WEIRD ILLIN !!!

... that is what the guy in the commercial screams all the time...WEIRD - ILLIN !!! , as he throws his hands toward the camera and flashes his plastic smile. He is not really saying weird-illin, but now everytime you hear it from this point on that is what will pop into your mind. If you are from this area (Bristol TN/VA), you will know what this is referring to, if not, just say weird-illin several times really fast and you will get it.

In case you are wondering what this blog is, it's about the car business, and more importantly or less importantly, depending upon your own opinion I suppose, meant for those who work in the car business. If you land here and have a funny story about your work, your co-workers, your boss, or best of all...your customers, please email it to me to share here or click on the "comments" after any post you feel you can add to and vent, share, etc. to help you deal with what so many people have no idea about and no one else seems to understand....and if you are not in the car business, but would like some insight from those who live it everyday, then hang around and see what the next "up" (car slang, for a customer that drives onto the lot) has to offer to this site...well, enough of that, let's continue.

Is it not funny how scared people are of us? The car stops-the passenger door opens-the wife (or a child) hops out-scurries hurredly toward the window sticker-quickly glancing around the sticker to see if it is auto or stick and if it has power windows or crank, etc. while the husband (or parent) glances toward the showroom, glances back at the wife/child, glances back to the shoroom, back to wife/child and so on and so on, just waiting to scream " HERE HE COMES ! " if one of us starts to make our way toward their car.

Oh...about the name of this blog, that is one of my favorite things to say to my salespeople that work with me. It is a supposed "no-no" and you shouldn't use it if you work your customers properly, I think thats why I jokingly say it so often, those of you who have worked with me can probably hear my voice in your head right now, "IF I COULD, WOULD YOU(pronounced wouldja)?"...sorry about that. Not really.

And another favorite..."I bet you'd buy it for that alone."...follow along as I demonstrate the beauty and power of this too often underutilized closing line that in the hands of a well seasoned salesman is like a glowing red ginsu through a fresh stick of county crock...
salesman: well folks, how did you enjoy the ride of that flatbed diesel six speed? wasn't it even better than you hoped it would be???
customer1 (husband): actually, it rode like we expected, but it smells so much like cow s%$t that we could barely even breath.
customer2 (wife): yea, it was horrible.
salesman: I bet you'd buy it for that alone.
customers1&2: WHAT???
salesman: follow me and let's see what kind of numbers my boss has worked up for you