2 thoughts on “One more reason I’m not in a rush to buy a new car”
A salesman once had his supervisor come in to speak to me. He asked, “What will it take to get you to drive this truck home today?”
I answered, “Paint it blue, put in an automatic transmission, cruise control, a rear bumper and a sliding rear window.”
Then I got up and left.
The salesman states, “If I can get the price down to $350 a month, can I earn your business today?”
Customer says, “no.”
I don’t know if I can, but if I can get the price down to $340 a month, can I earn your business today?”
Customer replies “no.”
“It looks like I’m gonna have to roll my sleeves up and sharpen my pencil to earn your business, isn’t that true?”
Customer replies, “yep.”
A good salesman will never let a customer say no to more than two questions in a row.
How about this one. The salesman asks the customer, if you owned this car, where would be the first place you take it on vacation; or where would you buy gas for this car; or would you park this car forward or back in?
One of my favorites is when the salesman tells one customer that sales have been good so the manager is eager to make deals and tells the next customer that sales have been bad so the manager…
My moment of happiness is when the dealer asked, “are you a Costco member here is the Costco price.” I replied yes, but if I wasn’t a Costco member can you beat that price?” Which they did.
A salesman once had his supervisor come in to speak to me. He asked, “What will it take to get you to drive this truck home today?”
I answered, “Paint it blue, put in an automatic transmission, cruise control, a rear bumper and a sliding rear window.”
Then I got up and left.
The salesman states, “If I can get the price down to $350 a month, can I earn your business today?”
Customer says, “no.”
I don’t know if I can, but if I can get the price down to $340 a month, can I earn your business today?”
Customer replies “no.”
“It looks like I’m gonna have to roll my sleeves up and sharpen my pencil to earn your business, isn’t that true?”
Customer replies, “yep.”
A good salesman will never let a customer say no to more than two questions in a row.
How about this one. The salesman asks the customer, if you owned this car, where would be the first place you take it on vacation; or where would you buy gas for this car; or would you park this car forward or back in?
One of my favorites is when the salesman tells one customer that sales have been good so the manager is eager to make deals and tells the next customer that sales have been bad so the manager…
My moment of happiness is when the dealer asked, “are you a Costco member here is the Costco price.” I replied yes, but if I wasn’t a Costco member can you beat that price?” Which they did.
Caveat Emptor