Tuesday, May 29, 2012

How to Become a Car Salesman - Learning the Fraudulent Tricks of the Trade

People in general don't admire car salesmen in the used car trade. They see them as greasy, unreliable and unpleasant people. And yet, there are plenty of people out there who would like to know how to become a car salesman.

Well, if you're one of those people and you would like to know how to become a car salesman in the used trade, you will have to know beforehand the kind of unpleasant tricks you will have to pull on your customers. Here are some of them. Try to see if in the end, you still feel like it.

The first thing you need to to as a used car salesman is, you have to get customers to come into your lot to look at cars so that you can pull a few devious tricks on them. How do you get them there? You get them there with a few devious tricks, of course.

What you will do is, you advertise a few sought-after brands of car at very cheap prices. Of course, people are going to come in because they are going to wonder how you're selling such great brands at such cheap prices.

Once people step onto your lot, you show them the cheap cars, and you tell them that really, those cars are a terrible bargain because there's this, that and the other thing that's wrong with them. And then, you'll upsell them to what youreally intended to sell them all along. Once they're there, and once you've seen the lemon that a low price can get them, they will  psychologically feel a lot readier to trade up. That's the trick you have to pull.

There's another thing you have to do once customers get to your lot. You have to lowball them - give them a price that's very, very low. But you won't sell the car to them at that price. You will insist that they shop around and see if they can match your price. Once the customer wastes his time shopping around unsuccessfully, he'll come back to you. Only now, you'll say that those prices have been revised. Your customer will be so exhausted at this point that he'll just buy whatever you offer him.

Whatever car the customer seems to be interested in, you want right away to step up and say that you drive the same car or your wife does. If you're feeling a little extra sentimental, you have to tell them that your mother drives that car. Of course it's all lies. And even if it is the truth, you're only driving the car because you work at a used car dealership and you got that car for free.

If the customer seems a little bit unwilling to buy, what you do is, you offer the car to the customer for couple of days, just to get a feel for her. When you're hoping for is that when you're being so nice and generous, the customer will feel bad about returning ist just walking away.

That's how to become a car salesman in the used trade. You have to have no conscience.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

What do you know about Car Cleaning Products

When asked about their most prized possession, many people will name their cars which some have gone to the extent of naming. It therefore follows that they would want to take great care of their cars and what other way is there to do it other than by use of the best car cleaning products. The latter are very important as they help people’s cars to remain in great condition.

Apart from the normal car cleaning products there are those that are also used for giving your car a finish that can only be termed as show quality and among such products is detailing clay. If you have just bought a car then you need to first know about the polish and solution that are used for car cleaning. You will need to wash the car regularly and the polish can be used several times each year so as to ensure that the car has a good protective layer.

The best time to apply the polish is just before winter when salt is known to splash onto the paintwork of the car and this can lead to its corrosive properties damaging the car. As regarding car cleaners you might need to get car shampoos that can be washed off easily. Cars are prone to get stains or pranksters can decide to spray it with graffiti and in such instances it might be wise to get stain and graffiti removers.

Another of car cleaning products that you should be aware of are the stain protectors and these are normally used on car fabrics. These will be very helpful in preventing permanent stains from getting to the seats in case something is spilled on them. There are products that are specifically made for cleaning the windows of the car and these help them to remain clear not to mention the fact that they are safe to use. There are products whose main task is to ensure water slips off your car’s windows thereby reducing the risk of stains.

As for the upholstery you can use products that can be used for the dashboard as well. The metals found on the wheels should be cleaned using particular products to ensure that they shine. When looking for products to clean their cars, many people concentrate on the beautiful results but hardly do they think of preserving their cars. You should also look for the products that will help to preserve your car and among these products is wax.

Among the best places to buy car cleaning products is car dealer shops and the best thing about buying the products from these places is you will be advised on how to use them. The internet can be a good source of these products as well but before you steel for a particular store you should first conduct some product comparison.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Sidestepping Car Salesmen Tricks

When what's left of your car loan is worth a lot then what your car is worth - when you are upside down on your car loan, to use the lingo - it can be very difficult to  sell that car and and then to buy a new one. At this point, you will come upon one of the more infamous car salesmen tricks out there - a salesman at the dealership offers to pay off your old car just like that. He will pay it off no matter how much money it is.

You might feel like taking them on their offer. You know that there are car salesmen tricks out there that you have aware of, but what could possibly be fishy about this, you wonder.

Well, what's fishy is the that car salesman doesn't intend to pay it off at all. What they actually do is that they assess how much they will lose if they take your old car and sell it and then use the money to pay off your loan. Whatever they have to pay out-of-pocket, they will surreptitiously add that sum of money to your new car loan. And they'll never tell you about it. So it's a very bad deal.

There have been plenty of car dealerships - Hyundai dealerships in particular - that have been sued by the FTC for this. The dealerships for their part, claim that they haven't done anything wrong. But they promise that they won't advertise in this fashion ever again.

You need to be sure that you don't ever fall for this kind of cheap trick by the car dealerships. The first thing you need to be able to do to sidestep these car salesmen tricks is that you need to know if you are upside down on your car loan.

To do this is pretty simple. You just need to look up Kelley Blue Book, find out how much your car is worth on the market now, and then look at your loan documentation to find out how much you owe still. If what you owe there is more than what you car is worth according to Kelley Blue Book, you may consider yourself upside down. This isn't the end of the world.

Most people are upside down. It's only a problem if you need to buy a new car. If your existing cars and in good enough condition to give you any service there's no reason to care. All you need to do is to keep driving the car until the car is worth less than what you owe on it. And then, you can sell it to everyone else.

It's always a very bad idea to combine buying a new car with selling your old car and getting financing for the new car. Doing three things at one time can turn out to be hugely complicated. It gives the dealer all kinds of ways in which to hide deceptive activity.