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125GP Champion
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Worthington, OH
Moto: Empty Garage
Posts: 3,418
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So I may have locked down my first "big boy" job out of school, seeing that I have 2 classes left for graduation. It just so happens to be at a motorcycle dealership too. And its NOT vehicle sales!!!! I consider it a good starting point, and a step in the right direction, considering the current job market.
The job is a finance department manager. Part of his email says. "The daily duties will include the selling and presentation of company back end products (financing, service-contracts, maintenance agreements, etc.), obtaining and managing financing of vehicles, processing of vehicle purchase documents and title work, administration and maintenance of vendor relationship for all back-end products. The finance associate is also responsible for keeping track of data related to KPIs and reporting on weekly, monthly and annually." Base salary is meh, but it also includes graduated compensation, which bumps it to a good number for a young person. So yet again, it is a good starting point. Best plus.... after 3 months you get bike purchase assistance and dealer discounts. Can you say newer SS??? ![]() Anybody work at a dealer before? Anybody work in dealer finance? Any advice or comments on the job?
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Location: Central NY
Moto: 2003 SV650S
Posts: 14,959
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Hey, congrats!
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Hold mah beer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
Moto: 08 R1200GS
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Run, seems like dealers go through employees like hot cakes around here. They regularly fire off the whole staff and replace everyone.
Congrats though, good experience builder.
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Pug Queen
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Moto: DR200, SV650
Posts: 2,486
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No comments on experience but congrats!!
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Ride Naked.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Flat and Straight ND
Moto: 08 BUELL 1125R, 05 SV650S
Posts: 7,916
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No experience with a bike dealer, but I worked at a car dealership.
It was a good experience, got to see the "other side" of it. Depending on how the dealership runs, you will either find out that all the "stealership" comments are just a stereotype, or find that they are true for your new place of employment. I hope that it is a place that does it's best to make the customer happy, and I hope it makes you happy! |
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
Posts: 10,799
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Wow, you are the asshole that I hate that wants to sell me a ton of crappy useless warenties.
Worked at a car dealership a while back was a fairly good experience
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I'm so much cooler online
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cartersville, GA
Moto: 06 FZ1
Posts: 1,436
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Yeah, 2 1/2 yrs until mid Dec last year...unless it's a huge and constanyle busy dealership, you will make no more than you base salary and they will let you go if you don't sell "enough" backend to suit them, wether or not anyone could sell it to the same given customers. The market (due to the economy) is too dead to expect all the commission they're telling you you can make, I heard the same thing in 08 before the banks crashed.
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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N
Posts: 8,704
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Are you going to be the one to give out the free rim jobs with every moto sale?
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WSB Champion
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Anaheim, CA
Moto: 2009 Kawi ZX6R
Posts: 5,570
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How much we talkin here? I think they fire the higher paid employees so they can hire the fresh outta school people for cheap.
Alot of motorcycle dealers closed...and people still are really not buying shit anymore. Good luck.
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Spiker bike
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: KCK
Moto: KZ750
Posts: 1,629
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Have worked at 3 dealerships. Good luck to you, you'll see the bike riders in a whole new light. And the best part of the job is watching the newbies ride the bike you just sold them out of the lot.
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