Taken from John Cleeses “How To Irritate People”. A Classic scene of a car salesman. There is one thing which I can’t stand, and thats a liar. Salesman are the best in the business at that!
Crazy Larry’s Used Cars. Home Of The unbeatable Deal. Circa 1977
Late nite live ad from the 1970s for a car deal… (more)
Added: May 30, 2006
Late nite live ad from the 1970s for a car dealer that totally rips the sponsor a new one. Lots of swearing.
Tips For Car Dealers To Be Customer Friendly
Have you ever been in the shoes of a customer that needed a used car? Your excitement was so high on the moment your funding was enough to afford a used car. Then you pursued your sweet car dream by finding a used car lot through an online search, or even by looking into the yellow pages.
Arriving at the car sales lot you found a salesman pushing too hard, trying to convince you to purchase a car that was not within your budget. Not within your style, and he or she became uninterested in understanding and wanting to fulfill your needs, desires and wishes. This is when the disappointment of a customer starts building.
Frustrated by the sales person this customer is now fixing to walk away from a good potential sale if you would not have pushed so hard. When a cars sales representative is less in forcing their way the customer is left more within their own standards and is much more willing to part from their money. Yes, they might even be willing to take an additional amount of money out for a higher priced car. By using more patience.
When a car sales representative would be more attentive towards their customer even by just offering something to drink a sale can be much easier made. So lets say a cup of coffee, or a soda would cost a company at the highest about 0.50 cents the end result could be a pretty good sale on the end of the day. Of course the dealerships owner needs to be more open towards this kind of customer friendliness also. Not every customer is going to buy a vehicle even after receiving a cup of coffee or a soda. However, it will leave a great impression and they will remember this for a long time.
Also when parents come into a sales car lot and the dealer has nothing to play with for children this makes it hard on the parents to commit themselves to a sale. It would be very easy to set up an area especially for children to play. This area could be near any attendant keeping an eye out for the Childs play safety. Not every parent has an option to bring their child or children to a baby sitter.
Customer satisfaction should always be part of the number one thoughts. If the customers are met with friendliness, and courtesy some dealers are going to be increasing their sales in every aspect. In many cases a satisfied customer is going to talk to their friends and their friends will talk to their friends. The word to mouth advertisement will be very rewarding on the end. This can mean the difference between keeping old customers returning and new customers happy to make a purchase from your car dealership.
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The Villiers Motorcycles Company was started by John Masters and Son in Wolverhampton, England in 1898. Engines created by Villiers have been used by manufacturers of motorcycles all over the world. The company evolved from a bicycle manufacturer, so it was really a natural progression. In the early days however, they continued to make bicycles, and created specialist shops to develop some of their own parts; which were highly successful.
In 1902, Villiers created and patented a free wheel for bicycles, which was a huge success for them. Exports went out all over the world. Around 10 years later, Villiers designed a petrol engine.
The head of engineering at Villiers, Frank Farrer, wanted to create a two stroke engine, but the idea was not very popular amongst his peers. Farrer was so highly thought of at Villiers though, that the Company allowed him to pursue his idea. He created a very simple design; one with only three moving parts, and became very excited about the possibilities. Production started in 1913, but was halted by the Great War, when the factory became involved in munitions production. In some ways this was a blessing, because some of the components were only available from Germany, so production would have had to have stopped anyway.
A Villiers 269cc engine was installed in a 1922 Sparkbrook motorbike, an example of which is still available at the Motor Cycle Museum in Birmingham, England.
After the war, Villiers expanded and built new buildings, including a foundry. They were then in a position to manufacture engines from raw materials, keeping all aspects of manufacture of engines for motorcycles in house, and profits up.
Whilst their engines were used primarily for motorcycles, Villiers had great success incorporating the 269cc engine in lawn movers and in developing the Seagull outboard engine.
Just before the Second World War, Villiers developed a 98cc engine. The idea behind this was to make transport available to everyone. They managed to persuade other manufacturers to build auto cycles, and these were a big success; over the next few years, over 100,000 of these auto cycles were sold.
During the Second World War, the factory became involved in munitions manufacture again. Because of the difficulties in getting supplies from the US, Villiers created a 4 stroke engine for the British Government as part of the war effort. This was so successful, that the engine ended up being used all over the world.
After being taken over in the early 1960’s, Villiers gained access to the Norton brand of Motorbike, and production of Norton Villiers began. Norton Villiers enjoyed great success, especially on the race track. However, government subsidies were used to buoy the company, and when the Labour Government of the early 1970’s removed this subsidy, Norton Villiers and the rest of the British Motorcycle industry, came crashing down, ending in oblivion for motorcycle development in the UK.
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