Ha! Local Furd deer hired only kids. Who knew nothing about cars.
How they found so many boys so ignorant about cars ???!! Ask them if Shelby Cobra engine is regular or aluminum block. Get shown instead all 69 buttons that you need to push to actuate the “stereo sound system,” aka radio. Had to go out of state to find a salesman who could answer simple car questions.
Perhaps it is churlish to say this so soon after the announcement of that old man’s death, but I have found Ford salespeople to be universally dreadful. I thought it might be a Jersey thing, but the guy in Virginia was just as bad.
One guy (Jersey) refused to give us prices on two used cars we test drove, he’d only give us a price on one. So, obviously no sale there.
The guy in VA wanted hubby to sign a napkin (literally a napkin, not even a page from a notepad) with a number on it, and then he’d try and get the manager to agree to the sale. Hubby was like: I’m not signing a napkin.
Their cars might be great, and I suppose these techniques work with many (most?) people, but I’ll never set foot in a Ford dealership again.
We called the credit challenged, slugs. They moved slow to make payments and left slimy trails behind them.
I always hated sales like he spoke of. Worked for a dealer that would have them every few months and the hot dogs we didn’t give away he would refreeze for the next sale. No one who worked there ever ate them.
When I started in the business my first month I was the number salesman. My first year I earned car and truck salesman of the year from Chevy for my dealership. You either got it or you don’t.
Selling cars is really all about learning to deal with rejection. Being born not good looking was an advantage for me, I had previous experience in overcoming objections.
This may not seem possible to people who have never sold cars but some of the most honest people I have ever met were car people. The most dishonest people I have ever met were the public. The old saying in the car biz is how do you tell a customer is lying? Their lips are moving.