| Author | Message | ||
     Ft_bstrd |
Sanchez does great work!!!! | ||
| Buellgrrrl |
FB, Which location? I rode by Murphysborough on my way to FL last week, would have taken you up on the test ride and lunch offer if I'd known you were in. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Bumpus HD in Murfreesboro, TN. Come by and see me. | ||
| Crusty |
 (Message edited by crusty on June 01, 2009) | ||
| Cityxslicker |
word of mouth will get alot done. Show up to the local sport bike nites on the dealer bike. Sponsor bike nites, Do a sunday morning pancake ride (mandatory 100 miles before the pancakes) Make sure the demo loop is full of twisties. Use the buddy referral. And if there is a local bike chat board there , guerilla marketing is your best tactic. Of course ride your bike EVERYWHERE, park it in FRONT of the dealership every day you work. Make sure the other sales guys know that if someone is 'looking' at Buell, they talk to the guy in the know; spoon him a sporter deal to keep things level and you off to the races. We went from ground zero to 30 a year.... "out of nowhere"  | ||
| Oldog |
Good luck Ft I think your a natural, and dealing with some thing that you enjoy never hurts! If your prospective clients knew you as we do. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
If your prospective clients knew you as we do. They would run screaming from the building.  | ||
| Etennuly |
They would run screaming from the building. Doubtful they would have ever come inside to begin with! Blue Oyster Cult singing in the background "don't fear the ft_bstrd!"} Good on ya Jeremy. Now I have a reason to ride that direction. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Congrats on the gig, now you just need a T-shirt. PLEASE BUY A BUELL FROM ME I need the commission to buy one of my own | ||
| Buellgrrrl |
FB, this gig might be a good thing for you... One of the first things you learn in retail is to treat your customers with respect even if they or their beliefs are different than you. | ||
| Boltrider |
I keep leaning on my brother to get a Buell. He lives in Nashville - maybe one of these days he will cave in and pay Bumpus a visit. (Message edited by boltrider on June 02, 2009) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
FB, this gig might be a good thing for you... One of the first things you learn in retail is to treat your customers with respect even if they or their beliefs are different than you. They also train us to recognize those people who aren't really "customers" of the dealership and are instead financial black holes to the dealership. The trick is knowing the difference. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Which one are you?  | ||
| Pammy |
I think you will do well. If you like and are enthusiastic about what you are selling, half the battle is won. I love what I do. The big bonus is the friends that I have made along the way. Life is good. Congrats! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Boltrider, Send him my way. I'd love to get him to take one out on test ride. Many addicts are created through "just one hit". | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Many addicts are created through "just one hit". when I test rode my first Buell back in 1998, I don't think I had ridden three blocks before I knew I was going to buy it! Just one ride and I was hooked! Good Luck with your new job F.B. | ||
| Buellgrrrl |
So FB, you're admitting that HOG(NYSE) has a "blacklist" of customers they won't sell a bike to? How does one get on the "blacklist"? | ||
| Ourdee |
Buellgrowl, You coming to homecoming? | ||
| Kmfw160 |
WOOHOO bstrd...Hopefully I'll be back at beautiful Ft. Campbell next spring...I hope...Bumpus HD is only what, a, hr and change ride from Clarkesvegas. lol | ||
| Glitch |
How does one get on the "blacklist"? All you have to do is acquire yourself a piss poor credit score to start with. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
So FB, you're admitting that HOG(NYSE) has a "blacklist" of customers they won't sell a bike to? How does one get on the "blacklist"? Some people.  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
WOOHOO bstrd...Hopefully I'll be back at beautiful Ft. Campbell next spring...I hope...Bumpus HD is only what, a, hr and change ride from Clarkesvegas. lol Come see me! | ||
| Buellgrrrl |
"Some people"s got money to spend... You gonna say no to that? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
We don't sell BMWs. | ||
| Pammy |
If you got the money, honey... Cash is still King/Queen in all establishments that I know. | ||
| Etennuly |
All some people are required to do to get black listed anywhere, is be themselves. | ||
| Pammy |
Don't you mean "some people"? | ||
| Etennuly |
Mebby I do. I'm not sure if I am one of them right at this moment.....so (") and (") could cover that. But if that is so then wouldn't "themselves" need to be qualified also? | ||
| Pammy |
Could be the way to go...if one chose to be that redundant, I suppose one could take that qualitative action... Let's try it, shall we? All "some people" are required to do is be "themselves"...hmmm yes, I think you may be on to something. | ||
| Doughnut |
 Brain hurt. |
