SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto market glut

Re:SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto mark... by BurningFrog on Friday May 01, 2020 @10:43PM (#23048670)

Sales people in general do important work and earn the money they're paid.

Car sales people are a special case, they're protected by tons of regulations, so you have to deal with one.

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Re:SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto mark... by steveeq1 on Friday May 01, 2020 @11:51PM (#23048993)

I've read many books on "selling" and I've also been a business owner for 12-years and dealt with salesmen quite heavily during this period. I know all the tactics, in other words. And I've never met a single sales person within those 12-years that did not resort to dirty tricks.

Not. A. Single. One.

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Re:SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto mark... by kwhitefoot on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:51PM (#23053013)

> you have to deal with one.

But you don't have to play the game by their rules. After all you are the one with the money, you can just take it elsewhere. If you are buying a new car it's not as if they are selling some rare commodity that only they have.

When they start bullshitting tell them to cut it out or you will leave; and make sure you carry out the threat if they keep trying to pull the wool over your eyes.

And make sure that you actually know what you want and what it is worth to you so that you don't get distracted by shiny irrelevancies.

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