05pearl Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 05pearl, at $0.25 each we owe you about $300.00. I'll be able to make my contribution to your tip jar as soon as mine fills up some more. :lol: Ok, but anyone else getting tips for posts owes me a tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 ^ Maybe we should post this as a new rule for the forum. Tips could be mandatory for good info and optional for good flaming. Might help offset the cost of the mod bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueWhiteBoy Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 :-D for services rendered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Wow! It worked! I got a tip! To the member who sent my paypal the $1 (for sex, or forum flaming I am not sure) THANKS! You started a new trend. From now on when I get good advice, or royally flamed here on the forum I too will leave $1 in the paypal account of the member (provided I know the account address). Tips for everyone! Now what mod to buy with my tip money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueWhiteBoy Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I do what I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDowell Performance Tunin Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Ah...good times. I sold cars at a honda/chevy/ford dealership for about a year in California. Our particular dealership was a nightmare. Most of the other salesmen were complete douches and the sales managers were some of the worst people I've ever met. They ran things the "old school" way, such as in the Edmunds write up. It was managed by a bunch of uneducated people with a warped sense of reality. I am a car fanatic and love to talk and educate people about cars. Working at that dealership took the joy out of this for me. We (the salesmen) were monitored by cameras all the time...and if someone left the lot you were chewed out by the douchebag sales manager for not selling them a car...as if everyone was going to buy who entered the lot. This is kind of me just venting, but my point is, there are some dealerships who realize they can't get away with the old four-square 8 hour negotiation from hell. The salesmen are usually puppets of the faceless bastards hiding in their tower. It's easy to tell someone their $20,000 trade-in is only worth $8,000 when you can hide like a bitch. Car sells were so slow that most of us only made minimum wage. (the salesman turnover rate was so bad they kept an open ad in the paper) Most people know what they want when they are car shopping and the smart ones do the whole deal via internet department before they even enter the dealership. I wouldn't be surprised to see most car salesmen going the way of the dodo. I think the car buying experience will be much better in about 10 years when the old school douchebags are gone. Oh, and to go along with the actual post. I never asked, expected, or received a tip... www.facebook.com/mcdowelltuning [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Click Here for Stage1, Stage2 and Stage3 Tuning and eTuning Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05pearl Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 ^^ You tell 'em bro!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Tank Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Trolled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDowell Performance Tunin Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Trolled. Me? www.facebook.com/mcdowelltuning [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Click Here for Stage1, Stage2 and Stage3 Tuning and eTuning Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alighieri256 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Just to clarify, I seem to recall reading somewhere that a few people will give the sales person an extra $50 or $100 after closing the deal. I realize they do get a commission, but my understanding is that it is pretty small. Can anyone with knowledge comment on the amount of profit the dealership generally gets for each sale, and then how much of it goes to the sales person? Wow, long gone are the days when car salesmen and real estate agents would take the customer out for dinner after the close of a sale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Dinner? How about a lap dance. It is San Diego. Even the City Councilmen get lap dances for favors, lol. Oh, and YES you MUST tip the (hopefully girl) dancer for the lap dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislander1 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I was out there last weekend helping my niece buy her first new car. I heard one lie after another from salespeople. ("We're not making any profit. We're giving you the car at this price to build the relationship.") ("The $299 documentation fee is pre-printed on the sales invoice, so we can't take that off the price. If we crossed it out, we could be sued and would have to refund it to all past buyers.") ("I make sure all my relatives buy the extended warranty. I want them to be protected.") Man, you have to be a real idiot to tip those people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDowell Performance Tunin Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 If it was a new car, then the salesman probably didn't make much money (our "mini's" were $100). It's the rest of the dealership that launders and make all the money. I would usually try to get the price as low as possible for new car customers, because I would make $100 either way. The dealerships "invoice" pricing usually is close to msrp. But, they get other incentives (Number of inventory sold, ect..) which the salesmen get nothing. So in a sense, the salesman really has a small margin of profit from new car sells (there are always exceptions of course for specific cars). That's why they'll usually show you a used vehicle, that is where salesmen can make some money. www.facebook.com/mcdowelltuning [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Click Here for Stage1, Stage2 and Stage3 Tuning and eTuning Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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