Sometimes people are just liars or don't know. I have many times had this happen. You go to a place and they want to be the top dog. Say they are claiming to be getting .90 cents for auto batts. That's almost 30 bucks each. Your there buying at 12 with no margin. You know it's wrong.
I kill them with kindness.
Say "hey thats wrong man, no way its not market" guys says "no I'm waiting for this guy he is coming tomorrow".
Okay this next bit is a nice way to stop this bs. " just so happens I have 200 batts on my truck" your guy is coming......."
now watch his or her hands squirm and body position change. Usually people back up. " I'll sell you my batts for 20 bucks" A price you know isn't feasible.
Tell them " you can make 10 dollars a unit on 200 that's 2000 net now today" and shut up. Watch the back up now......
"oh uh my guy just text he can't come or it was two years ago".
Now your done you called a bluff or lie with out being a jerk.
This works everytime. I'm nice and don't like to piss people off. I know my end of batteries better than anyone. You know more come see me. I'm the sponge I'll suck your information dry. "that sounds bad lol. What you think I was going to say"
This works its nice and you are calling people on their bluff with out being a jerk. You want to buy is cats or rotors or rims right if you can't get the batts Now. Maybe not today but next week or year. I don't know about you Im in this for the long haul.
It works great with cats. The best one is when you are pricing am cats and person says I'm getting 29 bucks for them. Great here's 50 of mine. You'll be rich. Buy them at 12 bucks. Now your making twice what you were going to. Actually whats a am worth 6 or 7.
Love this business. It's all about making people smile. It takes a lot of investment to source customers right.
Don't blow them out with ego. That's my bigest battle. When I know I'm right I use to frees when I heard a lie. Now I just go with it. People sell to who they like. Not always who pays best. If your guys only care about what the top buyer is you'll never make $$ and have consistency unless your buying 10s of millions of pounds. Million of dollars in sales at a crappy margin is working in the red.
You guy watch there will be blood. I'm a battery man. Ive earned the right to have you call me a batteryman. I have concerns all over this state, any lead you have on you lease Ill guarantee my enterprise pays you best. Why I've fixed it for you and me.
Something like that. I Gota watch it again. It's all about simple man of your word hand shake deals. Why do complicate stuff these days.
Aaron with Stillwater.
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