Confessions of a Car Salesman - Page 3

rawdizzle · 06-14-2006, 11:11 PM

For me dealer reputation is worth more than saving every last penny.

When negotiating I go for broke, No pain no gain is my motto, if my salesman is sweating I know im doing good.. Actually I try to push as hard as I can to see what my options are.

Ps.- Ralphy- Where's my Aspec package you promised. you know I still havent got that survey filled out yet

- Pizzas can make 400% profit because after all they are only 10.00
imagine a 30,000 pizza with 400% profit. now you can see why people dont want to pay a dime over invoice.. we all know that dealers have holdback and whatnot, so just sell the car @ invoice and let Acura pay what they deem apporpriate to the sales people. this way the salesperson doesnt have a headache and the buyer doesnt feel like he's getting takin over. But the world isnt perfect, at least my TSX is...

VTEC powa

ralphymacchio · 06-15-2006, 12:23 PM

well, just for the record, salespeople dont get paid on the holdback.

thanks for making me sweat. and for the good survey youre gonna give me. bitchazz

now dump that thing.

shay654 · 09-13-2006, 04:38 PM

I gotta read this when I have time! Sounds IN-TER-ES-TING! I like to get into people's heads and see what makes them TICK! hehe

hoOnzABPtsX · 09-13-2006, 08:03 PM

i read this before I got my TSX and it definitely gave me a lot of insight into the car sales industry. A must read

Linda S · 10-13-2006, 06:01 PM

Just read the article..interesting that he says he thinks the dealership should make a profit...and almost immediately he says 16% profit on a $25000 car is too much, that it meant the buyer paid $4000 too much. Guess what, folks, 16% of $25000 is $4000...so I wonder where the dealership was supposed to make the profit on that sale.

Yes, my dh was in the biz, he didn't work like the ones described in the article & he would never buy a car from dealers who pull the pressure bit. He also knows there is no such thing as a No-Haggle price if you have a trade-in. But I can tell you since he retired & we've bought, he does let the salesman sit awhile while he goes out to talk with me, kinda giving back what they give to him.

Yes, we do alot of research on the internet & we know what to expect as far as pricing is concerned...but we do not begrudge a dealership a profit. He never got rich and no one will get rich off us. We are not impulse buyers, or we try not to be. Buyers remorse is a horrible disease, but easily caught because of America's infatuation w/cars.

Just bought a red TSX AT...drives like a dream. It will be our last car unless we win the lottery...if that happens, I'll go back for an RL. We paid $26550 + tax. The dealer provided pin stripes, a trunk tray & wheel locks. We talked with several dealers, but spent a few dollars more to buy at home.

Happy trails....Linda S

shay654 · 10-13-2006, 06:03 PM

^^^^ IN-TER-ES-TING! Thanks for the insight! And congrats and welcome!

speed3master · 11-30-2006, 11:51 PM

ralphymacchio

"If people would stop looking at the bottom line and start taking into account how close the dealer is to them, how nice the service dept is, how well they were treated during the sales process and how much they can actually afford... they will find that buying a car can actually be enjoyable like it should be. Instead, some (not all) will cut another dealers throat for a set of splash guards and spend 80 bucks on gas to drive 200 miles out of the way, to get the car from a dealer who only views them as a chip on a board, nothing more, nothing less....... you figure it out.....

Sorry if this offended anyone, but when you deal with this day in and day out. It becomes your reality. Cheers - Dave"

Now that’s an excellent statement, and it should not offend anyone.
When I checked into the dealer from where I got my TSX, these were exactly the facts I factored in before making the purchase. It took over three weeks from my initial visit before I drove out with the new car.
The dealer is awarded 6 times by Acura’s precision team, and they are located only ten minutes from my residence. Their price was right; beside the TSX was a lot less than the Lexus EX-350, my initial target.
I know I can go there with full confidence for the services.

So far, a happy camper…

Warder45 · 12-21-2006, 12:16 AM

So what is the deal with the fleet manager? In the article it mentions that people where buying their car's through them online.

I don't mind giving the dealership some profit, I just don't like dealing with the sales people. If I can get a price thats fair and just show up to pick up the car, I'd be happy.

Red TSX · 03-03-2007, 05:34 AM

anyone know which dealership this is at?

XxHaimBondxX · 04-02-2009, 06:25 PM

Here's another article, IMO as interesting and worth reading as this one:

Confessions of an Auto Finance Manager - Edmunds.com

gentrispat · 10-06-2009, 04:33 AM

I accept: Detailing the wacky misadventures over a month on the job at an auto dealership, apparently car sales is a far nuttier career choice than anyone had imagined. In fact, it's downright vicious, especially the way it's done at South Side, where bossman Daniel Benzali (channeling Alec Baldwin's Glengarry Glen Ross character) is the kind of megalomaniacal nightmare you run into only in politics and Hollywood.
The salesmen all have their own curious stories that follow them on and off the job. One salesman has sex with a woman on a test drive and she steals the ride.