What do you do for a living (Part 1)
January 9th 2008 01:22
The silly season has ended, Hooray!!
Having been in the motor industry for a considerable amount of time, there is a question that strikes me with fear whenever I am socialising. The question?
" what do you do for a living?"
If I am honest in my reply as I usually am, " The Motor industry" you find an almost universal response, the face of the enquirer takes on an expression which always reminds me of the face you have straight after stepping in your pet Labrador's fresh brown landmine, with bare feet!
To work in the motor industry these days you have to be licensed by various Government bodies, this gets rid of the Burglars, Rogues and outright nasty to an extent but unfortunately the system is not perfect and some of those with a less than honest attitude will always slip through.
You can always spot a quiet news week, the media throw in lines like " How to save money on cars" How to save yourself from buying a lemon" yadda, yadda, yadda!! Apart from some of these stories mostly being a marketing exercise for motor auctions, there is little content of a newsworthy nature, How about a story about a dealership or saleperson who saved the buyer money and did a great deal for the buyer, funny I always miss those!
In general, car buyers are far more educated than they were 5 or 10 years ago and if they are not then they sould be, after all there is enough tools at their disposal. The thing that never ceases to amaze me is how a portion of the general public dont compare prices on used vehicles, shopping around the only figure that should matter is how much do you write a cheque for! Forget about trade prices, forget about any other facts and figures, this is all that matters.
Once you find the find that best price be kind to the salesperson! Please !! They are not that bad a person. After tax he may have just earned enough money to be a drink!
Having been in the motor industry for a considerable amount of time, there is a question that strikes me with fear whenever I am socialising. The question?
" what do you do for a living?"
If I am honest in my reply as I usually am, " The Motor industry" you find an almost universal response, the face of the enquirer takes on an expression which always reminds me of the face you have straight after stepping in your pet Labrador's fresh brown landmine, with bare feet!
To work in the motor industry these days you have to be licensed by various Government bodies, this gets rid of the Burglars, Rogues and outright nasty to an extent but unfortunately the system is not perfect and some of those with a less than honest attitude will always slip through.
You can always spot a quiet news week, the media throw in lines like " How to save money on cars" How to save yourself from buying a lemon" yadda, yadda, yadda!! Apart from some of these stories mostly being a marketing exercise for motor auctions, there is little content of a newsworthy nature, How about a story about a dealership or saleperson who saved the buyer money and did a great deal for the buyer, funny I always miss those!
In general, car buyers are far more educated than they were 5 or 10 years ago and if they are not then they sould be, after all there is enough tools at their disposal. The thing that never ceases to amaze me is how a portion of the general public dont compare prices on used vehicles, shopping around the only figure that should matter is how much do you write a cheque for! Forget about trade prices, forget about any other facts and figures, this is all that matters.
Once you find the find that best price be kind to the salesperson! Please !! They are not that bad a person. After tax he may have just earned enough money to be a drink!
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