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Which dealership do you work for?

Im in a dealership over here in Perth and your right that all the 'specials' and 'deals' you get caught up in.....well, you (the customer) pay for it somewhere :)

LOL - I don't really wanna give that information out (unless people are gonna come and buy cars off me then I can get them a "mate's discount" - which is legit... not huge but legit... basically the same as any good haggler would get just without the haggling bit in the middle... PM me if u need a good, non-import used car :P )

We have end of month specials on vehicles that are getting close to their 90 days on the yard and HAVE to go... and at the end of the day its a business and about getting the most money possible out of a deal whilst giving the customer as much as possible for their money. When people haggle to high heaven and then find out at the end of it they really only got $285 off they get annoyed but if anything I feel sorry for the salesman... Everyone assumes used car salesmen are peddling pieces of crap and out to rip everyone off - but at the end of the day the vehicle they want to purchase must be priced right and in good condition if they have agreed to come out and look at it and then begin the bartering process... And the amount of people that "know the industry" or "used to work in the industry" or have some other life skill that makes them instantly know "what we're up to" is incredible. 6 in every 7 people know more about cars than people that deal with them day in, day out, research the market, and have made a career on knowing cars (if you believe what customers tell you)...

Plus the internet keeps everyone honest... when you type in your search parameters you don't put prices in $3K more than you're willing to spend. You put the most you would pay for a certain vehicle. In the old days before the internet - if you were smart - you'd get a fat stack of cash out of the bank and go wandering the local car dealership strip (moorooka magic mile, the kedron mile, the mt. gravatt mile, etc...) spend the day looking at the yards and haggle a little to test the waters, and then when you find a car you want for $3K more than you have in your wallet, go back at the end of the day, slap the cash (minus $1K) on the table and say, "I want this car, what can you do it for? I'm paying cash"... the car dealer will know this is the way it works and that he has $3K movement in the vehicle so that even if he drops it $3K he'll be making money and the customer feels empowered thinking that they had it all over the car salesman when they were screwed before they began... Now days if you price your cars $3K more than what you are willing to sell them for, people that would happily buy the car at $3K less than what you have it listed for won't find it because they're maximum spend is $15K - not $18K... its all about exposure...

Only vehicle I ever bought from a dealer was my Honda VTR. Went in on the last day of March (end of the financial quarter) with cash and had the brand new bike I wanted in 30 minutes, well below the sticker price with all on roads and a few accessories included.

Cash does talk and I guess the salesman was keen to shift one more unit in what is the quietest quarter of the year (at least for other sales jobs... Don't know about car/bike sales.)

I had to fight tooth and nail to get anything off the SP23 :( Though it was one of 5 hatchback manuals for sale in QLD...it was equal cheapest and it had the least Ks so I didnt have much leverage!

Well im getting sent up to mackay tommorrow to deliver a car and im trying to think of what I can do for the many hours of down time I have there. To give you an idea I land at 9am and dont leave till 7.15pm! And only takes 1 hour to do delivery. Thinking bout drinking myself senseless but I have to drive back from brissie airport to home so that rules that out. Any other suggestions would b great

You could probably go up to Airlie for the rest of the day, depending on what sort of times you're meant to be delivering car etc.

Apart from that there's not a great deal to do in mackay, go do figure 8's on the school oval, hang out at maccas etc.

I'm really hungover, or still drunk. Either way, it's hard to be alive today.

Edited by hylian

Alright mangs. For those who got Karting coupon ticket dealies or anyone else who wants to come lets sort out a date. Saturday or Sunday. I'm more flexible with Sundays since I work most Saturdays but I can try work it around a weekend I have off etc. Do we want to go before Christmas or in the new year etc? I'm easy either way.

Alright mangs. For those who got Karting coupon ticket dealies or anyone else who wants to come lets sort out a date. Saturday or Sunday. I'm more flexible with Sundays since I work most Saturdays but I can try work it around a weekend I have off etc. Do we want to go before Christmas or in the new year etc? I'm easy either way.

I would definitely prefer Sat because church doesnt end until 11am on Sunday. Why not we talk about it on Thursday night? I'll dropby wherever you guys are doing the Baskin meet or meet you guys at the wash.

I've got a few things for the weekends coming up, but lets ahve a chin wag about it and work it out. Brandon's got it right, let talk about it Thursday night.

mt coot-tha

hope everyone is ready to suit up on sat night :thumbsup:

forgive my noobism, but where abouts on the coot-tha?

so everyone is suiting up saturday? or at least dressing up?

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