Buying an R8 @ Heartland Holden. NEVER!!!

[MartyHusseinXF]

As a salesman, it's all part of the job. If you can't deal with it you need to find another career.

Ah, so thats how you guys get to sleep after being jerks all day to everyone.

[SPDRCR]

Ah, so thats how you guys get to sleep after being jerks all day to everyone.

Get off your high horse. Being a (good) salesman requires some serious skill. Sure there are plenty of bad salespeople around (as there are in any other industry). If the salesman does the job right it is an enjoyable experience for everyone.

[edo]

im curious why you would end with that after relating a scenario which surely turned out remarkably well?

was it because it was just luck you got talking and youre usually a rude fuck? or because he was a rude fuck during the process and you dont like money that much? :p or c none of the above (what?)

Yeah, what they said...judge a book by its cover etc...

Since then, I have been approached by many a big name retailer dressed all casual...& each time they have got into my office much quicker than 'butch' did.

[23Kev]

I always remember one dude that came in when I was working in a games shop. Looked like a bum (literally a bum from the street, dodgy tracksuit pants, ripped dirty shirt etc). So I went up to him and had a chat (it was the end of the day and I didn't want to vacuum the floor!) and noticed a couple of things, he had on some decent aftershave and spoke bloody well. We chatted for a bit about the playstation he was looking at, blah, blah. Eventually he decided he would by a playstation, about 5 games, steering wheel, additional controller etc, spent about $1000. He then came in every week to buy more shit, always looked crap but smelt good and spoke perfectly. Was a great guy!

Since then I've never judged by appearance and I reckon it's got me a fair way in my sales career.

[kabab]

In my industry we are always told to pay attention to the guys who dress the worst as they are usually the head honcho dudes...

Mind you in that industry well dressed is a pair of jeans and polo shirt.

[Lexar]

I remember meeting a former boss of mine for the first time - guy was worth well over $100 million and was dressed in a stained t-shirt and old boardies.

[S_E]

I remember reading a story in Holden's 'UpFront' magazine 8-10 years ago, there was an interview with a Holden dealer salesperson, one of the questions was 'what was your quickest sale?'. Just like all the others, scruffy guy walks in in tracksuit pants and an old sportsbag etc, turns out he'd just won big at the races and the bag was filled with cash, bought a new Vectra in the next 20 seconds...

[cracka]

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Well, man I am currently working for, recently sold his business for a cool 500mil, and is worth a few times that in cash asset alone.

He had dunlop volleys, a pair of average jeans and a kmart penguin shirt on when he walked into my workplace. To soon place a $310,000 order and pay 50% as deposit on the spot. Every encounter I have had with him has been nothing more than what I would expect talking to and looking at a typical blue collar worker on the weekend. (Aside from the fact that I'm working on his yacht at the time).

Certainly never judge a book by its cover, I come across plenty of what I would refer to as wealthy men (worth over a million or two?) and maybe only 5% of them wank it up. Of all the top wealth at the local tosser yacht club, only one of them really wanks it to the max (audi r8 etc), rest all drive shit cars, and look average.

[phat-turbo]

a $500m company you say .....

[Rollin]

How the fuck do these kents get all their money? There seems to be a shitload of it going round, and I'm looking really hard, just can't seem to get much to come my way

Q....do you require an assistant? :p

[Uwish]

If a 500mil company sold it would be all over the papers.
Thats a big deal.
Maybe 50mil. Still a bucket load of coin.

[Merry Vanly Stan]

maybe he meant sold as in floated on the asx?
its probably eddie groves?

[phat-turbo]

Uwish : Exactly ... there wouldn't be too many $500m Brisbane based company's ... even $50m

dan : Doubt it, to raise $500m via IPO is a massive amount of capital and again, I can't think of a company of that size that has recently floated. Also Eddie Groves is pretty much a high flier, loves his Ferrari's and Helicopter's... I can't see him in a Kmart penguin shirt getting his Yacht repaired :D

[Lexar]

Possibly the BreakFree guy? Not $500 mil but he sold it for $200 mil from memory.

[Q]

Well, man I am currently working for, recently sold his business for a cool 500mil, and is worth a few times that in cash asset alone.

so he has $1Billion + in cash....
+ $500m from [sold] business
+ any other assets
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$1.5b+

Not many billionaires keep that much in cash asset......

So who is this mystery billionaire ?
BRW must have overlooked him.