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RyZ · 02-02-2007, 07:35 AM

Great thread. I work as a car salesman myself and I was a little shocked (in a good way) about how a car dealership worked when I first started. The place I work at doesn't seem to be like a lot of the bad experiences people seem to be having. I would say that 5 of our 6 full time sales reps are good solid guys that maintain a high level of integrity in our jobs and we get it from our sales manager and business manager. We're not there trying to screw people over.

The main thing I was suprised about was the markup in the vehicles. We have about a $2200 markup on a $40 000 vehicle at my dealership but some customers want to come in, get $3000 off the sticker price, free oil chages for the life of the vehicle and a free set of winter tires..... we have to just walk them out the door.

If a customer is reasonable we usually have no trouble splitting the markup with them down the middle.... or giving oil changes and tires. One or the other though.

02-02-2007, 07:35 AM	#123
RyZ First Line Centre Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	Great thread. I work as a car salesman myself and I was a little shocked (in a good way) about how a car dealership worked when I first started. The place I work at doesn't seem to be like a lot of the bad experiences people seem to be having. I would say that 5 of our 6 full time sales reps are good solid guys that maintain a high level of integrity in our jobs and we get it from our sales manager and business manager. We're not there trying to screw people over. The main thing I was suprised about was the markup in the vehicles. We have about a $2200 markup on a $40 000 vehicle at my dealership but some customers want to come in, get $3000 off the sticker price, free oil chages for the life of the vehicle and a free set of winter tires..... we have to just walk them out the door. If a customer is reasonable we usually have no trouble splitting the markup with them down the middle.... or giving oil changes and tires. One or the other though. Last edited by RyZ; 02-02-2007 at 07:47 AM.