Proffessional, motivated, enthusiastic,passionate about the product , well trained sales people are as rare as a one armed wall paper hanger , most sales people these days sit in thier little cubicals in flash suits & don't even bother getting of thier arse to come out to serve you, if they do bother it's like they are doing you a favor just to talk to you .Like Rino I have a 45 year career in sales & marketing & most of this generation of sales ppl just don't cut the mustard sadly . I had a Mazda sales person try to talk me out of a mps 3 s/pac becauce he wanted to sell me the pov pack mps they had in stock . So I went to a smaller regional country dealer that had not lost the art of good old fashioned service , ordered the MPS that i wanted & waited 3 months to get .They made me feel that I was a valued customer & still do 3.5 years later . I am not just talking about car dealerships it is a problem in all retail sales outlets , I don't know how many places I have walked out the door because nobody could be bothered to serve me . Mazda Aust want to sell more cars ??? Employ people like me I could run rings around most of the current crop .I actually have the people skills to relate to customers & life experiance & thats my 2 cents worth.
Col
Last edited by YOU LOSE; 08-09-2010 at 11:02 AM.
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The Performance Model Breakdown has been added to my first post.
Thanks Mazda Guru, sorry to hijack this tread I did see that, it's a passion thing I feel that MPS sales could be better made with better training in house... When I purchased advertised products I also ordered the better models to sell up to and was forever restocking the better models....
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Couldn't agree with you more. In fact it's a completely different story when you look at total numbers.....
In the 34 months between June 2006 and March 2009 1,585 Gen 1 Mazda3 MPS were sold. That's an average of 47 per month.
In the 14 months between July 2009 and August 2010 896 Gen 2 Mazda3 MPS were sold. That's an average of 64 per month.
Note: between April 2009 and June 2010 there were only 8 Gen 1 Mazda3 MPS sold so I've included them in the total but not counted the months.
Last edited by Mazda Guru; 08-09-2010 at 01:36 PM.
Thanks Mazda Guru its always good to look at things in perspective with the whole picture
Sorry about my rant in my previous post Mazda Guru I wasn't having a go at you , I am to passionate about the MPS that combined with grumpy old man sindrome & the fact that the mps is not a market leader in hot hatches just erks me , no offence intended .
Col
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Col,
No offence taken, appreciate your comments. It's fantastic that you're so passionate. I too would love to see the Mazda3 MPS do better. I guess it's always a balancing act trying to figure out how many $$$ and how much training to throw behind a paricular product. And when you're up against such well established hot hatches as the Golf GTi and Impreza WRX it's always going to be an uphill battle. Further, all Dealerships tend to have a high turnover of staff so it's not always easy to ensure you have the right sales people with the best knowledge.
Craig (aka Mazda Guru)
Last edited by Mazda Guru; 11-09-2010 at 10:48 AM.
Could I trouble you for another colour breakdown Mazda Guru?
Apologies but I've been unable to get around to your request. Work has been hectic, including a trip to Hiroshima a couple of weeks ago. I've just posted the September results so will post an update on colours into that thread in the next day or so.
Cheers,
Craig (aka Mazda Guru)
ooohhhh did you find out any goss for us at Hiroshima o Guru of all things Mazda
we are MPS drivers we dont like suspense, we live in the moment
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