With all the talk of buying cars... would you become a car salesman?

[ckelly78z]

The only way I would sell cars for a living is if it was my own name on the door, of my own lot.

[Tobra]

No way, I would rather go fishing.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by speeder

The sales arrangement you describe has been around since cavemen roamed the earth. No salesman worth a half a schit would work in that kind of place. The places I worked, if you could not close a deal yourself, it was "hit the bricks."

Coffee is for closers.

Not everyone gets to sell Porsches. In fact while I was at the Chevy dealer the sales guys were all talking about how to get o Cadillac while the Cadillac guys were talking about how to get to a European dealer.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Not everyone gets to sell Porsches. In fact while I was at the Chevy dealer the sales guys were all talking about how to get o Cadillac while the Cadillac guys were talking about how to get to a European dealer.

I agree. I was in the right place at the right time for that job, just walked in when they had just fired someone or something(?)

BTW, selling Cadillacs back in the old days was a great gig for a career car salesman. Lots of repeat customers, they send their friends in, etc... It happened on "Mad Men."

It just always depends on who is running the place. A Chevy dealer could be great in the right part of the country. A lot of guys made great livings selling work trucks and pick up trucks.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by look 171

Its all about closing the deal, not about the car. It never was.

I looked for sales jobs in my industry when I got out of college due to a very slow economy. Since I had a strong background in cabinet making and woodworking business, I thought I qualify for selling cabinet re-facing and make a living. The manager told me that you are good at what you do, this is business, its not about the product, just go close the deal and make it stick. I quit two weeks after that because I was selling customers siht. Real siht for a lot of money.

I was going to suggests Home Depot since you have plenty of knowledge in HVAC and just building stuff in general. The customers can really benefit from that and that you have great communication skills. A feel good job and get out of the house for a few hours. You can believer the stuff that come out of the mouth of some of those guys. Absolutely bad or wrong advice. I would do that just for kicks

To many it is the first rule in sales: ABC, Always Be Closing.