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footfootfoot · 01-05-2015, 01:49 PM

You can do it Jim!

lumberjim · 01-05-2015, 08:45 PM

Last count was $996,884. If I get the 2 car NV deal, I will probably end up at 998,xxx.

That's what is in deals on our doc report. I just remembered that when a customer comes in and buys a warranty for the car they bought a year or two ago, it does not show on that report. I probably did 5 or 6 grand last year in walk ins.

Still would have liked to roll that number over on the doc. It's like an old odometer. 6 places for digits. One million looks like 000,000.

My counter part did 000,083. But he is Jewish, so he's a little better at this than I am.

Gravdigr · 01-06-2015, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

But he is Jewish, so he's a little better at this than I am.

Oh, they brought in a ringer.

fargon · 01-05-2015, 09:29 PM

Go Jim Go!!!

Clodfobble · 01-06-2015, 11:11 AM

What is there to be better at? I mean, I get that you are good at your job, but being good at your particular job doesn't raise the sales price, since that was already negotiated by the salesman, right? Do you mean he's better at snagging and finishing out the deals from the salesmen with the higher profit margins?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-06-2015, 11:14 AM

Sneaks in and works on Easter and Christmas.

footfootfoot · 01-06-2015, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

What is there to be better at? I mean, I get that you are good at your job, but being good at your particular job doesn't raise the sales price, since that was already negotiated by the salesman, right? Do you mean he's better at snagging and finishing out the deals from the salesmen with the higher profit margins?

I think he was making a tongue in cheek jab at the anti-semetic stereotype of Jews being good with money.

(I thought you are a comedian.)

Clodfobble · 01-06-2015, 03:53 PM

Oh sure sure, I got that, but still he's talking about a genuine sense of competition, which doesn't make sense if you're just processing what's handed to you.

But now I've had more time to think about it, and I bet it's all about the undercoating and the extended warranties, right? Salesmen don't push that, the finance guys do.

lumberjim · 01-06-2015, 06:26 PM

ZACKLY.

I don't try very hard to sell things that people probably don't need. I'll scare you into buying GAP if you finance more than 100% of the car almost every time, and I believe in service contracts most of the time on cars..... But I have a hard time pushing key insurance.

He has no such compunctions. To him, it's about money. the end. It's ok that he's better at that one facet of the job. He's also the most likely to die by friendly fire....except for maybe one other guy that everyone hates because he's INSANE.

classicman · 01-10-2015, 11:33 AM

Good luck Jim!

Sorry bout your finger, glatt.

monster · 01-15-2015, 10:11 PM

I got a job. full time. and learned today it starts on Wednesday. it's all come little suddenly. I've been a stay-at-home-mom for nearly 18 years -since I got my PhD.

It's not a PhD job, it's an Admin-ish job in a supermarket, but it's good $ for such a thing. it's a new store, a chain from another state, this is the first in MI. It isn't open yet. I saw a series of ads online (Craigslist) looking for general workers for the various departments and applied without my usual procrastination and with complete honesty about my background and needs using their generic form in case they had something to suit me. And apparently they did. I only wanted part-time though, but this position is full time. I don't even know about hours and vacation and shit. They employed me with no resume, no references, no drug test, no background check..... so I kinda felt that they see my worth so that has to be a good omen, right?

No idea how it's all going to pan out re school runs etc, but with one going to uni next year I needed to get a job. This just feels a bit sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut-ish. Gonna have to get a third car with the first few paychecks

...or some snowshoes

lumberjim · 01-15-2015, 10:20 PM

Hey cool

Clodfobble · 01-15-2015, 10:32 PM

Awesome! I hope it turns out to be a really invigorating change.

monster · 01-15-2015, 10:35 PM

thanks guys

footfootfoot · 01-15-2015, 10:39 PM

Yay!

01-05-2015, 01:49 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	You can do it Jim! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-05-2015, 08:45 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Last count was $996,884. If I get the 2 car NV deal, I will probably end up at 998,xxx. That's what is in deals on our doc report. I just remembered that when a customer comes in and buys a warranty for the car they bought a year or two ago, it does not show on that report. I probably did 5 or 6 grand last year in walk ins. Still would have liked to roll that number over on the doc. It's like an old odometer. 6 places for digits. One million looks like 000,000. My counter part did 000,083. But he is Jewish, so he's a little better at this than I am. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-05-2015, 09:29 PM	#4
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01-06-2015, 11:11 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	What is there to be better at? I mean, I get that you are good at your job, but being good at your particular job doesn't raise the sales price, since that was already negotiated by the salesman, right? Do you mean he's better at snagging and finishing out the deals from the salesmen with the higher profit margins? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-06-2015, 11:14 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sneaks in and works on Easter and Christmas. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-06-2015, 03:53 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh sure sure, I got that, but still he's talking about a genuine sense of competition, which doesn't make sense if you're just processing what's handed to you. But now I've had more time to think about it, and I bet it's all about the undercoating and the extended warranties, right? Salesmen don't push that, the finance guys do. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-06-2015, 06:26 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ZACKLY. I don't try very hard to sell things that people probably don't need. I'll scare you into buying GAP if you finance more than 100% of the car almost every time, and I believe in service contracts most of the time on cars..... But I have a hard time pushing key insurance. He has no such compunctions. To him, it's about money. the end. It's ok that he's better at that one facet of the job. He's also the most likely to die by friendly fire....except for maybe one other guy that everyone hates because he's INSANE. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-10-2015, 11:33 AM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Good luck Jim! Sorry bout your finger, glatt. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-15-2015, 10:11 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I got a job. full time. and learned today it starts on Wednesday. it's all come little suddenly. I've been a stay-at-home-mom for nearly 18 years -since I got my PhD. It's not a PhD job, it's an Admin-ish job in a supermarket, but it's good $ for such a thing. it's a new store, a chain from another state, this is the first in MI. It isn't open yet. I saw a series of ads online (Craigslist) looking for general workers for the various departments and applied without my usual procrastination and with complete honesty about my background and needs using their generic form in case they had something to suit me. And apparently they did. I only wanted part-time though, but this position is full time. I don't even know about hours and vacation and shit. They employed me with no resume, no references, no drug test, no background check..... so I kinda felt that they see my worth so that has to be a good omen, right? No idea how it's all going to pan out re school runs etc, but with one going to uni next year I needed to get a job. This just feels a bit sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut-ish. Gonna have to get a third car with the first few paychecks ...or some snowshoes __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-15-2015, 10:20 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Hey cool __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-15-2015, 10:32 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Awesome! I hope it turns out to be a really invigorating change. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-15-2015, 10:35 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks guys __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-15-2015, 10:39 PM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Yay! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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