Just02896
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I've leaned that if you can get the salesperson and the manager to argue, your getting the best price on the vehicle! Lol!
Finally starting to realize, detailing isnt forever.
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I've leaned that if you can get the salesperson and the manager to argue, your getting the best price on the vehicle! Lol!
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Worked at a dealership part time for 7 years. One of the largest stores in the midwest, nearly 1,000 vehicles. Salesman and managers are really good actors. If you ever saw the way the top sales people dealt with their customers you wouldnt be able to say no. They are instantly your best friend, the smile never leaves their face, and when you leave they high five and make jokes about you. And make $150,000 to do it. Its truly amazing to sit and watch it all happen. You have to go in there with the attitude that you own the world and will get what you want no matter what. Or you will lose, but they will make you think you won. Absolutely professional con artists, only its legal. Dont ever think you got their bottom dollar, you didnt get close.
i'm gonna call big bullships on that lol.
"car guys" don't do that. i don't think i know a single real "car guy" that would buy a car and drive it for two weeks and then sell it and still claim to be an enthusiast about a car.
on the other hand you could easily have just misspoken and you are talking about people who flip cars, in which case that is equally as dumb. because you spend so much time and money putting it into a car that needs to get sold. why on earth would you drive it and waste your time having to clean it after every time you drove it when someone wanted to look at it.
not to mention any damage that happens to it while driving it like rock chips and dings. or some kind of failure that occured after 2 weeks of driving it, that you wouldn't have to worry about if you just tested it then parked it
thebamboo23
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That's awesome OP.. keep doing yo' thang!
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Changed my mind.
get over the whole "car enthusiasts" thing. we arent your typical weekend warrior, car show regular, or auto "geek". Completely different game. I'm talking about making a living buying and selling in the WHOLESALE market, not retail. Retail lots have a lot higher insurance premiums, typically have the car for 3-4 weeks instead of 1 or 2, and get it serviced then cleaned ONCE and park it until it sells. The wholesale market means you need to be in the vehicle as you drive around and show it to retail lots for them to buy. Most retail lots dont buy at auctions, they sell their trade ins at auction. Its really about supply and demand. Get 3 trucks traded in today and only want to retail 1 of them? Great, a wholesaler buys them at WHOLESALE price, typically only $100 more than you put in it, and sells it at wholesale price to the lot down the street that specializes in trucks. You need to have those connections so that when that truck comes in, you are first call. I'm not that guy, but we have cleaned for those big time wholesalers for long enough to build a relationship so that when they get the call and dont want the car, I get a chance to take it before they call the next guy. Basically its about kissing a$$, working hard, and showing that you have the knowledge and dedication it takes to make it in a frustrating business. And over the course of those years you realize that detailing all day every day isnt long term, unless you want to be be broken down by your 50th birthday. Its hard on the body, you have to keep moving forward.
The guy we clean for most just bought a Maserati last week to drive to NC for vacation. Another got a 2014 corvette and paid $75k for it at auction. Why? Again, to drive on vacation. And both of them paid for full details before they left and will do the same when they get back. Then will dump the car the following week and will probably break even. I have pictures of both cars.
A lot of this stuff is really hard to explain if you dont witness it every day. But when you do, you realize that this is what you want to do, not scrub carpet. I let the teenagers do that.
get over the whole "car enthusiasts" thing. we arent your typical weekend warrior, car show regular, or auto "geek". Completely different game. I'm talking about making a living buying and selling in the WHOLESALE market, not retail. Retail lots have a lot higher insurance premiums, typically have the car for 3-4 weeks instead of 1 or 2, and get it serviced then cleaned ONCE and park it until it sells. The wholesale market means you need to be in the vehicle as you drive around and show it to retail lots for them to buy. Most retail lots dont buy at auctions, they sell their trade ins at auction. Its really about supply and demand. Get 3 trucks traded in today and only want to retail 1 of them? Great, a wholesaler buys them at WHOLESALE price, typically only $100 more than you put in it, and sells it at wholesale price to the lot down the street that specializes in trucks. You need to have those connections so that when that truck comes in, you are first call. I'm not that guy, but we have cleaned for those big time wholesalers for long enough to build a relationship so that when they get the call and dont want the car, I get a chance to take it before they call the next guy. Basically its about kissing a$$, working hard, and showing that you have the knowledge and dedication it takes to make it in a frustrating business. And over the course of those years you realize that detailing all day every day isnt long term, unless you want to be be broken down by your 50th birthday. Its hard on the body, you have to keep moving forward.
The guy we clean for most just bought a Maserati last week to drive to NC for vacation. Another got a 2014 corvette and paid $75k for it at auction. Why? Again, to drive on vacation. And both of them paid for full details before they left and will do the same when they get back. Then will dump the car the following week and will probably break even. I have pictures of both cars.
A lot of this stuff is really hard to explain if you dont witness it every day. But when you do, you realize that this is what you want to do, not scrub carpet. I let the teenagers do that.