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Originally Posted by pontiacjs
I am glad that you had fun. Buying a new car should be an enjoyable expierence. But seriously, a year from now - maybe if you find a buyer for your car, more than 90% of the automotive car salesman you meet now won't even be in the business in a year from now.
In over 20 years that i have been selling new cars and trucks I have only sold one car to someone that wanted to drive now and buy a year from now. ONE. that is a very low rate of return. I know that it is a part of my job but it is the part I hate the most. Knowing that I have an almost 0% chance that I will ever sell you a car. It is human nature to want to play the odds. I would rather remove snow in the winter than go for a test drive with someone that is not buying now or in the near future.
It just seems to me that you wanted to go for a ride so that you can post on this site and show everyone how much you know about cars... and have fun doing it. Next time go to ceder point or Kings Island and tell us what costers were beter. You would have more fun and we would get to read something that is more enjoyable.
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Like I said I didn't ask to test drive either of those cars - they asked me. Also, I could care less if I posted the reviews on GMI and from now on I don't have to. Most of the time my friend and I go there we just look at the cars and sit in them. Oddly enough that evening I got to test drive 4 cars. 3 of them though were with the VW salesguy and like I said he wasn't a very good salesman so if he wanted to spend that much effort considering I wasn't a serious buyer that's his problem not mine.
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Originally Posted by supraracer
We're all in the market whether it be today or a couple years from now. Somtimes I just want to see how different cars are comming along because we're always need to planing for that next purchase.
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Exactly. I am a car guy and have been for as long as I can remember. I like to look at cars and get information on them. I don't go look at them in person all the time, but ones that I am interested in more than others I would like to go look at them in person because I may end getting one if I like it. 99% of the time that I go there I never get greeted by salesmen at all, however that evening must've been slow because I had quite a few salesmen greet me. If they want to spend their time with me that's their choice, I made it clear that I wasn't buying or leasing right away but if I want to look at a car I'm going to ask to at least sit in it and try not to waste their time. In fact almost all the salesmen that talk to me and know that I'm not buying right away talk my head off. I enjoy talking to them for the most part however many times I find it hard to get out of there. So clearly they're not that busy or missing opportunities on sales because if they saw a more serious client they would've quickly ended our conversation and go assist the other client.
Perhaps the car business is different, however in my line of sales (and what most sales are like) 95% of the people that come in are not going to buy from me. I would love it if every one that came in bought from me but the reality is that isn't going to happen. I enjoy what I do and I enjoy dealing with the public. It's not my problem that there is a high turnover with automobile salespeople because it's their decision to enter the business. If I for example loved the Jetta and wanted to lease one either that day for 8 months from now I would've dealt with that person because they had spent time with me before. If that salesman was not working for the dealership when I go to get a car that's not my problem. If they enjoy what they do and do well at it then they last in it. I know quite a few salespeople that have been in the business for many years. The fact is, if you don't enjoy what you're doing then don't do it. If a car salesman can't handle the fact that he may not get sale that day or that week then he shouldn't be in the business. When a salesperson gives me their card I am loyal to them whether I am buying from them that day or not. If I'm not buying from them right away I don't expect them to spend a lot of time with me and if they want to that's their choice, however I at least expect them to answer my questions and provide me with their information for when I am ready to buy something.
Anyway, that is my thought on it and you can either agree or agree to disagree with me.