Sunday opening

monkeysnapper

I went for a drive today as I have many Sundays and I'm still stunned by the amount of people looking around garages at cars and sales closed . Some of the garages have gates and obviously closed to the public .

Am I missing something???? Surely most people are off weekends and only then get a chance to go looking at cars.

Now maybe its a region thing as I live in Kerry.

Noccy_Mondy

Everyone needs a day off. If they're that desperate, they'll return during the week

Del2005

monkeysnapper wrote: »

I went for a drive today as I have many Sundays and I'm still stunned by the amount of people looking around garages at cars and sales closed . Some of the garages have gates and obviously closed to the public .

Am I missing something???? Surely most people are off weekends and only then get a chance to go looking at cars.

Now maybe its a region thing as I live in Kerry.

I know a garage that opened a Sunday with plenty of advertising , had stuff for kids and all. Staff sat around all day doing nothing. Didn't try it again and this is a Dublin based main dealer. People like looking or going to shopping centres on Sunday, they don't buy cars.

jimbis

Some people like to view cars without some little sales fcuker hounding them to buy anything they glance at.

coylemj

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Everyone needs a day off. If they're that desperate, they'll return during the week

+1 and without children in tow. I was in the Joe Duffy BMW showroom near the M50 one Sunday and an entire family headed up by a comedian monopolised the one sales guy who was working, I had driven over from the southside to look at a specific secondhand car but couldn't get his attention. This guy just waffled on and on to show his family what a great guy he was, clearly a tyre-kicker of the highest order.

The trouble with opening on a Sunday is that along with showhouses, you will be a magnet for families looking for free entertainment to pass the time.

Atlantic Dawn

If I was a dealer I would close Monday and Tuesday and open Sunday instead.

Jack the Stripper

Opening Sunday will bring the masses of John and Mary and their five children Emma, Louise, Sinead, Jack, Tom and the youngest Mairead in their trusty 1.9tdi alhambra.

Atlantic Dawn

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Opening Sunday will bring the masses of John and Mary and their five children Emma, Louise, Sinead, Jack, Tom and the youngest Mairead in their trusty 1.9tdi alhambra.

The exact cheapppppppppppppeeeeee tax hunters you need to sell cars to.

goochy

think the should maybe have a security guard there and let people browse around but leave the deals to Monday to Friday - frank hogans in limerick does be full of people browsing after hours.

bladespin

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Opening Sunday will bring the masses of John and Mary and their five children Emma, Louise, Sinead, Jack, Tom and the youngest Mairead in their trusty 1.9tdi alhambra.

It doesn't, have seen it tried out twice locally (plenty of coverage - social media and traditional media) and both were flops. Though I did get to sit in a Ferrari at one (had no intention of buying though). As said above Sundays in our house - telly, shopping, entertain the kids, dinner, telly. The closest I'll get to buying a car is Matchbox.

biko

If there were money to be made having Sunday opening they would probably do that.
Maybe the people you saw are just tyre kickers on a Sunday and not serious buyers.

colm_mcm

We tried Sunday opening and only got time wasters.

monkeysnapper

colm_mcm wrote: »

We tried Sunday opening and only got time wasters.

Well that's fair enough .... I was only thinking about it from a sales point of view , some of the garages are really modern expensive fitted out so I thought wouldn't it make more sense to be open if there was money to be made .

bazz26

People normally go to forecourts on a Sunday to browse at stock rather than buy. Doing so when they are closed allows people to have a good look around the cars without the added pressure or distraction of sales staff. On the flip side from a sales point of view, it can draw people who have time to kill on a Sunday afternoon and have no intention of buying a car. Those serious about buying will normally come back when they are open to make further enquiries.

colm_mcm

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Well that's fair enough .... I was only thinking about it from a sales point of view , some of the garages are really modern expensive fitted out so I thought wouldn't it make more sense to be open if there was money to be made .

Car salespeople often work 55 hour weeks as it is.

Jack the Stripper

Not exactly physical killing work a salesperson to be fair. Some even have time to be posting on Boards all day.

colm_mcm

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Not exactly physical killing work a salesperson to be fair. Some even have time to be posting on Boards all day.

You still have to be there for when the customers walk in though. I can't see many choosing to work Sunday even if they got a day off in lieu. A lot of them see their families little enough as it is.

Noccy_Mondy

colm_mcm wrote:

Car salespeople often work 55 hour weeks as it is.

But think of the wages

robtri

colm_mcm wrote: »

Car salespeople often work 55 hour weeks as it is.

48,000 posts disagree with you that u are working....

colm_mcm

robtri wrote: »

48,000 posts disagree with you that u are working....

I gave up car sales years ago.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

But think of the wages

I see what you did there!

Noccy_Mondy

colm_mcm wrote:

I see what you did there!

Haha, had to have my dig back :P

mickdw

colm_mcm wrote: »

Car salespeople often work 55 hour weeks as it is.

It's that not the expected minimum in many industries now.
Certainly the construction industry which I was involved in, management are expected to do at least 60 hour weeks and workload would push that to well over 70.

colm_mcm

mickdw wrote: »

It's that not the expected minimum in many industries now.
Certainly the construction industry which I was involved in, management are expected to do at least 60 hour weeks and workload would push that to well over 70.

Those jobs pay by the hour though. Any car salespeople I know would be paid for 37-39 hours a week on their basic wage. Of course commission would bring that figure up if cars were being sold. But in the context of this thread, I can't see why you'd take a Tuesday off just so you could work Sunday.

Del2005

colm_mcm wrote: »

Those jobs pay by the hour though. Any car salespeople I know would be paid for 37-39 hours a week on their basic wage. Of course commission would bring that figure up if cars were being sold. But in the context of this thread, I can't see why you'd take a Tuesday off just so you could work Sunday.

Management are usually salaried so no OT.

r3nu4l

Trust me, as someone who has brought his kids to a dealer when buying a car, I can tell you it's not done for family entertainment. If you think a toddler and six year old are entertained in a car dealership you either don't have kids or are the type of parent who lets their kids run amok wherever they are and that ain't me...

I brought my kids with me and bought a car... not on a Sunday though

GavRedKing

I genuinely dont see the need for a showroom to be open 7 days a week.

Nearly everybody will have 1 or 2 days off that if they really want too and are interested in a car, will make it down on a Saturday or during the week.

TBH, if I really wanted to look at a specific car or talk about a brand new one, I'd ring ahead and ask to speak to someone in 30mins time, so youre not wondering around with your hands in your pocket.

mloc123

bazz26 wrote: »

People normally go to forecourts on a Sunday to browse at stock rather than buy. Doing so when they are closed allows people to have a good look around the cars without the added pressure or distraction of sales staff. On the flip side from a sales point of view, it can draw people who have time to kill on a Sunday afternoon and have no intention of buying a car. Those serious about buying will normally come back when they are open to make further enquiries.

I went to VW dealership near Liffey Valley one Sunday to scope out a car I planned to go and see properly during the week. Security came on over the loud speaker to say the garage was closed and to get off the property

Del2005

mloc123 wrote: »

I went to VW dealership near Liffey Valley one Sunday to scope out a car I planned to go and see properly during the week. Security came on over the loud speaker to say the garage was closed and to get off the property

Lots of dodgy neighbours around there. Anything not bolted down gets lifted and if it is bolted down it must be valuable so they destroy what's around it to lift it.

Commotion Ocean

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Everyone needs a day off

Ehh, the OP didn't suggest that people should work 7 days a week

Just because a business opens 7 days, doesn't mean all the staff are working 7 days

There magical things called rosters

Doodah7

What I think is more to the point than Sunday opening is the many garages that close half-day on a Saturday!!! If they are not tyre-kickers on a Saturday morning, they're not going to be tyre-kickers in the afternoon!!

(As for people working 70 hours a week... more fool them).

Samuel T. Cogley

There's a concept of a 'bar to entry' it's why the likes of Sky use 0818 numbers and UPC 1890 numbers. It makes you think, am I really bothered.

If you can;t be bothered to get up on a saturday morning or arrnage an hour off to pop along to the showroom you're probably not buying.

Doodah7

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

There's a concept of a 'bar to entry' it's why the likes of Sky use 0818 numbers and UPC 1890 numbers. It makes you think, am I really bothered.

If you can;t be bothered to get up on a saturday morning or arrnage an hour off to pop along to the showroom you're probably not buying.

There is also a certain arrogance that 'sure I'm the only dealer within 50 miles of here, if they want a Ford they will come to me' attitude around.

Hyundai's initiative in the UK of online trade-in and purchase of a new car might encourage car dealerships to be a little more open to suiting the customer rather than staff...

Samuel T. Cogley

Online is different, there's much lower overheads, it attracts a differnt type of punter and I can assure an awful lot of time wasters!

I agree with the arrogance part to a certain extent though. However it'd take some deal to get me away from the dealership I deal with even if he was only open for 15 minutes on a Wednesday evening.

Noccy_Mondy

dfeo wrote:

Ehh, the OP didn't suggest that people should work 7 days a week

Just because a business opens 7 days, doesn't mean all the staff are working 7 days

There magical things called

Alright, no need to be getting smart about it!

All I'm saying is that there's 6 other days of the week to go and look at a car, no need to be open 24/7 365.

corks finest

monkeysnapper wrote: »

I went for a drive today as I have many Sundays and I'm still stunned by the amount of people looking around garages at cars and sales closed . Some of the garages have gates and obviously closed to the public .

Am I missing something???? Surely most people are off weekends and only then get a chance to go looking at cars.

Now maybe its a region thing as I live in Kerry.

Strange Kerry behaviour, thought yed all be away to a GAA game in a Sunday,or is it only one Sunday a year ye go to the GAA (we're obviously not going to go for decades)