is car sales one of the most overrated jobs around ?
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I have worked in car dealerships over the years in various positions , but not sales . It never seized to amaze me how sales people were put on such pedestals! I worked in an alfa and fiat dealer many years ago were cars were flying out the door due to fiats low pricing and the fact that the alfa 156 had just been launched .
So why are sales people given such perks when the technicians / engineers and even parts people are treated as the bottom of the food chain ?
Selling cars as opposed to say trucks , machinery or some under product which isn't bought primarily because of a badge or its styling isn't exactly rocket science !
So why are sales people given such perks when the technicians / engineers and even parts people are treated as the bottom of the food chain ?
Selling cars as opposed to say trucks , machinery or some under product which isn't bought primarily because of a badge or its styling isn't exactly rocket science !
well that's not me mr mullen! and I don't believe sales people work any harder than those who work in a busy w/ shop or parts dept.
If I am going to buy a new bmw and return to that dealer to buy another it will depend on a no. of things which have little to do with sales people.
1 . I am buying into the bmw brand
2. I will be expecting the car to drive well and look well
3. the car will have had to have been reasonably fault free
4. the dealer will have to look after me well and sort out faults when car in for servicing / warranty work or repairs
If I am going to buy a new bmw and return to that dealer to buy another it will depend on a no. of things which have little to do with sales people.
1 . I am buying into the bmw brand
2. I will be expecting the car to drive well and look well
3. the car will have had to have been reasonably fault free
4. the dealer will have to look after me well and sort out faults when car in for servicing / warranty work or repairs
as already said if the service back up and / or the reliability of car is not good then the customer is not going to go back to the garage again no matter how nice the sales person is.
Mr mullen , do sales people work sundays and the other 6 days in the week ? I think not and also when there is no customer there they often just flute around looking busy !
I am sure part of the reason cars are priced high at SCOM is the preparation involved in each one - whether that is valeting or servicing / repairs - you being nice to the customer doesn't really add much to the cars !
Mr mullen , do sales people work sundays and the other 6 days in the week ? I think not and also when there is no customer there they often just flute around looking busy !
I am sure part of the reason cars are priced high at SCOM is the preparation involved in each one - whether that is valeting or servicing / repairs - you being nice to the customer doesn't really add much to the cars !
think the reason I started this thread is that I work close to MB and BMW dealerships , see the sales people - some fairly young - driving around in their co. vehicles ( are they actually co. vehicles ? do they pay tax on them ? think not !) if they are company vehicles they must be earning big money to cover company car tax if they are not paying BIK then its not fair on the likes of technicians who are unlikely to be able to afford to drive such vehicles.
getting people to buy things they don't really want is not a skill - unless you would also call being a pick pocket skill full !
mr mullen you really don't do yourself or scom any favours on this site ! taking an enquiry in the early hours of the morning isn't exactly in the same league as rebuilding on engine on a GT2 is it ?
like most sales people your sense of importance of yourself in the grand scheme of things is deluded !
getting people to buy things they don't really want is not a skill - unless you would also call being a pick pocket skill full !
mr mullen you really don't do yourself or scom any favours on this site ! taking an enquiry in the early hours of the morning isn't exactly in the same league as rebuilding on engine on a GT2 is it ?
like most sales people your sense of importance of yourself in the grand scheme of things is deluded !
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