Truck salesmen are idiots

BigToe wrote:
Their dealership may have the policy of whoever greets the customer first gets the customer, and therefor gets the commission (or part of it) if the customer buys.

[sarcasm font] First of all, how dare you use common sense on this forum and pretend that some of the posters here aren't the center of the universe...[/sarcasm font] These people have jobs to do, just like anyone else. I am sure these people that like to play games with salesmen would be infuriated if someone came to their place of work (or previous place of work if retired...) and acted this way to them.

Second of all, I agree with you 100%. I worked in commission sales in college. I wasn't very good at it because I refused to harass customers and sell them something they didn't need or want. I got a higher commission if I sold brand X than if I sold brand Y. I was encouraged to sell brand X (because the higher my commission, the higher the managers quarterly bonus became). I refused to oversell people. If we didn't have what they needed in stock, I would notify the customer if another local store had the product. That was highly discouraged, because if our store didn't post the sale, my manager didn't get the bonus. I didn't like the job, I quit after a year. I made decent money but hated going to work.

Third, this is why if I go to a lot to look at cars while doing research I quickly explain to the salesman that we are NOT buying today. I ask for his card and tell him that I will find him, and only him, if I have questions. Generally I find that they will leave me alone if I do that. It also doesn't hurt that I have a job that allows me to go look at cars around 9 or 10 in the morning in the middle of the week. Usually only 1 or 2 salesmen on the floor at that hour and very few customers. They are less aggressive at those hours.