Anyone a Parts Guy?

Smoker_98 · 07-02-2008, 04:10 PM

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?

fast · 07-02-2008, 05:39 PM

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

modman4.6 · 07-02-2008, 05:41 PM

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

95FbFormula · 07-02-2008, 07:33 PM

As long as you have a general knowledge of vehicle's its easy

onebad03 · 07-02-2008, 09:14 PM

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.

Smoker_98 · 07-03-2008, 01:17 PM

Thanks guys, decent salary? I have no idea what to expect.

bandit79 · 07-03-2008, 02:39 PM

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.

reject · 07-03-2008, 06:12 PM

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?

reject · 07-14-2008, 06:54 AM

LOL strange seeing a spammer on tech, usually i only see them on SSU

fast · 07-14-2008, 05:42 PM

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"

mapleredt/a · 07-14-2008, 10:04 PM

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.