Shenanigans:
1.) I arrive to work at 9:00am and spend my first hour browsing PD, because I don't believe in calling anybody and asking them to buy a car at 9am. At 10am, I go to Japanparts.com and prospect for parts for my car until I feel like going to lunch.
2.) I usually take a 1.5 hour lunch... The receptionist is in charge or monitoring our lunch times and we're supposed to just take an hour. However I usually wait until she goes to lunch, then I leave 10 minutes after her, because her backup person doesn't monitor lunch times. This way, for all the receptionist knows, I'm coming back from lunch right on time.
3.) For some odd reason everyone shows up to buy a car here at closing time, and as much as I like selling cars, I love to be able to leave on time and have my OWN PERSONAL TIME TO MYSELF! So I sometimes will either hide at 5:45pm in the back of the used car building, or I'll find some kid that's in awe of some of the cars we have and take him out for a 15 minute drive knowing he has no means to buy the car. Hell, I'll even tell the kid "Look, you have fun driving, just kill time for me so I can go home on time today." It's actually worked 3 times in favor of me actually selling them the car - during regular hours of course.
Gripes:
1.) It's too damn hard to sell a car here. So many stupid rules that are absolutely unnecessary, too many pieces of paper to fill out that aren't even government mandated.
2.) Our GM wants to get all pissy if we buy a car elsewhere. He got on me because I bought my Mazda next door instead of going to Louisville where it's not in direct competition. It pissed me off when he said that because my 83 year old Grandpa with crippling arthritis was paying part of my down payment as a thank you for flying half way across the country to help him and my Grandma with getting around where they needed to go. Now, I was not going to have my Grandpa drive down to Louisville, Ky. when we could buy locally. They can kiss my a$$ for that one. When they want to buy me a car and make the payment, then they can have some say-so about where I get it from.
3.) Volkswagens have no profit in them. A Volkswagen Rabbit has an average of $631 profit between Invoice and MSRP. Tell me, how the hell do you make a profit there?
4.) Customers. I'm sorry but these people that come in after reading "What not to tell a car dealer" from Edmunds are the ones that end up getting the worst deal in the long run. They come in expecting us to give a car away and lose money on it just to sell it to them. I swear I actually show people the invoice of our car and they think I made it myself. A lot of these people just negotiate for sport and don't know a good deal when they see one.
Upsides:
1.) I can drive any new or used car on our lot, anytime I want. I can even take it home if I desire.
2.) 100% Free benefits. Unheard of in the car biz. They'll cover a spouse as well, but after the 3rd child, they cost us a bit.
3.) We get to hang out with the Dreyer & Reinbold race team whenever we go to an IRL race. It's usually a pretty mind blowing experience being up close and personal with the behind the scenes stuff.
4.) I registered last Thursday to go to Lincoln Tech to study Automotive Technology and High Performance. Dreyer Reinbold has a benefit that they'll pay for part of your tuition if you attend school for anything that pertains to their business. Also, Lincoln Tech has a Volkswagen program, and BMW Step program. Of course for those, you have to get hired in at one of those dealerships... well I just happen to already work at a dealer that has both!
5.) They buy lunch for us twice during the week, and every single Saturday.
6.) We have a bunch of BMW meets at the dealership, and also spirited drives.
7.) The pay isn't great, but the bonuses are out of this world.
8.) The sales staff is a small tight knit group. There's no back stabbing here, everybody is cool with eachother, and we occasionally have a small get together at someones house for drinks, food, etc.
1.) I arrive to work at 9:00am and spend my first hour browsing PD, because I don't believe in calling anybody and asking them to buy a car at 9am. At 10am, I go to Japanparts.com and prospect for parts for my car until I feel like going to lunch.
2.) I usually take a 1.5 hour lunch... The receptionist is in charge or monitoring our lunch times and we're supposed to just take an hour. However I usually wait until she goes to lunch, then I leave 10 minutes after her, because her backup person doesn't monitor lunch times. This way, for all the receptionist knows, I'm coming back from lunch right on time.
3.) For some odd reason everyone shows up to buy a car here at closing time, and as much as I like selling cars, I love to be able to leave on time and have my OWN PERSONAL TIME TO MYSELF! So I sometimes will either hide at 5:45pm in the back of the used car building, or I'll find some kid that's in awe of some of the cars we have and take him out for a 15 minute drive knowing he has no means to buy the car. Hell, I'll even tell the kid "Look, you have fun driving, just kill time for me so I can go home on time today." It's actually worked 3 times in favor of me actually selling them the car - during regular hours of course.
Gripes:
1.) It's too damn hard to sell a car here. So many stupid rules that are absolutely unnecessary, too many pieces of paper to fill out that aren't even government mandated.
2.) Our GM wants to get all pissy if we buy a car elsewhere. He got on me because I bought my Mazda next door instead of going to Louisville where it's not in direct competition. It pissed me off when he said that because my 83 year old Grandpa with crippling arthritis was paying part of my down payment as a thank you for flying half way across the country to help him and my Grandma with getting around where they needed to go. Now, I was not going to have my Grandpa drive down to Louisville, Ky. when we could buy locally. They can kiss my a$$ for that one. When they want to buy me a car and make the payment, then they can have some say-so about where I get it from.
3.) Volkswagens have no profit in them. A Volkswagen Rabbit has an average of $631 profit between Invoice and MSRP. Tell me, how the hell do you make a profit there?
4.) Customers. I'm sorry but these people that come in after reading "What not to tell a car dealer" from Edmunds are the ones that end up getting the worst deal in the long run. They come in expecting us to give a car away and lose money on it just to sell it to them. I swear I actually show people the invoice of our car and they think I made it myself. A lot of these people just negotiate for sport and don't know a good deal when they see one.
Upsides:
1.) I can drive any new or used car on our lot, anytime I want. I can even take it home if I desire.
2.) 100% Free benefits. Unheard of in the car biz. They'll cover a spouse as well, but after the 3rd child, they cost us a bit.
3.) We get to hang out with the Dreyer & Reinbold race team whenever we go to an IRL race. It's usually a pretty mind blowing experience being up close and personal with the behind the scenes stuff.
4.) I registered last Thursday to go to Lincoln Tech to study Automotive Technology and High Performance. Dreyer Reinbold has a benefit that they'll pay for part of your tuition if you attend school for anything that pertains to their business. Also, Lincoln Tech has a Volkswagen program, and BMW Step program. Of course for those, you have to get hired in at one of those dealerships... well I just happen to already work at a dealer that has both!
5.) They buy lunch for us twice during the week, and every single Saturday.
6.) We have a bunch of BMW meets at the dealership, and also spirited drives.
7.) The pay isn't great, but the bonuses are out of this world.
8.) The sales staff is a small tight knit group. There's no back stabbing here, everybody is cool with eachother, and we occasionally have a small get together at someones house for drinks, food, etc.
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