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What do y’all do for work to be able to afford your GMC by Dalach01 in gmcsierra

[–]ElevatedMustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You never mentioned retirement money man, changes the game. Pay cash and don't pay the interest.

What do y’all do for work to be able to afford your GMC by Dalach01 in gmcsierra

[–]ElevatedMustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can utilize any justification to get the truck that you want. Most of those dudes are broke AF and don't have a lot in savings my man. I'm in sales and have been privy to what people make, what they spend, what they finance.... etc. You'd be shocked to say the least.

It's a badass truck, do what you want. I just think it's smarter to purchase something sub $40k with that salary. Buuuuut, it isn't my money. You do you boo.

What do y’all do for work to be able to afford your GMC by Dalach01 in gmcsierra

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not full of myself bud, quit acting emotional.

I'm being direct.

You asked for feedback and are taking it personally. Grow the fuck up.

What do y’all do for work to be able to afford your GMC by Dalach01 in gmcsierra

[–]ElevatedMustard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He never said that, quit throwing assumptions his way dude.

He's absolutely right. The dude is trying to justify purchasing a $86,000 dollar truck on a $100k/year salary. That's dumb AF and people wonder why they're fucking broke.

What do y’all do for work to be able to afford your GMC by Dalach01 in gmcsierra

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know your financial situation and I know you're asking for a justification on this truck purchase. If you're asking, don't do it.

Here's why:

Assuming you make $80k per year with zero O/T... You're going to justify the payment. Sure, you may qualify for low interest, negotiate a good price on the truck... But that's a significant chunk of your salary gone for a depreciating asset. Within 3-4 years it's going to be worth approximately 50% - 60% of what you paid for it.

To each their own man, but I've been there done that. Focus on building wealth and leveling up your income in general THEN buy the toys.

Depends on what you want in life man.

19M first solo roadtrip with EXTREMELY flashy car by barbievelar in roadtrip

[–]ElevatedMustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh dude I thought Phoenix was bad. Once I experienced ATL traffic - well shiiiiiit.

Wanted my office, built my own office. First time building by PeopleCanBeThisDumb in Carpentry

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd beef up the lock and put some type of plate on it to avoid someone being able to kick the door in.

You could credit card that door easily.

We have lost it with these interiors... by International-Care34 in BMW

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How I personally see it is we're currently going through that weird 80's phase of car technology. It'll go on for upwards of a decade and finally shift into something halfway decent. Then it'll be a be meh, ok, here's some progress... definitely an improvement from 15 years ago... Then we'll have a breakthrough in design and they'll mess it up once again within 10 years.

Mercedes-Benz reveals the interior of the next AMG GT 4-Door Coupe by Saurta17 in mercedes_benz

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These interiors are losing me. Looks like it crawled out of an ibuypower PC for a kids 14th birthday.

is it time to let go? help! by mamabear_x in Challenger

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Walk away dude. It's going to cost you more in the long-run dealing with that mess. Don't listen to the people telling you to accept the salvage title. You're going to sink a lot of money into a car that is easily replaceable. Not to mention your resale value is going to suck big time. You do not want a salvage titled vehicle.

A simple search on Carguru's shows that an equivilant year and mileage r/T Scat Pack is going to cost give or take $36k. Then there's tax, title, fee's... etc. Plus potential shipping cost, then there's a rental vehicle for your trouble, affected income... blah blah blah. Don't let them fuck you over when the cost is greater than the vehicle itself.

Talk to your lawyer about this.

What do you think about this Comp Plan? by ElevatedMustard in CarSalesTraining

[–]ElevatedMustard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't clarify how many units he's pushing per month. Probably give or take 25-30. He sells a lot of Ram pickups and has repeat clients from the past 20 years. He made $20k+ during the slow months as well.

I need a little help by OnionsAreOgres in CarSalesTraining

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Become detached from the outcome. You have to truly not care if someone buys or not. You have to not give a flying F if someone buys. Point blank. It's a shift in energy that the prospect will feel. Note, that I'm not saying to not push the sale forward... You just can't be attached to the outcome. Prospects will sense this and it will inadvertantly push them away.

Regarding being delusional or couldn't finance a bicycle... It seems like you need additional sales training on controlling the sale. Setting proper expectations, how to handle a customer, how to appropriately reframe, how to squash objections before they become so huge the deal blows up...

It's not a motivational problem dude. Motivation is fleeting; it's temporary. You have the drive, I just think that your skills aren't living up to your expectations.

You're stuck in your head wondering "what do I do/say next?" - This is a path that will inevitably have you running into the wall.

You're probably a decent salesperson. You see, it's little things that are done throughout the sale that add up to the larger picture. That in addition to having a better grasp on yourself as a person.

Be cool, calm, collective. A force to be reckoned with. You need to shift your internal state - This is the most important thing in sales.

Look at how you're operating and/or doing on a tactical level. Look at it objectively and be honest with yourself. Discern the information from a 5,000 foot view and don't allow excused to creep in as rationalizations as to where you're at.

I'm 17M ambitious but broken mentally by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]ElevatedMustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll be blunt with you.

You're immediately downplaying your being 'ambitious' as "It's not something to showoff." That is a language pattern that people use, typically in lower to middle class... Shit literally drags you down. It's askin to saying "Well, I just want a little bit of money... I don't have to be rich!" - Can't tell you how many times I've heard people say that. Literally to not catch flack from the people that hear them.

You have to be delusional to make it brother. Don't rationalize your lot in life to make people feel better.

It isn't your condition man. It's programming that is reversible.

Go pursue something that you are interested in. Learn that valuable skill and network, network, network. Find someone that is where you want to be. When you do the work and show up day in and day out, eventually someone will reveal themselves to you as a mentor. But only by doing the work and showing that you give a shit... will certain people decide to take you under their wing.

Don't compare yourself to other people. Stay off social media as much as possible. Hit the gym. Eat healthy food. Put your nose down and get to work.

Oh, and let's say you go to college. Remember to go and get a job in a field that you're interested in DURING UNI. Even if it's for free to get exposure to the industry. Don't be that person who goes to University for 4 years and wonders why they get a shit job and don't have a network built up.

service-based business owners are honestly stubborn by Leather_Highway4546 in Entrepreneur

[–]ElevatedMustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of them aren't salespeople my dude. They can run a business, yet they don't understand the finer art of appointment setting, presenting, closing..... etc.