No, car-selling stories are all good! It's all pretty cool to know.
Congratulations on getting the job, and good luck with it! Personally, I'd be absolutely terrified to work on commission; I'd be afraid I wouldn't sell anything.
Oh, I'm pretty terrified, LOL. When I first was applying we were assuming that Ari and would be both working this summer, so how much I needed to bring in to cover the bills was pretty low. Now I need to cover her salary AND mine, PLUS the in-laws are moving out soon and we need to cover the whole mortgage.
They are required to pay us minimum wage, so it's not like I'd walk away with NOTHING. And even the really crappy salesman they have who can't sell to women because they find him creepy and most guys don't like him either sells 4-6 a month. I figure I can at least do better than that!
The guys are all saying they'll happily hand over their timid female customers to me (as of now I'm the only woman working there in sales, although they're trying to get another one soon), and seeing how 55-65% of cars are bought by women, and adding in the fact that women are far more likely to buy from another woman than from a man.... well, I'm just hoping all the stats stack things in my favour.
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Congratulations on getting the job, and good luck with it! Personally, I'd be absolutely terrified to work on commission; I'd be afraid I wouldn't sell anything.
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They are required to pay us minimum wage, so it's not like I'd walk away with NOTHING. And even the really crappy salesman they have who can't sell to women because they find him creepy and most guys don't like him either sells 4-6 a month. I figure I can at least do better than that!
The guys are all saying they'll happily hand over their timid female customers to me (as of now I'm the only woman working there in sales, although they're trying to get another one soon), and seeing how 55-65% of cars are bought by women, and adding in the fact that women are far more likely to buy from another woman than from a man.... well, I'm just hoping all the stats stack things in my favour.
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And if you turn out not to be, I am gonna come and sabotage everybody else's shit and make you the least terrible at this!
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