Stupid sales people - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

cfusionpm · 03-09-2013, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Gen

Just gotta remember, the typical customer knows nothing about cars. The same BS comes from just about any salesman in any field. They usually just need to act like they know what they're talking about.

I don't work in the car industry, but I do work in sales, and unfortunately this is often true. One of the reason my numbers are always good is because I've trained my team to sell as I always did: find out what they want and make sure we have it available. It's really not more complex than that. Being friendly and relateable always helps, but in the end, it's about having what the customer wants and giving it to them with a smile. Too many people in sales only think about bottom line numbers. They forget that our job is providing a good or service to people. The more people we do that for, the more money we make. This is not rocket science. Happy customers spend more money. Happy customers come back to YOU to spend more money. Happy customers recommend YOU to other people so they can spend THEIR money too.

I greatly appreciate when businesses provide good service without being pushy, and I reward them just as customers have rewarded me; repeat business and many referrals.

Celica00 · 03-09-2013, 03:24 PM

yes stupid dealerships. back in may 2012:
dealer:here's your car. go to a subaru dealership in 2 months and they'll slap on a turbo for like... $2000.
me: omgomgomgogmomg... oh wait, LIAR!

Dake · 03-09-2013, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Atticus808

LOL. did you laugh?

Yeah. Especially when, on the walk back I saw a fresh Ultra Marine on their prep lot, pointed it out to the Scion guy and discovered he hadn't even heard of it!

TouchMyHonda · 03-09-2013, 04:12 PM

I had a guy at a Honda dealer tell me how much faster an 08 SI was over the 08 rsx because of the LSD that comes standard in the SI. Ok the diff is true but the speeds are virtually the same. Lol.

campy · 03-09-2013, 04:22 PM

At one of the first dealerships I went to, the guy swore that they were going to be releasing a turbo version of the FRS in 2013. Seriously where do they hear this stuff? And shouldn't any salesman know better than to try and talk me out of buying a car right then and there?

shawnperolis · 03-09-2013, 04:24 PM

lawlz... My Scion salesman told me that he would never buy a Subaru because the boxer engines have a lot of problems. *facepalm"

Beyer Subaru · 03-09-2013, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by campy

At one of the first dealerships I went to, the guy swore that they were going to be releasing a turbo version of the FRS in 2013. Seriously where do they hear this stuff? And shouldn't any salesman know better than to try and talk me out of buying a car right then and there?

It's prolly one of the fliptards on here or he frequents the site enough to see the "turbo confirmed" threads.

fatoni · 03-09-2013, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim_Asphalt_FRS

Car salesman know nothing about cars. I constantly correct them when shopping for cars. I'm sure they hate it. A Mazda salesman tried to sell my fiancé a Mazda 3. Saying,"The Skyactiv has a compression ratio of 13:1, higher than the FR-S." I said,"The FR-S is 12.5:1 & the US Skyactiv is 12:1."

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thats less of a retarded thing to say than the other things in this thread considering that just about everywhere else the skyactiv does have a compresion ratio of 13 to 1. i would be willing to bet he actually read some of the literature and thats what he came away with.

whaap · 03-09-2013, 04:48 PM

Keep in mind it doesn't cost a dealership anything to take on a guy wanting to be a sales rep. If he works out, fine. If he doesn't, he'll be gone in a short time.

russv · 03-09-2013, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fatoni

thats less of a retarded thing to say than the other things in this thread considering that just about everywhere else the skyactiv does have a compresion ratio of 13 to 1. i would be willing to bet he actually read some of the literature and thats what he came away with.

Seems to be 14 to 1

http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/sky...kyactiv-g.html

fatoni · 03-09-2013, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by russv

Seems to be 14 to 1

http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/sky...kyactiv-g.html

haha is that what it is? thanks

Tim_Asphalt_FRS · 03-09-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fatoni

thats less of a retarded thing to say than the other things in this thread considering that just about everywhere else the skyactiv does have a compresion ratio of 13 to 1. i would be willing to bet he actually read some of the literature and thats what he came away with.

I agree. Is it worse than the Scion sales girl who was trying to explain the traction control system to me and had no idea what she was saying? She eventually said,"It's for drifting or something like that".

Tim_Asphalt_FRS · 03-09-2013, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by russv

Seems to be 14 to 1

http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/sky...kyactiv-g.html

In the rest of the world this is true, but in the US it was lowered to 12:1 because Mazda marketing made the decision that Americans wouldn't buy an economy car that took 91 octane or above. We also don't get the 4-2-1 header on the Mazda3 Skyactiv. I guess this header helps with the efficiency & power of the engine.

wbradley · 03-09-2013, 08:14 PM

I'll just leave these here...

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Celica00 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 86 Location: utah Posts: 1,156 Thanks: 842 Thanked 798 Times in 434 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	yes stupid dealerships. back in may 2012: dealer:here's your car. go to a subaru dealership in 2 months and they'll slap on a turbo for like... $2000. me: omgomgomgogmomg... oh wait, LIAR!

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TouchMyHonda Vtec Jesus Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ, 13 Golf R, 15 Audi S4 Location: LSD Posts: 1,165 Thanks: 623 Thanked 243 Times in 153 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I had a guy at a Honda dealer tell me how much faster an 08 SI was over the 08 rsx because of the LSD that comes standard in the SI. Ok the diff is true but the speeds are virtually the same. Lol.

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campy No rice, no life Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: 2013 Asphalt FR-S Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 1,143 Thanks: 266 Thanked 1,019 Times in 388 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	At one of the first dealerships I went to, the guy swore that they were going to be releasing a turbo version of the FRS in 2013. Seriously where do they hear this stuff? And shouldn't any salesman know better than to try and talk me out of buying a car right then and there?

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