Ed, as a fellow Ford salesman, I want to wish you and your family the best of luck with your relocation. I can only imagine how hard it is to leave a job that has treated you so well. I've only been doing this for a little over 9 years, but I (and my dealership) knew I wanted to do this for life (l do love this business), so leaving has to be tough. I'm sure that there isn't going to be a dry eye in the house when your last day arrives. I hope everything goes well for you, and I hope your wife is feeling better. Health and family comes before anything else (had my own major health issue too, so I know). Again, I wish you the best, and if you are ever visiting the Quakertown, PA area (you mentioned in a PM a long while ago, you had family here, I think) please give me a ring, as my dealership is only down 309 a little in Lansdale. I'd love for you to stop in, and we can finally meet. You'd get a kick out of my office (as were both car nuts). Best wishes, and god bless.

p.s. Don't, for heavens sake, DON'T leave the forums. That would be a BIG loss.

 

Ed, I believe you are turning into a sort of cult hero around here! Ever since you became a member here you have done nothing but help everyone you could in any way you could. I think you just went over the top by packing up and moving everything for the sake of your wife. When you get to the Fort Worth area and need anything you be sure and let me know. You should also start practicing with your new language so folks won't look at you funny when you speak! Welcome to Texas!

 

Ed, the automobile sales industry as a whole could benefit from your outstanding example of what it means to be a true sales professional. Best wishes to you and your family.

 

Yeah.....lets review a few towns......

Borne = Bernie
Buda = Bu-DA
Houston = USTON
Humble = Umble
Perdenales = Perd-nallas
Waco = WayKo
Colledge Station = Aggie Land <A&M>
Austin = Longhorn Town
Junction - Halfway west to Hell
IH35 = Splits texas tween east and west
I-10 = Splits Texas tween central and south
The Valley - anything south of Sinton
Coke = ANY soda water <pick one>

Need anythin else , jus ask

 

Actually, it's spelled Boerne but you do have the pronunciation correct.

 

Congrats Ed, and good luck. I'm sure you'll be happy and who knows, perhaps at some point in the future you'll be back in the saddle selling 'Stangs again.

 

Big change, Ed! Best of luck and as others have said, thank you for your contributions as not only a great salesperson but an upstanding guy.

 

Congratulations and best of luck to you and your family.

 

Good luck Ed and thanks for all the help and advice. I sure hope your new dealership realizes what a true professional they're getting!

 

Ed, congratulations on the move. It sounds like the right one for you and your family. We hope that you find what you need. From your distant GO cousin, I hope that you stil hang out with us. You lend credibility to the salesman position, and it is very welcome on these forums.

 

I know it's been said 28 times before but good luck and thanks for all your help on these forums.

 

Just want to thank everyone for their kind words.
As far as my job goes, I'm just doing it the best way I know how. When I first started in this business I received a word of advice from our Dealer's Father who was running the place back then. He said "Just treat each customer the way you would like to be treated and everything else will take care of itself". How true these words are today just as they were years ago. I remember when we were selling Ford Fiesta's many moons ago that one of the sales managers got chewed out by him for taking advantage of a customer and making too much profit on the sale [true story]. To quote Chico Esquella from Sat Night Live many moons ago "Da Car Bisnit has been berry berry good to me". I've sold a LOT of vehicles over the past 25 years [and hopefully a lot more in the future].
I'll still be lurking around here and helping where I can. Will be doing a lot of travelling next month as well as packing up some stuff at home.

 

You need this Ed

Copy and Post on your new refrigerator!!

You're from Texas if:
>
>1. You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Palestine, Decatur, Wichita
>Falls, MEXIA, Waco, and Amarillo.
>
>2. You think that people who complain about the wind in their states
>are sissies.
>
>3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and
>look for a funnel.
>
>4. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor
>on
>the highway.
>
>5. You've ever had to switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
>
>6. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined
>by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
>
>7. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
>
>8. You've seen people wearing bib overalls at funerals.
>
>9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
>
>10. You measure distance in minutes.
>
>11. You refer to the capital of Texas as "home of the Longhorns."
>
>12. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a man who died
>in an airplane crash.
>
>13. Little Smokies are something you serve only for special
>occasions.
>
>14. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the
>ocean.
>
>15. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
>{EVERY DARN DAY!}
>
>16. You know that cow pies are not made of beef.
>
>17. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their
>wedding date.
>
>18. You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than
>your fist.
>
>19. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring each other down at a
>four-way stop, each determined to be the most polite and let the
>other
>go first.
>
>20. You know which state "Miam-uh" is in...and which state "Miam-ee"
>is in.
>
>21. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait
>all in the same store.
>
>22. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.
>
>23. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F350 4x4 is.
>
>24. You know everything goes better with Ranch dressing.
>
>25. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to
>multiply.
>
>26. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin' " to send them to
>your friends.
>
>
>Finally, you are 100% Texan if you have ever heard (or had!!) this
>conversation:
>
>"You want a coke?"
>
>"Yeah."
>
>
>"What kind?"
>
>
>"Dr. Pepper."

 

Best of luck selling your home and transitioning to Texas!


EK

 

Well, the day has come and gone. Everyone thought I should be slacking yesterday but we were so busy because of the 0%, that it was 6 PM before I realized it. Finally got out of there at 8PM [started at 5:30AM as usual].
So how did I spend my 1st day off; got up at 5:30 [an hour later], put on my shorts, went for coffee, and then went to the dealership to go over some last minute details and deasl with my former assistant.
Then I drove over to one of my good customers and had her do the paperwork for her new Shelby that was built this week. She wanted to make sure that I got thje commission on it. Same gal who took my vert to the car show and who owns a Mach 1, 05 GT, 05 GT40, and now a black Shelby that should arrive in a couple weeks.
I am now back home and officially retired [at lease for a few weeks until I get to Houston.

 

Die hard until the end Good luck on your move and new job. I am sure you guys are excited but saddened at the same time. At least you will still be on the boards. Prolly more than normal for a few weeks now slacker

 

Heh congratulations on the move. I'm considering getting out of this area mostly due to traffic and rediculous housing prices('richest county in the USA'-but not because of me ). I was thinking about TX or AZ or maybe a beach community like Wilmington NC... Gotta love the people who so hate car dealers and salespeople and how hard it is for us to leave even the worst sales job because we care so much that our customers get taken care of...

 

I was amazed at the housing prices in Humble. I currently live in an area that is kinda stagnant with no really big industry and housing here is 15 - 20% more for a comparable house. No state income tax in TX, and the Houston area has 2.6% unemployment so pretty much everyone who wants to work has a job. The last weekend I was there, the Sunday paper had 5 sections of jobs [a lot of good paying ones]. Most car dealers seem to have guarantees and sign on bonuses.
The place i am going was very generous towards me.

 

BTW Ed, why didnt the owner of the dealership you just left get you a going away GT500??!

 

Hey ED, does that lady getting the Shelby need a house guest?