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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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Local dealership is looking for a parts guy, not quite sure I'm qualified but hopefully will be interviewing soon. Any experiance, tips, salary? Whatcha guys know?
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 04:39 PM
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the best parts guys know a little about cars and can get an idea of what a customer is looking for from some pretty vague descriptions

base salary + commish dumdumdum

good luck
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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man its not that bad i was one at the local chevy house for a year i hooked up alot of friends and made some friends hooked myself up too you get alot of knowledge about the little things
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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As long as you have a general knowledge of vehicle's its easy
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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yeah if you have the basics youll be fine. when i worked in parts alot of the people that came in alot and knew alot about cars already knew what they needed or wanted and they would teach me a few things along the way.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 12:17 PM
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Thanks guys, decent salary? I have no idea what to expect.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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It is usually decent money. They will base your pay off experience though. If you work hard, you should have a few raises in no time.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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manager keeps asking me if i want to get promoted to parts counter..... only problem i have is i dont trust myself lol i dont want to waste their time training me and me leave like a few months later, but usually the base pay is what?
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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lol
if you get commish you just need to establish repeat customers and get your name out there

another perk is customers who call telling you they have a "94 formula GT with an LT4" and that "it's stock"
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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I am. Depending on what parts catalog they are using it can be pretty simple. What type of dealership is it? Im a gm/ford parts guy.
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