In the future, all your car salesman will either be
1) on the job less than 6 months--so product knowledge suffers
2) single--they can actually make a living at it
3) barely made it out of high school--which is why they arent in college
4) foreigners--its good money compared to what they can make overseas
5) transitioning between jobs--its the easiest job to get hired for
or a combination of the above.
Why is that??
1) Internet--armed with a folder full of documents of what prices should be
2) Economics--paying MSRP is like getting robbed
3) Thinking the dealers are making $5000 profit on every car
4) Fierce competition from other dealerships
5) Managers making deals at any price to keep the numbers up
6) Cars are getting way too expensive for the average person
7) Salesman promising anything so they can get a sale to keep their job
7a) To put food on the table
7b) To pay the bills
7c) Realizing you should have started this job straight out of high school- you quit because you cant live on a unstable unpredictable income every month
You guessed it, I sold cars for a summer and it would have been hell if I had to do that for the rest of my life. Knowing it was only for the summer made it fun. We always joked that we're all gonna ask for a huge discount everytime we went someplace to buy something.
If I ever buy a house again, Im gonna make an offer at $500 over invoice and have the realtor reduce their fee by at least 20%, then demand over payoff amount for my old house.