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Last Saturday I traded the 2000 328 for a 2004 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SL. The Bimmer had 215K miles on it and was starting to have $$shit going bad. The new car looks like this (not my real car)
http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/poc/121119/564r1/8422lek_27.jpeg
Black with grey interior, 123K miles and no problems. It's filthy since it's been raining ever since I started driving it. Customer of mine traded it for a 2013 Accord LX.
And on another note......I have an interview with the Security company I worked 5 years for on Thursday. I really want out of the car bidness......
Woot!!
Show them :thehandle:
boracayjohnny
01-13-2013, 11:25am
I remember your thread about the trade in. Also, good luck with the Security j-o-b. :seasix:
kingpin
01-13-2013, 11:27am
What's the security job about?
What's the security job about?
www.cpisecurity.com
kingpin
01-13-2013, 11:30am
Home Security Systems | Business Security Systems | CPI Security (http://www.cpisecurity.com)
Ah, well good luck Henry!
Sucks about the car sales job.
Ah, well good luck Henry!
Sucks about the car sales job.I don't handle stupid very well....hence Car sales just pissed me off 85% of the time....
Stangkiller
01-13-2013, 11:33am
Good luck Henry!
kylebuck
01-13-2013, 11:40am
Awesome news
Millenium Vette
01-13-2013, 11:42am
I don't handle stupid very well....hence Car sales just pissed me off 85% of the time....
BTDT. Best of luck on getting out of that business, it only grows more tiresome with time.
:cert:
BTDT. Best of luck on getting out of that business, it only grows more tiresome with time.
:cert:
I didn't want to do it 3 years ago.....I've hated it the entire time. Most of the buying public are ignorant. SERIOUS!!!!!
Truck Guy
01-13-2013, 11:59am
BTDT. Best of luck on getting out of that business, it only grows more tiresome with time.
:cert::iagree: I got 36 years of stories to tell...
I thank GOD every day that I'm not in the retail side of the business :yesnod:
Good luck with the interview.:seasix:
Last Saturday I traded the 2000 328 for a 2004 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SL. The Bimmer had 215K miles on it and was starting to have $$shit going bad. The new car looks like this (not my real car)
http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/poc/121119/564r1/8422lek_27.jpeg
Black with grey interior, 123K miles and no problems. It's filthy since it's been raining ever since I started driving it. Customer of mine traded it for a 2013 Accord LX.
And on another note......I have an interview with the Security company I worked 5 years for on Thursday. I really want out of the car bidness......
Carzone looks like a former Taco Bell. Just sayin'.
99 pewtercoupe
01-13-2013, 12:51pm
Good Luck Henry. Hope it goes your way
And on another note......I have an interview with the Security company I worked 5 years for on Thursday. I really want out of the car bidness......
Good luck man.
Carzone looks like a former Taco Bell. Just sayin'.
Now I'm hungry for some real Mexican.
I'm going down the road abit to where the illegals are cooking.
I didn't want to do it 3 years ago.....I've hated it the entire time. Most of the buying public are ignorant. SERIOUS!!!!!
I would think that would be helpful in your business. Don't you typically make more money on the "well, what's my payment" crowd than on the, "what's my out the door price on this car, the one I am looking at the exact same thing at 6 other dealerships" buyer?
Aren't uneducated buyers the ones that buy the extended warranties, the mop-n-glo, the ones that receive the higher packs, etc.?
www.cpisecurity.com
Sales? Commission only or salary?
Carzone looks like a former Taco Bell. Just sayin'.
:shrug: Just a pic fom a Google search....not my car or dealership. Yes it does have a messican flair...
I would think that would be helpful in your business. Don't you typically make more money on the "well, what's my payment" crowd than on the, "what's my out the door price on this car, the one I am looking at the exact same thing at 6 other dealerships" buyer?
Aren't uneducated buyers the ones that buy the extended warranties, the mop-n-glo, the ones that receive the higher packs, etc.?
At the dealership I'm at I only get paid on the price (front end) I don't get a dime on the backend. But yes you are correct.:yesnod:
Jeff '79
01-13-2013, 1:49pm
Was it a straight up trade, or did you have to pay anything.??
Do you love the Maxima, as opposed to the Bimmer?
Good luck with the security gig.
A friend of ours owns one here, and does very well. He says private residences are where the real money is... I would have thought that commercial was the golden ticket but, I guess not. He still does commercial though.
I could never sell. I hate people in general, and I prolly would starve if I had to sell for a living.
Good luck getting the job...:cert:
simpleman68
01-13-2013, 1:52pm
Good luck with the new job man :yesnod:
No matter the outcome, I've always found the best thing I can do for myself is to always welcome change and going someplace else if I'm not diggin' my current surroundings. :cert:
Scott
Good luck Henry! I know you'll do well whatever happens. I've always had faith in ya! :cert:
VatorMan
01-13-2013, 2:07pm
Good luck Henry !
MrPeabody
01-13-2013, 2:13pm
I don't handle stupid very well....hence Car sales just pissed me off 85% of the time....
Hope you get the new job. The worst thing about the car business, aside from the ignorant customers, is that you have to work with a bunch of car salesmen.:leaving:
Ol Timer
01-13-2013, 2:24pm
Good luck. Life's too short to have to work at a job you can't stand.
mike100
01-13-2013, 3:37pm
A friend of mine has been slinging alarms off and on for the last 15 years (got back into it when the housing market tanked). He has the gift of gab, but has never tried to sell cars- I'm sure there is a reason.
OddBall
01-13-2013, 3:44pm
Good luck on the CPI! :cert:
polarbear
01-13-2013, 5:24pm
Good luck!
I retired out of the biz almost a decade ago (the first time). In retrospect, the only mistake I made was going back into it. Didn't take me long to remember why I called it quits the first time.
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JRD77VET
01-13-2013, 7:38pm
I don't handle stupid very well....hence Car sales just pissed me off 85% of the time....
:iagree: I'm a little too blunt to deal with the general public as stupid people piss me off.
The one exception was when I helped out my friend Roger at his gun shop. Springfield Armory 1911-A1 ( .45 ) in a DeSantis cross draw shoulder holster in plain view plus Roger's full permission to throw anybody out of the shop I wanted (backed by the BATF too )
Good luck Henry :cert:
Well the interview went very well. They have to make sure I am eligible for rehire before they can offer me the position. I will have to start at the bottom but hey....I know that won't last that long. I'm stoked, I have the manager of their largest and most successful office wanting me (doesn't hurt that I trained him when he 1st started as a lowly rep) and I have the VP of marketing wanting me back and going to meet with the VP of sales tomorrow and showing him my numbers when I was there.
99 pewtercoupe
01-17-2013, 6:18pm
Again, good luck. You know we are all pulling for you.
Although KP may be pulling something else:dance:
Entropy
01-17-2013, 7:46pm
Good luck Henry.
Flatbush Harry
01-17-2013, 8:21pm
Good luck, Mang. Hope the change works and is a good one.
:cert:
yrHar
Good luck, Mang. Hope the change works and is a good one.
:cert:
yrHar
I can only hope one day to be 1/10 as successful as you have been HarraH :seasix:
I can only hope one day to be 1/10 as successful as you have been HarraH :seasix:
Don't sell yourself short.....go for 3/8ths as successful. Now, go get yourself a roast beef sammich.
kingpin
01-17-2013, 9:50pm
Good Luck Henry. :cheers:
jaxgator
01-18-2013, 9:03am
Best of luck meeting with the VP of sales today Henry. :seasix:
Bucwheat
01-18-2013, 10:36am
Good luck Henry! :seasix:
Truck Guy
01-18-2013, 12:05pm
Good luck HenRy!
Wish you had the want to sell commercial vehicles :yesnod:
The pay is great...if you sell a bunch :D
Superstreet
01-18-2013, 12:08pm
Well the interview went very well. They have to make sure I am eligible for rehire before they can offer me the position. I will have to start at the bottom but hey....I know that won't last that long. I'm stoked, I have the manager of their largest and most successful office wanting me (doesn't hurt that I trained him when he 1st started as a lowly rep) and I have the VP of marketing wanting me back and going to meet with the VP of sales tomorrow and showing him my numbers when I was there.
Awesome news. Good luck, Henry! :dance:
kingpin
01-23-2013, 10:08pm
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kingpin
01-23-2013, 10:08pm
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JRD77VET
01-23-2013, 10:22pm
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island14
01-23-2013, 11:02pm
Does this mean no more making TV Commercials?
Didja get the job Henry? :island14:
Does this mean no more making TV Commercials?
Didja get the job Henry? :island14:No word yet. Manager of the office said it would be before the end of the month sometime. :shrug:
On a side note there have been rumors that the dealership is being sold to the same grp that owned the BMW store I worked at. If that would be true I might stay. It was a great company to work for.
Sea Six
01-24-2013, 11:04am
Good luck, 'en-er-ry!
Mike Mercury
01-24-2013, 11:19am
And on another note......I have an interview with the Security company I worked 5 years for on Thursday. I really want out of the car bidness......
fingers crossed for ya.
syf350
01-24-2013, 11:21am
No word yet. Manager of the office said it would be before the end of the month sometime. :shrug:
On a side note there have been rumors that the dealership is being sold to the same grp that owned the BMW store I worked at. If that would be true I might stay. It was a great company to work for.
Where are you located? ever considered venturing out on your own? or possibly building up a market for a company already in the business?
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