if anyone has wondered what working at a known-brand dealership is like i'll green text
> inter-office politics > everyone hates everyone except the people in clans and cliques. > all the departments are lazy and will never go out of their way to help you.
For example, if the service department has to assist the sales department, or the parts department, or the used car department or any combination thereof, they will likely not help at all, forget to help, or do the lowest quality work they can. because it doesnt effect their bottom line. Speaking of bottom line... > never any money for new equipment, tools, services, or manpower because sales are down and it's always "the worst month"
> a lot of people are fucking. but its the ugly people. > you will get ripped off. if you know by how much you're getting ripped off and overcharged you would never step foot into a stealership ever again.
> your parts are made in china. every single one of them. the romantic slogans about being built ford tough et al are memes. with the exception of European cars and engines.
> mechanics or "technicians" as they are called these days, are literally the most retarded people you will ever meet. how these mouthbreathers function is beyond me. they will also all get cancer and die slow painful deaths because they are too cool to wear PPE and love huffing exhaust all day long.
> the only way to advance your position is if somebody dies or leaves. but by then your soul is fucked up beyond repair and it doesnt even matter.
welcome to dealership stories general
Michael Anderson
I’m liking the concept user >tell me about the first car you sold >the worst car you sold >and the dumbes customer you’ve ever met
Thomas Powell
sorry to disappoint but im not in sales. plenty of salesmen on Veeky Forums though i remember reading some funny shit.
i couldnt unironically sell anything at my job. Chrysler is dogshit
Justin Torres
When salesfaggots tell the customer "let me go check" or "let me find the blah blah manager", where exactly do they go?
Is there a specific hiding room for them to just sit there and stare at a clock and waste time?
Nicholas Jenkins
>Go into to dealership >Come back out with no pants, an exploded anus,10 different types of STDS and a permanent limp. >Got a new car at least
Gabriel Martinez
All sales shits cannot be trusted including OP. They go back there and bullshit and waste time. Sales is a bullshit job that only exists to help clueless retards. Note how no university offers sales classes, one does not get a sales degree. It's literally lies from start to finish, they also won't learn the company policies, software, or anything else "because I'm making money for the company"
Lincoln Hughes
> the only way to advance your position is if somebody dies or leaves. I thought that was how most jobs worked, or maybe it's because I've never worked for a decent company.
Christopher Stewart
What the hell does that have to do with the question
Kayden Green
>they go back there to bullshit and waste time they sit in the smoko room and turn the jug on
Charles Richardson
>leased a new car at least ftfy
Jace Campbell
tfw i work at an actual honest, transparent dealership where no one is a lying piece of shit to coworkers or customers.
it's almost impossible to find a dealership like mine but they are out there.
corporate won't even let us sell cars above MSRP and only the rarest of models get sold at MSRP. every customer that walks in starts at invoice and can work down if they're really negotiating or have gotten a better price somewhere else.
finance doesn't dick people over and sell them crazy high rates, we always go for the lowest available rate per the customers credit.
Cameron Jackson
Do not trust the sales shit, his job is to lie and jack you off for the commission. Buy used from a private party, go home.
Juan Bailey
lying here won't benefit me in any way whatsoever, as i'm not going to say where i work.
believe what you want, though. it's not like people don't have every reason in the world to trust dealerships. good ones do exist, though.
Aiden Lopez
My question is are you able to stop the lie-filter when talking to friends and family
Jackson Kelly
>be me >stupid kid with no immediate money, no time to find car, and need one asap >no choice but to go to a dealership >go with stepfather and mom who has serious health issues >she smokes pot because it's the only thing cheap enough as pain/nausea medicine for out broke asses >after going through too many stealerships where they practiced selling more than anything car related find one with decent dealer >has a CR-V which at the time filled everything I needed from a DD >decide to buy it >guy pitties my mom and marks it down a ton without me even asking >about a week later have to go back for a reason I forget >apparently my mom told him about medical issues last time we were there >he straight up gives her some pot at the front door >tfw Oregon
Gavin Turner
i don't lie to do my job, so there's no lie-filter to stop or whatever the fuck you're talking about.
Jeremiah Morgan
I just started as an apprentice 2 weeks ago but it's a whole different world to the every make/model shop I came from. This place is oddball as it has multiple brands under 1 roof.
>brake services all day, recommended once a year and/or every 20 000 km with oil change packages >mechanics don't make any money on tire repairs so they do temp. Plugs and only sell tires if customer has asked for condition, or stated on work order ex."cust. reports winters have vibration" No shit their 10 years old and the belt shifted >warranty work pays shit so mechanics will do other jobs and let a car take up a bay while parts come or other work is available >2018 cars have pre-delivery inspections/service and even recalls for stupid shit like plastic buttons "bubbling" >every shop team/management team is different Ex. My manager gets owner to buy me and our mechanics lunch on Fridays, other brand in the same shop get bagels once a week and fight over them >other dealers send our head tech, my supervisory mechanic the hard electrical diagnosis jobs they can't figure out >on my 3 rd day I spend an hour tracing short from fuse box to harness, through firewall to a broken wire leading to a sidemarker 2 other shops tried and failed to find the problem >my head tech gives me his extra snap on torque angle gauge as gift for helping him while he did work that pays >Still it's not what you know, it's who you know Also I love this fault finder
Blake Hernandez
I work for an honest Honda dealership. I work in the shop. I've never worked for a better place.
Jonathan Walker
I work at a dealership, all I do is fix DCS net problems, I can post my guide for 99% of problems if anyone here is sales at BMW/Mini
Justin Morris
What caliber bullet is in the gun pointed at your head?
Xavier Collins
>Go to get car serviced >They fucked up the mileage on report >Told guy about it >Basically was rude as fuck >Inspection still has wrong mileage
never buying another honda ever
Nolan Turner
give up the fight bud
Noah Allen
>worked at a dealership in LA county Pajeet: "I want the Accord Touring for $27k out the door." Salesman: "Sir the sticker price is around $32000 where are you getting these numbers?" Pajeet: "My friend told me he got it from Proctor Honda for that price." Salesman: "I've never heard of that dealership before, where is it located?" Pajeet: "Florida Salesman: "Why are you still here I'd fly there to get that kind of a deal!"
Charles Young
he fucked your mom and made her gag on his cock for the mark down and pot lmao
you are literally Forrest Gump
at least mommy loves you and got you a cheap car son
Chase Russell
.68 its some weird proprietary double-necked shit but its fukken big tho
Adam Phillips
your moms mental issues are from pot and there is no way psychotropics cost more than weed. weed is expensive
Benjamin Jackson
27 with all the tax and shit I can understand
Isaac Anderson
bought my car at a used car dealership like this. was amazing. no pressure, reasonable haggleing, friendly actually happy people (not the fake happy that feels like someone talking to their boss)
Jack Bailey
just started in sales a few months ago, get nervous trying to remember all the shit im supposed to do, end up feeling like a failure when they drive away
Levi Richardson
>really didn't want to buy a new car, but ended up pushed into it by parents cause im spineless and I needed a car the same day >seller won't leave me alone to just look at the cars >seller won't shut the fuck up about his review >have enough money to buy the car 100% but they still try and sell me it at some shitty rate for literally an hour straight >parents just grin and nod like I'm getting a good deal while my wallet gets HIV >try to sell bullshit 20$ sprays and shit for 500$ >seller texts me on my private phone weeks after buying the car for a review
You have to be the dimmest fucking retard to buy new from these kikes, and here I am.
Austin Martinez
Here in Israel, buying new car below MSRP is not possible I think. fucking jews do you guys sale below MSRP even for new models that just came out?
Gavin Cruz
dealership stories you say?
Connor Russell
he never said mental issues
Ryder Reed
>work at small luxury brand dealership >none of those problems ever >all departments make money hand over fist >no poorfag customers >tons of special events for employees >probably gonna have catfish for today's catered lunch >allowed to just grab a lift and wrench on my own cars off the clock despite not even being a tech >supervisor doesn't mind me sitting around on phone or laptop during downtime >can stick around for as much overtime as I want >mad discounts and bennies Must suck to suck OP.
Jacob Brown
The king has returned!
Elijah Watson
do it I dare you
David Reyes
>weed is expensive I'm from fucking Texas and I can get Colorado shit for $5/g. What timeline are you even in?
Elijah Hernandez
Protip; only go to locally owned stealerships. Check the "auto group" they're in. If they do tons of local charity work and events, go to the dealership and chat up some of the folks in service or parts, especially the dude chilling out in the warehouse. Ask how they get treated, what the employee perks are like. If he tells you its hard as hell to get fired and they put in an employee gym and daycare, it's probably okay to buy from them.
Josiah Lewis
I feel more bad for you being poor. What are you pulling in 50k lmao?
Zachary Edwards
pls LPG!
Jose Stewart
>Oh shit his company is better than mine and treats him great >better call him poor! I can't hear you over the sound of the squat rack in the employee gym.
By the way, it was catfish after all.
Wyatt Gomez
My wife works at a pretty big dealership as a front desk girl. Started off just answering phones and transferring to the right department but now she checks in cars handles paper work organises charts and shit and has gotten a huge raise basically being the presidents right hand. She was inschool for psychology but realized it's a bullshit major and wants to switch to Biz and go into sales as a career. What do? Is it even a good job?
Lincoln Martinez
What, sales? Half of my family got stupid rich selling insurance, another one sold multi-petabyte corporate storage systems, and the only outlier is the ER surgeon. All but the surgeon are retired and living in huge expensive houses doing whatever the fuck they please.
Yes, sales is a good fucking job.
Angel Gonzalez
if you are socially inclined
sales is for the "bydlo"
Liam Hall
Sorry I meant auto sales like at that dealership she wants to transition to their sales dept. She sees all these hotshot sales guys at her job pulling in 9k a month (she processes payroll) and wants to be like them. She's very sociable and is quite pretty. Made a killing selling phones for radioshack before they went under
Nolan Bennett
Oh, that's even better. I have a friend who went that route. Managed a cricket stand for his father in high school, used his connections through cricket to get spare parts and retail boxes for phones he would fix and sell on the side. Moved up to flipping cars on Craigslist and drove a BMW Z3 before he even graduated and then went on to be a real estate agent. Never went to college. Made oodles of money, never bothered to ask how much.
She should be fine.
Caleb Torres
So when I calculate my finances for buying a home I should just emotionally pretend were a single income house? Lol cuz that was how I thought it was. Not even count her salary towards our monthly income since it fluctuates
Nicholas Roberts
>weed is expensive lol
Cooper Brown
Are you even typing out coherent thoughts right now I have no idea what you are asking.
Xavier Evans
Phoneposting while watching live pd sorry
What I mean is so should I count on her to make any amount of cash that actually contributes to our monthly income then? Cuz when i calculated the budget initially I counted "auto sales" as more of a hobby then anything and not rely on that money for monthly bills since it's fickle and changes based on monthly performance
Christian Rogers
Don't be a tease. Bump for the Xmas stories i missed last year.
Mason Roberts
Any sales pro's here? I need tips on overcoming objectives and getting them inside you know the all scenarios throw me a bone
Colton Sanders
Used to work in a Hasidic Jew neighborhood. Boy Jews are no joke they will do literally ANYTHING to save money. They are next level hagglers and manipulators.
Jonathan Myers
>salesmen lie therefore private party don't Private sellers are the biggest liars you dip
Jackson Edwards
Private sellers don't necessarily lie as part of their job, therefor they are generally worse at it
Noah Williams
>go to Toyota dealership for 2JZ throttle body >guy goes searching for the part >asks what car >Toyota Aristo >says oh its JDM? cant help you >say how about one for a 1998 Toyota Supra then >says no >fuck them
Nissan dealerships are way better on handling JDM vehicles apparently, Toyota hasnt been great unless i shut my mouth on what model it is
Brody Torres
literally an easy fix. we fuck this up ALLLLLL the time at my dealer. carfaxonline.com -> resources ,,, etc