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Forum: Idea Exchange
Topic: New Recruit Sales Consultant Questions
Topic Posted by: Aylene RhigerOrganization: My Success Company
Date Posted: Fri Jan 11 11:33:21 2002
Topic Description: If you've just started (or you're thinking about embarking on) an auto sales career, here's the place to ask auto sales people across the globe whatever questions you may have.
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Posted by: Jeremy (jworthen2002@yahoo.com )
Date posted: Wed Jan 15 0:33:21 2003
Subject: New Car Salesman w/ a GED
Message:
First off, I would like to say without this web site, my knowledge for sales would be ZERO.
Here is my question and problem. Q1. It seems like the manager always puts down his employees. Instead of saying what we could do to improve our sales, he complaines about what we do wrong. I have only been in car sales (any type of sales at all) for 5 days now but it seems to me that motivation would be more then complaining. Are all car dealerships like this?
Q.2 The majority of my partners want energy, excitment, something to livein up the place but there is nothing. I know that I have only been working there for 5 days, but today (Jan. 14, 03) I had a 12 hr. shift and 99% of the cars that drove in went straight to the service dept. I stood outside for 9 hrs. of my shift and only four cars that drove up were interested in cars. And two of those were friends of the person waiting for their car to come out of the service dept. Is this normal?
Q3. The managers son works at the dealership. And it seems like he (our manager) gives most of the deals to his son. His son has 7 1/2 sales for the week so far. Everyone else only has 4 to 4 1/2. His son has a total of 11 for the month and everyone else has 6 to 7. I guess that I'm a newborn to this type of business. But 97% of the people are saying stuff about favortism. I just want to learn my new found skill, and learn it well. I ask everyone there if they ever read of material on how to improve their sales or skills. But everyone looks at me like I'm stupid, or they don't get my question. My goal is to learn what I can + more. I know I will always be a student. Maybe just a little more qualified then the next person or a little less then the next. Is this normal for a car dealership?
I pretty much asked my Q and P in my Qustions. But, for a greenpee, what would be some good advice for me? I alredy have goals and standerds set. But with the negative attitude of this dealership. And this being my only hope for about a year or so until I get some more experiance. How can I block out all the negative from the sales manager + other employees?
Well, I have rambeled on enough for now. But I will have a lot more Qs in the future. If you respond, or just take the time to read this I am grateful for your time. THANK YOU.
| Chris Parra | Wed Jan 15 0:54:11 2003 |
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