Hope this mesage gets attached! ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 Eh-yup! people WANT to be 'sold' on a product-purchase; most people who go to a store-shop subconsciously want to have their resistance be overcome , by a salesman who validates their intelligence and taste, in being there, in the first place, and to make them feel GOOD about having spent their money, there. The wife & I, 10 years ago, when we were actively in search of a good used Jeep Cherokee, and finding no obvious candidates at Don-a-vee(?) Jeep, in L.A., actually had a salesman let us walk off their lot, being motivated buyers ('guess that they already had plenty of THEM) ; later that weekend, we bought a nice used Cherokee, from Pasadena Jeep/Eagle (then). Back in the late 60's, my uncle, for whom I was working, in the summer, as a Common laborer, in K.C., for his industrial plumbing contractorship, told me to go around to the local Fart dealerships, & price out the purchase of another 1/2 ton Company stripper work truck. Sheeit! a 17 year old work-grungy kid going to CAR dealerships, & 'buying' a (work) truck? I got the gamut of welcomes/responses, but Uncle Gibby ended up buying a truck from the dealership which best wanted to sell me a truck! Dealerships have always been in the business of moving (and: selling-from!) the existing inventory, and it seems that the larger the dealership, the less personal-interest the sales staff takes, in any Prospect, and their personal needs. Nowadays (and always?) : find out if the Prospect is ready to buy, how much they can spend, or loan-qualify-for, and WHAT can WE sell to them , in their price range? And, only go try to find a car, at some other Corporate dealership, that fits their needs, as a last-resort. The difference between now-and-then : the time-differential involved, because spending your valuable time with a tire-kicker/time- waster/monetary-loser can cost you a nice commission, when a real qualified/qualifiable Prospect might show up, at any time. So, they gotta go decide whom they want to play-up-to, and whom they'll blow-off, in nanoseconds! Neil Vedder ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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