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anyone here been a car salesman?

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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 11:12 AM
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Default anyone here been a car salesman?

Theres a honda dealership in cleveland hiring.......$10,000 siging bonus

Has anyone here ever sold cars?

things to look out for?
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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Be nice for gosh sakes...that's all I ask.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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take 10 grand stay a while maybe buy a car and quit :shrug:
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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Better look at how long you have to be there to not have to pay that signing bonus back
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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If it's a car dealership and they have to pay you 10k upfront just to come work for them, that isn't a good sign.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mr22na
take 10 grand stay a while maybe buy a car and quit :shrug:
:gtfo:

if someone is giving you 10k as a signing bonus it means you signed a contract , he's going to be there a while before the money is actually his. if he left early he would have to pay it back
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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Do a search. Fatbooty broke it down about a year ago about what it's like selling cars. VERY informative post.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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my friend works at hertz and used to work for bmw
he loves hertz, pulls home 9k-12k a month, and busts his ass at work

bmw had a shitty system for commisions, they split them with the finance guy, and the finance guy would do shady things to get a bigger cut

but hertz has been great i guess, he has been there 8 months and they are getting ready to promote him to a fininace manager position, salaried at around 100k and commisions on top, sounds good to me

but its not an easy job, customers hate you and are very hostile, some days you wont sell anything at all so no commisions for you, you will sell cars to people that cant afford them and know it, you will take advantage of people

but hell, might as well try it out and see how it goes
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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My old roommate use to work at a honda dealership in L.A he hated it, then again he got let go cuz he did'nt sell enough cars
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