stubbsy05
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Seen a job at Vauxhall for a salesman. I work in I.T. at the moment, but was wondering whether this would be a good change?
Anyone else work for vauxhall? I am an enthusiast and can talk the talk when it comes to selling cars!
Salary to expect? Should I enquire about it?
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Phil321
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Might aswell enquire. Would be quite interesting I would think, although the salary will be largely based on commission I suspect.
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Red_SXi
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The saleman at my local Vauxhall dealership was telling me that a third of his sallery is made up by commision, he gets £40 for every car he sells. In one promotional weekend he sold 6 cars on the friday, 8 cars on the saturday and 4 on the sunday.
Its a job i wouldn't mind doing either, i have always wondered what qualifications are required ???
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Donna Corsa GSi
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I went out with a vauxhall salesman. His salary was about £4500 plus commission plus company car. He used to earn about £20-£25K a year. All depends how good you are. They get vouchers and stuff for selling accessories too. You have to obviously work towards targets.
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stubbsy05
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I wonder if its very stressful? Do you have to work 6 day weeks?
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Cole
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ya usually get a car aswell, but normally you will need previous dealer experience and a clean license
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Donna Corsa GSi
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Originally posted by Alex.S
I wonder if its very stressful? Do you have to work 6 day weeks?
Well the garage is open 7 days a week. They take it in turns to work sundays i think, and if they work sunday they have a day off in the week.
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Tom
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I've always wondered what quals u need, don't spose there's any normal route of getting into saleman thing?
Wouldn't mind that, could talk the talk aswell, as long as i wasn't out night b4 
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J da Silva
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in reality ur workin 24hours a day 7 days a week, my mates a trainee and hes constantly gettin phone calls, not tryin to put u off, just lettin u know what i know
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Cole
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ive been a salesman for 3 yrs now not easy when ya 1st start but within 6 months its a peice of piss its all about knowing ya product once ya got that sorted dead easy plus once ya been a salesman very easy to get into other sales positions
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J da Silva
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weigh up the pros and cons from what this thread tells ya
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Donna Corsa GSi
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The salesman at my local dealership work 8-7 Monday to Friday then its 8-5 Saturday and 10-4 sunday. And thats 6days a week.
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Tom
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But donna did your ex the salesan try and get you to trade yours in 
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Red_SXi
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So no-one know what qualifications are neccesary?
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Donna Corsa GSi
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Nah but his dad was the director of the company and he wanted to put my car in the show room
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Donna Corsa GSi
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quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
So no-one know what qualifications are neccesary?
Probably depends on the individual dealer cause they're franchises so will have their own employment policies
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Tom
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Yeah shud imagine that as mentioned above a big dealership place like lookers vauxhall etc would like experience, which you may be able to get from a year or so in a mid sized place spose.
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Tom
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Would do my head in telling them all the sh1t boring stuff, i'd be like yes 'would you like the irmscher brochure sir'
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Donna Corsa GSi
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Depends what position you're going for. I know quite a few people that have gone straight to Vauxhall wiv no experience in a trainee/junior position. uve just got to be willing to start at the bottom. Which means sales are gonna be harder to get cause ur competing against experienced salesmen.
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