re: Looking to get out of Car Sales, any advice?

This is probably worse than my first recommendation but I have four good friends who are accountants and they all seem very happy and content with their lives.

If you have sales skills and people skills, which you probably do, get into b2b sales. Heavy equipment like John Deere, forklifts, material handling, etc... Or supplies like Fastenal or Grainger.

Buyers are a lot more rational, they focus either on cost or performance. Colors, sunroofs, wheels etc... are no longer a deal killer.

If you live near a city: Elevator Repairman. Check it out.

Good pay, always in demand.

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If you have sales skills and people skills, which you probably do, get into b2b sales. Heavy equipment like John Deere, forklifts, material handling, etc... Or supplies like Fastenal or Grainger.

Buyers are a lot more rational, they focus either on cost or performance. Colors, sunroofs, wheels etc... are no longer a deal killer.

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Good advice...outside industrial sells is a great gig...first off it is mostly outside of an office so you run around town talking to folks. The upside is that most likely the products you are selling are needed by the customer and they have little choice but to buy them from you or someone like you. It is a great gig for those capable of doing it right...

If you work those number of hours and holidays at just about any other sales job, you can make 100K. Imagine working those hours as a realtor. You woiuld make way more than 100K.

Crazy hours is an old school philosophy. The biggest issue with the hours for most people is working Saturdays. Regardless, the salespeople at the dealerships I'm very familiar with all work roughly 45 hour weeks.

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Covid and the surplus of big time commission

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is why this

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now that well has all dried up with the economy/inflation and it’s hard to have consistent pay.

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has happened.

We all didn't forget the dealers trying to screw people with insane markups and fees during the pandemic.

With mt rant out of the way, what are you looking to do? Stay in sales? Want out of sales altogether? Have a college degree? If so, in what?

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I know you're shitting on these plans and/or the folks "pushing" them, but honestly, a couple of those add-ons (tire and extended warranties specifically) have more than paid for themselves for me.

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Those are some of the highest profit centers for dealerships. Unless you think hitting curbs is a sport, I'm not sure how anyone gets any value out of those plans.

Dude, anyone who sells 50 cars in a calendar year wouldn't even survive the entire year before quitting or being let go. They have no business in sales. 10-12 per month is average. Top performers sell double that. Your example is ridiculous.

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Just what the police need. Another last resort applicant.

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The fact that he would consider law enforcement after leaving an unrelated industry doesn't make him a bad candidate. I have a friend that was previously a pilot, but the schedule was hard on the family, then the economy went to shite in 2007 and he'd work a few months, then get laid off. He wanted the security of steady hours, a steady paycheck, and no traveling. He's been a cop for about 12 years now and is doing well as a detective. Another co-worker was a middle school math teacher, but hated it. He's making quite a name for himself as a financial crimes detective now. Another dude owned an auto body repair shop, but, at 36, decided he wanted to be a cop and is doing quite well also. Just because someone didn't choose this career straight out of college doesn't mean that they can't be good at it.

There’s so much cope in this post it’s hilarious