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not a bad observation for a canadian :) yes i agree, when I was younger I would partake in the whole dignity thing and want to feel self righteous about where I spend my money etc. but the bottom line is getting what you want and the price you want, the rest is all bullshit. i don't care if the grand dragon of the kkk (who happens to live in polk county 1hr from me) was selling the car/house/boat in question if it was what i wanted, at the price i wanted, in the condition i wanted... dude got the sale. and he can look down upon me and talk shit all he wants, to my face even. give a fuck what another man thinks about me

My friend ( late 30s kinda scruffy ) owned a NASCAR Winston Cup team with his Dad and they were driving from south Florida to Charlotte NC to their race shop and stopped in Orlando to pick me up for the trip. We made it as far as Daytona before his pos Ford Expedition broke down and we had to get it fixed.

He took his SUV to the Florida Auto Mall on I-95 which is a strip of dealerships all side by side. We stopped at the Ford place and while we were waiting for the SUV to get fixed a showroom salesman walked by and my friend, who doesn't broadcast that he's a multi millionaire, asked him if they had anything nice on the floor and the salesman replied, " No, but they got some really nice ones next door at Dodge ". My friend looked at me and said " well then lets go next door ".

He then buys the nicest Dodge truck they had on the lot. We go back to the Ford place and get all are stuff out of the Expedition and transfer it over to the new truck while the salesman that dissed us watched. My friend gave him the thumbs up and said " you were right, they do have nicer vehicles over at the Dodge place ". The look on everyone there was priceless. We left the Ford at the Dodge dealership because they were kind enough to let us keep it there until we picked it up on the way back after the race.

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My uncle's best friend owns a pretty successful company that does all of the tubing in bank systems(it's not nationwide - it's around here only), plus does some sort of high tech plumbing deal with a few big hospitals locally. Anyway, the guy is always dirty as hell, wears Levi's with grease stains and holes everywhere.. basically looks like he just left the unemployment line. He also owns half of the county next to here and he's only 41. During hunting season, we always go somewhere a good distance away in Arkansas.. we stop in Fayetteville. Always funny to see a college kid laugh at him or give the "ewww what a skank" look while knowing that he's got millions sitting in the bank. He always says though.. why would I buy 10 nice suits for 10-20k when I could buy an old run down house and turn it into 100k+ in 5 years? He's a bachelor.. never been married, has no kids, does whatever he wants.. but he's still the lead foreman of his company. Works 80 hours + per week on site and pays someone else to do the books and shit. Good man :2 cents:

Prada in Vegas tried to do that to me. I guess having multi colored hair and tattoos screams no moneys. So after I watched them debating on who was even going to say hi to me I got the new guy and I dropped 1500 bucks in a matter of minutes.

Had the same thing happen in a furniture in Brick NJ.

A. This is Brick NJ, not the mecca of high end furniture lol
B. I had some cash to spend, I was furnishing a new house

Never judge a book by its cover. Maybe I should have worn a shirt (just kidding)

Nope, I bought my Ferraris on ebay. I hate car dealers.

But I did have that happen to me once when I was trying to buy a $20k truck

my first day in auto sales this happened to me as a salesperson. a young kid came walking around. he was a white kid, dressed like a hoodlum walking around with a black friend. everyone just ignored them. i walked up to the kid, greeted him like i was taught, showed him a car. took him for a test drive, gave him a price, so on so forth. He said he was going to come back with his mom to buy the car soon. I said ok. About a week went by and i had completely forgot about it. Another salesman said there is someone on the lot asking for me. I go out and it was the kid and his mother. He says "I told you i was going to come back with my mom to buy the car". That is exactly what he did. It just so happened that his grandfather died and left his mother about 20 or so acres of very lucrative land worth about 10-15 million. She was selling off small 1/4 acres for big money. He told me that before his grandfather died. He spend his entire life in a trailer park. That this was his first car. He said he went to a bunch of dealerships before mine and I was the only person who ever stopped to talk to him.


You should always treat people the way you want to be treated.

I thought u lease?

The best lesson you can ever learn in sales. :thumbsup

lol

like its 1999 up in here. big ole pimps.

damnit i missed 50?

WTF, I'm slippin.

50 players dressed like paupers.

I was 16, young and about stupid but I wanted a new car. So I go walking into a dealership with my boyfriend, the salesman asks what we were looking for so I tell him, I have a look around, I decide which color and say "ok, whats the cash price." He laughed, literally, laughed. I turned and walked out without saying another word and go to the dealership a block away, find what I want make the deal and pay cash that afternoon.

A week later I follow my dad to the dealership so he can drop off his truck for some work, out the door walks the same salesman greets my dad by name and says "oh I didn't know this was your father, have you decided on that truck yet?" I turned around and pointed at the one I bought down the street and said, "I sure have, bought it the same day you laughed at me paying cash for that one over there, wanna see the sales sheet?" He looks at my dad and my dad says to him, "don't look at me, she's the one with money in the family, not me, you know I have financed every truck I have bought here."

$28k(was a lot for a truck in 1988) and a little bit of my dad's dignity later, the salesman was a little embarrassed to say the least.

yeah, a car dealer told me the same story of how the owner came to own that store and like 50 others.

Same car similar story. Was 21 and just out of college at the time. Everyone at Infiniti ignored me except for one little firey old lady who was months away from retirement. We shot the shit for awhile and she told me about her days at Lamborghini and how much a spoiler costs there. Needless to say I ordered a coupe from her that day.

Going to pick up a 740i the moment they touch U.S. shores. Let's see how I get treated this time around.

yeah and infiniti is just $40k.. not like we talking about bmw m6 here or something.. stupid bastards..

3 years ago we walked into a hummer/ Mercedes dealer and walked out with 3 brand new hummers
from a dealer that I personally knew.

1 for each partner

the very next year my wife and I were looking for a new car
trying to figure out if it would be a Mercedes or a Jaguar we liked them both

I was at the office and my wife decided to take a drive down to Mercedes dealer
( SAME DEALER WE BOUGHT 3 HUMMERS FROM THE YEAR BEFORE )

she walked in dressed the way we always dress sweats blah blah
in her purse was 120k cash

the dealer completely snubbed her telling her it would be better to come back a different day they were to busy to show her a car.

She called me at work told me the story and within the next few hours we were driving

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funny how empowered people feel by money..
and the respect they demand, no doubt.

I've had the same shit happen to me in Harley dealerships and Mercedes showrooms. I just go somewhere else. Worked out fine because I liked the BMW we bought much better.

Actually I don't think this is about respect because you have money. Everyone should be treated equally. Money doesn't make the person, the person makes the money.

When I was in the club business, I would treat my customers the same whether they were there having a beer, or if Leo Dicaprio was there. Which he was all the time.

People are People as long as they stay away from the tube sites. :Oh crap

The funny thing here is 2 things...1) most car salesmen make ALOT more then the "bawlers" here. 2) for every rat dressed down "bawler" that has money to buy a car, 200 "real" rats come in...No loss at all, seriously.

Some dude said he went back to the dealer and the sales guy got fired. Guess what? No he didn't...They laughed at you thinking your flexing...

The BIG money people that come in with 150K in cash in a briefcase? Guess what pay cash dealer will lose anywhere from 1500-5000k on your loan loss. They rather not deal with cash buyers, not to mention the nightmare of the IRS forms needed.

Keep making your porn sites bawlers. Your better then car salesmen. They just make alot more then you.

WRONG!!! I know people that sell cars for a living. They actually don't make much.
But yes, the dealerships make more money financing cars then selling them cash. But that's not the point here if you read it.

With all due respect, CA Dave, I know quite a few myself and they make quite alot. I guess if you have no talent and are in a bad store, you wont make as much. I didnt miss the point of the thread, I said for every rat looking person that walks in with money, theres 200 that dont have money. But yes, I agree with this post 100%, just not when it comes to the car business. It's a bit of a different game in the car biz.

show me a car salesman who makes 7 figs a year?

the point of this thread man is that you should not treat people like crap..

like i said, i fly first class and theres always some idiots asking me if im in the wrong line (cause im black and young)

Its not even how i dress really, i do dress nice, its just that they put 2 + 2 together, black, young, = broke, drug dealer, 5 kids..

Gets annoying ya know

Yeah you made your point. Your black. Well done. 7 figures is tough to reach in a dealership. Maybe .000001% of salesmen. same number applies to webmasters. Evens itself out a bit huh?

yea, not trying to gloat here at all.. point was that a man could be worth $100mil, and wear shorts and t shirt into a benz dealership, and the salesman shouldnt ignore him, cause he is basically flushing possible money down the toilet

100% agreed my friend. My point was mearly the attacks against salesmen. Like i said, for every 1 guy that has the money to buy looking dressed down, 200 that will come in wont have that money. Just dreamers bored or something. I agree that you shouldnt judge on appearence, but if Im selling big ticket items, its a warning sign.

k amigo good point.. thats why i now wear dress shirts, sport coats, nice shoes, when i want to be taken seriously :1orglaugh

actually from what ive heard from the people i know who work at dealerships is they aren't making near as much money as they used to. economy is slow and its getting pretty tough to move cars off the lot...

this.. a buddy of mine just out of college got hired at the biggest lot in town, worked there 2 months, then went back to serving at a higher-end eatery cause he made twice as much cash there :2 cents:

Must be the market in your friends area or the brand they sell. All I hear is the car business is booming and dealerships are making alot of money right now. If I was you I would tell your friends to move to a good store or maybe find another job. I sure wouldnt want to be a Toyota store right now....

I have some pretty rich buddies and let me tell you 75% of them look like they are goddamn homeless! LOL! Not kidding!!

Great stories, nice to know I'm not alone...

To quote someone above, "I only dress up when I have to", I'm my own boss and I have a little money so I dress how I want, when I want (which is usually sweat pants haha!).

Anyway, when I was about a year or two into the business I popped into a sony store to check out the new camcorders, and the one I was interested in was in a showcase and only around $2500 if I recall, and I asked the sales lady if i could have a look at it (dressed in sweats from head to toe) she said, "no" and when i asked her why, she responded with, "its for security reasons", I told her she just lost a sale and walked out of the store... A moment after leaving the store I thought "fuck that!" and i went back and confronted her, asking for her business card because I was going to be calling the regional manager of sony in regards to "the incident" - With a cocky tone in her voice she said "sure" and handed me her business card, pointing out that she was a "Level 5 sales person" (or something like that, basically meaning she was the top sales person in the store)... I took the card, laughed and said, "as of that's going to matter when I'm finished" and left the store.

I called the store manager, briefed him on the incident and said I had no interest in discussing it with him and was only calling him to get the contact information for the regional manager, to which he responded by taking my information, contacting the regional manager and passing along my info. Surprisingly, about an hour later my phone rang and to my surprise it was the regional manager... I kept him on the phone for about an hour explaining what had happened and why it was so wrong... The mighty Level 5 sales woman was fired the next day... props to sony for listening to their customers.

6 years later (two days ago), I bought in full, a loaded 2010 CTS ($66K CAN) wearing $9 sweat pants from "army navy" (http://www.armyandnavy.ca) that had an ink stain on the crotch lol

The #1 reason I moved to LA and not Vegas is the way so many Vegas people, especially outside of casinos, are weird about colorful hair or heaven forbid nail polish on men and such.

Yeah that pretty much sums it up. It's a form of "cascading billing" for car salesmen. Had a few friends work as car salesmen at one point or another and they use this as a method of screening.

Hah yeah, it makes me wonder why there's such a big disparity between having taste in automotive vs. having taste in things sartorial.

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thanks

This year I've tried to make an effort to dress better. I like being taken seriously right off the bat, I don't have time to play games with multiple companies on principal.

great stories..... great thread

lmao!! thats one way to make a point!