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04-24-2006, 11:26 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
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Dealership Sales Career
What kind of average pay do sales people at dealerships make? I know its a big difference between, say, Saturn and Mercedes. But can people make a career out of it, with familes, a mortgage, car payments and such? Or is it more of a young persons game with smaller income for those just starting out?
This desk job is killing me, and I dont have enough mechanical experience to work in a shop.
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I USED TO HAVE an 85 Camaro 305 4bbl, 90 Firebird V6, 97 Firebird V6 (10 speakers!). Despite the two family vehicles, 3 kids, wife and mortgage, I can finally realize the dream - 88 TA almost all stock... for now.
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Wanted this -  , but ended up with this -  for free. Can't argue with free.
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04-24-2006, 11:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cupertino, CA
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Originally Posted by Untamed
What kind of average pay do sales people at dealerships make? I know its a big difference between, say, Saturn and Mercedes. But can people make a career out of it, with familes, a mortgage, car payments and such? Or is it more of a young persons game with smaller income for those just starting out?
This desk job is killing me, and I dont have enough mechanical experience to work in a shop.
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eh... bro, people can make decent money as a carsalesperson... but it's definitely changed since the invention of the Internet.
The guys who I saw at the dealership that I used to work at that were making barely enough money to support a family, were guys that had built up a customer base over a period of years. It's like any other sales gig- the new guy usually gets the crappy ups.
It's not really too too complicated, it's just much more work than people would like you to believe. If I were you, i'd try it out parttime to start out to see if you liked it. And promise me one thing.. do NOT work at a GM dealership... all of the dealerships that I dealt with in the year and a half that I worked as the Internet Manager at one, were really really cutting down sales staff and their salary, and as a result, the morale was pathetic.
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04-25-2006, 07:55 AM
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Token v6 Guy
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: No longer neon land :(
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DON'T become a car salesman!
Sorry but I put them in the category with lawyers!
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04-25-2006, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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04-25-2006, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I dealt with a salesman yesterday, it must have been his first week or less on the job, he didnt know crap abotu any of the cars he showed me, and sinc ei wanted a 98-03 GTP, he said a regular grand prix is just the same and he kept showing me those.. i was annoyed and then when i asked for a price on an 04 grand prix, he can back with numbers that added up to 28k on a $16k car. my girlfriend practically yelled at me cuz i raised my voice at made a scene, lol.
so yeah, if you wanna be a dealer salesman, at least know what you are selling and never think the buyer cant do math, lol.
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