Comments on: The Apprentice http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2006/03/29/the-apprentice/ The life and education of two growing beans - our 10th year of blogging Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.34 By: Merry http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2006/03/29/the-apprentice/#comment-2688 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:51:42 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2006/03/29/the-apprentice/#comment-2688 yeah i enjoyed that one, because selling is what i can do. I looked at car jobs a few times before i had children but never felt like i would be able to summon up enthusiasm for the product.

That said, i really don’t believe they could have got that proficient in one day, and if it is a task a week, what do they do the rest of the week? I bet they got a good bit of grooming for that job surely? Even as a good saleswoman, i wouldn’t have been able to walk in and do that job, that paperwork and that amount of patter on the first day.

I used to love the commission we got on extras though, it made all the difference to the pay. They were idiots not to spot it.

]]> By: Sarah http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2006/03/29/the-apprentice/#comment-2687 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:55:45 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2006/03/29/the-apprentice/#comment-2687 Ha, but anyone can look inside a car and see at a glance whether it has air conditioning or not! or a cd player, etc etc. And as for valuing tradeins, i’m quite sure they didn’t do that themselves off the top of their heads – we use a number of different ‘guides’ and they’re all dead easy to use, even i can do it. Of course there are cars that are worth more or less than what the guide says but that’s just a matter of experience … I didn’t see any of them actually look at a p/x to value it in last night’s programme.

Can’t help but wonder how much heavy editing goes on in order to paint the picture they want to, anyway. I was impressed by Ruth’s sales but when they revealed that the other group had sold up more extras then I wondered – surely as a salesperson she should have realised that the high commission was in the extras and sold up more of them?

Anyway, love the programme and it’s fun to dissect it afterwards ;)

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