If you are a customer shopping for a car, here are 7 things you might want to know:
1. If you find what you are looking and the salesperson says, “If you like this one, you should buy it because it won’t be here long.” THAT IS NOT a line they are using to sell you - that’s a mathematical certainty.
2. The salesperson IS NOT happy your ordered vehicle is not ready to be picked up in the next few days or weeks - they’d rather you have it right away too.
3. The sales managers can’t call the manufacturer and ask them to “speed things up” to help your car get here sooner - if they could, they would gladly do that for you.
4. If you do place an order for an incoming vehicle… calling, texting, or emailing your salesperson, “Any news?” will unfortunately not make it arrive sooner - it’s like pressing the button for your floor on an elevator more than once - it won’t get you there faster.
5. The number of vehicles for sale across the country is 22% of what it was in 2019 - that means there’s literally 78% FEWER cars from what would normally be available - from 4.5 million vehicles to only 1 million nationally.
6. Dealers are not “jacking up prices”. The price of the cars has gone up because of the limited supply relative to demand AND it will likely be this way until 2025 before it’s normal again - while dealers have lost 75% of their inventory to sell, their overhead was not reduced by 75% (electric bill, rent factor, water bill, property tax, etc were not reduced by 75%)
7. In society it has been socially acceptable to mock car salespeople. And while most salespeople have been lied to, called names, been ghosted, been threatened, are disrespected and are constantly made fun of by TV shows and Hollywood, the truth is they are often decent, caring, kind and considerate people who just want to help people and make an honest living doing something they enjoy - just like every other profession, because some are scum doesn’t mean most are that way.
If you are shopping for a car… Be gracious. Be kind. Be patient. We are all just human beings and we should never forget to be human to another human!
Happy hunting!
🚨Bonus tip: if you or someone you know is in the market during these times, #JoshTakesCareOfU is always here to help with 100% transparency and provide all the information you need to make an educated decision! Thank you for the opportunity to be at your service🙏
