I sell cars, AMA.
You probably have a certain perspective about car salespeople and surely that is well earned by those of us "in the business" who have abused the public's trust. Personally, I pride myself in being the exception to that sad norm.
The trend is changing but not all salespeople / dealerships are on board. I'm here to work on my customer service skills by consulting -- not selling!
I've decided to ask Steemit to see if I can help some of you with any car-buying, leasing, trading questions you may have. I'm not trying to get a sale or a lead out of this at all -- you won't get a pitch to buy my product or from me in real life. Promise.
I have been in the business in new and used car sales for almost 10 years combined among a few different dealerships. I'm currently at a Honda store but I have other brands. I also have decent experience with Chevy, Ford, Mazda, Mini, Lexus and Nissan.
I'm down to assist you in consulting what you should do if you're over miles on a lease, if you want to know if XXX / month is a good price for a lease on a XYZ car.
Maybe you have questions about the car-buying process itself? Specific terms? I can talk about maintainence or repair related topics as well. Let's get a discussion going!
Just think of a car or car-buying question you might have and shoot it into the comments and I'll fire back my best info for ya.
Thanks for reading and please upvote if you'd like to help me get this discussion going
Whilst i am not buying a car i always wonder how much a car dealer can earn. I have a friend working for car company to sell car and it seems working out for him but i wonder if the car demand is really thay strong?
Well, it depends on the area. A "well off" area will usually be more fruitful for a salesperson than a very rural area, but the rural area pays off in the long-term with a loyal, returning customer base.
First year in the business: $35-$45k USD is very easily attainable for individuals who can listen, learn and work hard.
A few years in 100k is very attainable as well but consistency and professionalism are what management want to reward over making a profit in today's market. Great question, I get that from my customers all the time.
Keep em coming!
Would you rather lease or own?
Thanks for this question. I'm a HUGE leasing advocate and I'll probably do a deep-dive presentation at some point on why it's actually cheaper for a *qualified person to lease over a 10 year period vs. buying. In short, it's cheaper to lease a new 2017 Civic LX (~20k MSRP) 3 times over 9 years then it would be to own the first car for the same 9 year period. I use the Civic as an example, because: A. I work at Honda so I know it's true right now. & B. Generally leasing only makes sense for cars that hold their value well which is imports (japanese and south korean cars) and highline / luxory. American cars, sadly, lease out very poorly. As do most trucks.
Just the answer I wanted, kinda blindly assumed it would be cheaper to lease. Thanks for answering my question.
Oh yeah. Glad you asked it. Feel free to ask any other questions you can come up with.