you’re asking questions, you control the conversation. The longer you control the conversation, the more your chances of closing the deal go up. Only one of the top 3 salesman at my stepdad’s dealerships has intimate knowledge of cars. But that comes second to knowing how to work a conversation.
CRider
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 00:27 |
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“FOR THE LAST TIME, I DON’T WANT A CUP MIATA, I WANT A BLACK CR-V WITH AN AUTOMATIC AND A SUNROOF! YOU DON’T EVEN SELL MAZDAS!”
Birddog
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 00:30 |
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No.
I did it for a while and being an enthusiast only came in handy on two out of 25 deals at two different stores. (Toyota and Chevy)
It is a fun gig if you can hack it though.
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Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
> Your boy, BJR
04/30/2016 at 00:31 |
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Oh yes, having the proper mentality is everything. I’m a banker and it’s a very similar field, some people have great financial knowledge but aren’t good at getting that mortgage. However, financial knowledge helps a lot. I was wondering if being an enthusiast is helpful in the field, if it could separate you from the generic salesman
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 00:49 |
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Depends: do you mean an oppo enthusiast, or an FP enthusiast?
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 00:57 |
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Only if you can either turn that enthusiasm off 90% of the time, or use it to excite customers. But most will be bored by the things that excite us oppos.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 01:18 |
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It ain't about cars. It's about selling $4!+.
RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 01:46 |
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Do something for work long enough and you will hate it. So, no.
Khalbali
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 02:16 |
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I second the “no”, I lasted a year and switched to wrenching instead.
pImpOfThePerverse
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 02:41 |
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I’ve noticed that most enthusiasts hate most cars.
Brian Silvestro
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 07:49 |
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Yes, because I’m aware of a good example. A guy at Ramsey Subaru in NJ moves basically all the WRXs in the tri-state region because he connects via forums and gives discounts and shit.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 08:47 |
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I did it for about a year. I think it helped. Yeah 90% of the time I was selling boring cars, like Ford Escapes, and Jeep Grand Cherokees. But it helped because 1, I knew what I was talking about. Because I find learning about cars interesting 2. I could get people excited about car buying, because I was excited for them. I love buying a new, to me, car. So my goal was always to get that customer excited.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> CRider
04/30/2016 at 08:49 |
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I once convinced a customer to buy a manual Focus hatchback when we came in looking at an automatic Avenger. And I would haven made more money selling the Avenger.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Birddog
04/30/2016 at 08:50 |
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Yeah it can suck, a lot, but every once and awhile you get a fun customer who buys, and it makes your day. Plus you get to test drive lots of stuff which is fun.
hike
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 08:51 |
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No. Not at all. Sometimes it’s bad to know too much. I’d make a terrible salesman because I know too much. I’d either confuse the customer or have them buy something else. Though I think I could sell Mazda’s.
An enthusiast would make a good product specialist, but again, that position also requires the ability and patience to show the features, not just knowledge about them.
R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 09:02 |
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It did not help me at all. Granted all the potential buyers where I was selling were subprime.
Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
04/30/2016 at 09:17 |
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I think it depends on the brand you’re selling. The dealer group I’m part of allows me to sell things like Toyota and VW, and being an enthusiast there doesnt help at all. However my main brand, MINI, being an enthusiast helps because most MINI people are car people as well. I also find that most Alfa Romeo people are always enthusiasts, but not so much for Maserati
pjhusa
> CRider
04/30/2016 at 09:34 |
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truuu
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Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/30/2016 at 10:12 |
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Let's say for the sake of friendliness, oppos lol
F40LM
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/30/2016 at 15:24 |
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Asking the real questions